ADD-On software for any ERP system

• Save costs and avoid supply bottlenecks through effective inventory planning

  A well-stocked warehouse ensures high readiness to deliver but entails high logistics costs and tied capital. In contrast, a shortage of stock results in lower costs, but increases the risk of delivery bottlenecks and, thus, jeopardizes customer satisfaction.

  Reconciling low inventory levels with consistently high readiness to deliver is the task of effective inventory management. Whilst sounding simple, in practice it presents companies with major challenges:

  Inventory Management in Trade & Retail

  Wholesale companies face the challenge of responding ever faster to fluctuating demand. Customer service requirements and cost pressure are both on the rise.

  Therefore, to ensure sufficient availability while considering cost factors is a core function in technical trade, trade with consumer goods and in retail. Hence, it is essential to ensure an effective inventory management.

  Inventory optimization in manufacturing

  The most important goal of manufacturing companies is to achieve and maintain high readiness to deliver to the customer, combined with optimized lead times, storage, and resource utilization of production capacities.

  However, market-related sales fluctuations, supplier-related risks and a large production depth make efficient materials management more difficult. The assumption that high inventories guarantee for smooth production and a high level of delivery service is still widespread - but in times of increasing cost pressure, it is no longer a viable solution.

  After-sales-service

  Spare parts management is often referred to as the supreme discipline of logistics and plays a crucial role in successful after-sales service. The challenge here is to prevent expensive downtime, while keeping an eye on inventory costs. Sporadic demand for maintenance components that is difficult to predict represents an additional challenge.

• Inventory management software for optimized SCM processes

  Classic ERP and merchandise planning and control systems with their conventional forecasting and scheduling functionalities are overburdened with these requirements. A specialized solution for inventory optimization ideally should support SCM processes through intelligent decisions made by high-performance artificial intelligence. Furthermore, it should be provided by a partner who understands your procurement and production processes.

  ADD*ONE from INFORM is the software for intelligent inventory management in trade and industry. It works on the basis of AI-supported, powerful forecast procedures and optimization algorithms. Connectivity with your existing setup is ensured by the smooth connection to SAP, e. g. R/3, SAP ECC, S/4HANA, Microsoft ERP systems (Navision, Dynamics NAV, D365 Business Central, Axapta, Dynamics AX, D365 Finance&Operations) or any ERP system.

• Inventory management software with intuitive workflow

  Despite the complex requirements for inventory optimization software, ADD*ONE is intuitive to use. It can be deployed in your company without a long training period and the complicated procedures always remain in the background. This enables you to pursue the goal of a cost-efficient procurement strategy that flexibly adapts to market conditions while planning your inventory.

  To achieve this goal, this intuitive workflow has been established for the use of our solution:

  1. Connection & data transfer
     ADD*ONE is connected to your existing ERP system via an interface. It ensures the transfer of relevant data such as item master data, supplier information or movement data.

  2. Calculation
     On the basis of the transferred data, the inventory management software calculates forecasts for each item and optimizes AI-supported ordering processes.

  3. Monitoring purchase orders
     Suggestions for critical items, new orders, planned production orders, and matching order dates and times are provided in a user-friendly well-organized dashboard. These proposals are either executed automatically or can be overridden by planners at their discretion.