VII. SISPLAN SCM Planning Software

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SCM-Solutions.com has developed a SCM Planning solution – SIS PLAN – with the following features:

  1. Structural Simplicity: the database is developed in MS SQL Server for its robust structure and relative low cost, and the interface is MS Access for the flexibility required for the configuration needs of the system to follow the SCM model design.
  2. High Configurability: The SCM Planning system must reflect the SCM model and not the other way around. Whether the company uses a Demand Planning structure that is Supply-based, Demand-Based, or a Start-up (S-Curve,) SISPLAN can be configured to reflect it. Whether the Supply Chain type is of a Fabrication type, or Distribution, or both, SISPLAN can be configured to reflect the particular model.
  3. Total ERP Interaction: SIS PLAN has been proven to work with any ERP – so far – such as SAP, Oracle, etc. The interfaces are also configurable to the particular ERP. The idea is that all SCM planning is done in SISPLAN, using the weekly actuals from the ERP, and is sent to the ERP for its execution. Although advance planning processes such as Sales Planning and Engineering (territory balancing, generation of sales quotas, sales force performance-based variable compensation calculation, etc.) and the extended Procurement planning – under the GCS2 – is carried in SISPLAN, the results are products that’s sent to the ERP as they are being generated, usually same day in MS Excel.
  4. In-Line Components Structure: As the GCS2 defines it, each of the SCM Planning processes utilize the decisions output of prior processes (internal suppliers) in the SCM model and provide its own to the next one (internal customer.) This is done in a Database environment with its advantages of configured common access and security.
  5. Other Advantages: SISPLAN has also other advantages such as being able to provide an integrated environment to the SCM Planning Team, a set of performance measurements that are true to SCM – for example measuring the performance to the Plan instead of including unplanned performance – and other Best Class Practices.