Supply chain and operations professionals have had to adapt – and often influence – a rapidly shifting global business environment in recent years. In many cases, they face a nearly impossible task, given their magnitude of diverse and global responsibilities. From maintaining adequate inventory levels and managing lean and JIT initiatives to measuring and improving supplier quality on multiple continents, the typical supply chain and operations professional would be better off with multiple pairs of arms and legs – and even then might have a difficult time juggling everything.

One of the major challenges supply chain professionals face is the need to better manage supplier information. Quite often, information is not available when and where it’s needed the most. Aravo SIM can solve this headache by serving as a central repository to manage and facilitate the exchange of supplier information across the entire organization – from domestic warehousing and distribution facilities to off-shore manufacturing sites and even supplier’s factories.

SIM enables supply chain and operations professionals to:

• Centralize the management of all supplier information (even in a complex, decentralized people and technology environment)
• Automate supplier management and measurement for Six Sigma, lean, vendor managed inventory (VMI), just-in-time (JIT) and related supply chain initiatives
• Simplify, improve and better manage global factory audits and site inspections (regardless of whether the actual inspections are conducted by onsite internal resources, third party providers or via online information exchanges)
• Measure, manage, report-on and improve supplier performance
• Empower supply chain professionals to manage suppliers by exception, greatly improving operational productivity
• Launch, measure, manage and continuously improve sustainable and environmental supplier initiatives
• Proactively manage supplier risk and improve supplier development initiatives