Ultriva Inc., (www.ultriva.com) the company that designs software and solutions to enable ‘Lean Business' through customer-centered manufacturing, recently revealed information important to Lean Distribution. According to Narayan Laksham, CEO of Ultriva, “The traditional distribution network is based on the philosophy of mass production: optimize capacity, drive down unit costs, and rely on volume discounts to push products through the chain. This has led to multiple tiers of distribution with inventory stocked at each tier and a slew of stocking issues: What do you need? Where do you need it? How can you retrieve it quickly? As the move to mass customization becomes more of a reality, distribution could become even more complex.”

 

Ultriva's Lean Distribution Solutions manage finished goods inventory in a dynamic, efficient, and real-time environment to keep pace with market demand. For instance, the Finished Good Replenishment module lets companies control the flow of inventory between customers, dealers, distribution centers, and manufacturing plants. The Lean Distribution solutions also help enterprises align production-to-order shipments with consumption. By gaining visibility, see stock-out risk alerts, and understand material availability at each distribution center. Analytics help determine the right product mix at each distribution center.

 

Improving Connections

 

Customers have seamlessly connected with their dealers and OEMs using the Ultriva Lean Distribution modules resulting in:

 

  • Increased customer retention rate
  • Increased on-time delivery
  • Reduction in finished goods inventory
  • Elimination of distribution tiers

 

 

About Ultriva

Ultriva Inc. designs lean manufacturing software and solutions that drive lean processes across the supply chain, from suppliers to customers. Ultriva's flagship product, Ultriva Electronic Kanban, eliminates stock-outs while reducing inventory levels up to 75 percent. Ultriva Lean Scheduling complements demand-driven replenishment strategies by optimizing production schedules in real time around the most variable customer demand. Ultriva Supplier Replenishment extends the replenishment capabilities of Kanban to include schedule-based replenishment, discrete POs, min/max, consignment and VMI (vendor-managed inventory) replenishment methods. Ultriva's products are in use in more than 100 plants worldwide, incorporating more than 4,000 suppliers, transacting over one billion dollars of inventory and reducing manufacturing costs for industry leaders such as AGCO, Emerson, Ingersoll-Rand, McKesson, Rexnord, and Timken.

 

 

 

Ultriva

www.ultriva.com

Cindy McGowan

pr@ultriva.com

408.248.9803

 

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