| According to Datacraft Solutions' CEO Stephen | | | | system is accomplished by the experts that |
| Parker, "SaaS (Software as a Service) is the | | | | developed it allowing users to focus on their |
| fastest growing segment of the software | | | | core business, not on how to trouble shoot |
| development industry. It enables our | | | | hardware and software. |
| customers to rapidly implement our solutions | | | | |
| without incremental investments in | | | | Digital Kanban solutions within the |
| infrastructure. This facilitates a rapid path | | | | demand-driven supply chain impact profit |
| to return on investment. In addition, SaaS | | | | margins in several ways: by decreasing |
| allows our customer to implement a solution | | | | expense side tangible cost associated with |
| at a predetermined monthly cost. Datacraft | | | | legacy forecast management solutions, |
| Solutions provides all system maintenance, | | | | increase profit margins through efficiency |
| upgrades and functional enhancements without | | | | gains. Increased customer satisfaction may |
| the cost creep of additional modules." | | | | result in additional sales to new as well as |
| | | | existing customers. Automated Kanban can |
| The Demand Driven Supply Chain leader has a | | | | dramatically reduce inventory, increase |
| target customer: manufacturers that are | | | | turns, and eliminate stock outs while |
| managing a supply chain of many suppliers | | | | enhancing supplier relations and customer |
| with varying lead times. These are typically | | | | satisfaction. |
| assembly line manufacturers that have | | | | |
| typically carried higher levels of safety | | | | Manual Kanban presents numerous challenges: |
| stock due to the costs associated with stock | | | | |
| outs on an assembly line. | | | | • Unreliable due to too many human |
| | | | touch points. |
| SaaS is a more rapid, efficient, and | | | | |
| cost-effective approach to Digital Kanban | | | | • Unacknowledged responses due to the |
| than traditional licensed Kanban software | | | | manual process. |
| because:o The software is already installed | | | | |
| in a production environment and ready to | | | | • Cards are controlled manually and |
| use.o Customer does not have to purchase | | | | susceptible to loss. |
| expensive hardware or pay a very large | | | | |
| upfront license fee for the application as | | | | • Lack of visibility. |
| well as purchasing hardware and prerequisite | | | | |
| software and training support personnel on | | | | • Lack of timely automated reporting |
| how to maintain/operate the system.o Pay as | | | | capability. |
| you go for what you use, not for what you do | | | | |
| not use (user based pricing).o Implementation | | | | These issues are resolved by automated or |
| time is generally less than a month to train | | | | digital kanban. Software as a Service is a |
| personnel, configure the application and | | | | rapid, efficient and cost effective approach |
| begin using the system.o Support of the | | | | to implementing Automated Kanban. |