Datacraft Solutions Determines That Supply Chain Visibility is Most Valuable Lean Manufacturing Tool

Datacraft Solutions is the leader in supply chainWhen a manufacturer has clear supply chain visibility
visibility solutions and has a target customer:there is less waste because it is a more rapid,
manufacturers that are managing a supply chain ofefficient, and cost-effective approach to Digital
many suppliers with varying lead times. These areKanban than traditional licensed Kanban software
typically assembly line manufacturers that havebecause:o The software is already installed in a
typically carried higher levels of safety stock due toproduction environment and ready to use.o Customer
the costs associated with stock outs on an assemblydoes not have to purchase expensive hardware or
line.pay a very large upfront license fee for the
According to Datacraft Solutions’ CEO Stephenapplication as well as purchasing hardware and
Parker, “Supply Chain Visibility is the most criticalprerequisite software and training support personnel
factor and along with lean electronic inventoryon how to maintain/operate the system.o Pay as
replacement enables our customers to rapidlyyou go for what you use, not for what you do not
implement our solutions without incrementaluse (user based pricing).o Implementation time is
investments in infrastructure. This facilitates a rapidgenerally less than a month to train personnel,
path to return on investment. In addition, this leanconfigure the application and begin using the system.o
SaaS (software as a service) model allows ourSupport of the system is accomplished by the
customer to implement a solution at a predeterminedexperts that developed it allowing users to focus on
monthly cost. Datacraft Solutions provides all systemtheir core business, not on how to trouble shoot
maintenance, upgrades and functional enhancementshardware and software.
without the cost creep of additional modules.”