| Supply chain organizations face significant pressures | | | | that enable small to mid-sized companies to efficiently |
| resulting from global competition, shorter product life | | | | run their organizations and make informed business |
| cycles, and lean economic conditions. The escalating | | | | decisions. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, |
| requirements of large customers create painful | | | | OmniVue helps businesses select and implement |
| challenges for those companies still tied to | | | | accounting, financial and customer management |
| conventional supply-chain processes. | | | | software solutions to best for scalability and ease of |
| "These customers are compelling distributors to | | | | use, with reduced risk and lower total cost of |
| adopt value-added, supply-chain services, such as | | | | ownership. |
| collaborative planning and vendor-managed | | | | |
| inventories," says Jeff Pyden, managing director at | | | | OmniVue was built from the ground up as a services |
| Georgia-based OmniVue. "Predicting and responding | | | | firm, focused on providing exceptional service over |
| to customer demand is a consistent problem. | | | | the lifetime of clients' software investments. At the |
| Distributors constantly struggle with too little, or too | | | | core of exceptional service is the ability to |
| much, inventory. These factors have become the | | | | understand the unique needs of clients and provide |
| bottom-line quality control issues." | | | | them with choices for business management |
| At each step along the supply chain, outdated | | | | solutions. |
| systems make it difficult to identify products that are | | | | |
| moving slowly, or are out of stock. Left unresolved, | | | | Founded in 2003, OmniVue is based in Metro Atlanta |
| these issues lead to discounts, lost orders, higher | | | | and has been the recipient of numerous awards |
| inventory costs, and lost customers. To stay | | | | including the 2009 Microsoft Dynamics Partner of the |
| competitive and avoid being bypassed altogether, | | | | Year for the East Region as well as 2009 Inner Circle |
| supply chain businesses must adapt to evolving | | | | for Microsoft Dynamics which honors a small number |
| market demands by reducing costs and creating | | | | of elite partners across the globe whose |
| service-related income. A poorly managed supply | | | | commitment to customers is reflected in their |
| chain is a key quality issue. | | | | business performance and high level of sales |
| "Gaining control over every aspect of purchasing, | | | | achievement. |
| sales, and distribution, from order entry and | | | | |
| procurement to sophisticated inventory and shipment | | | | OmniVue has a uniquely proprietary and branded |
| management is essential… companies must control | | | | proposition, known as its Business Agility Audit or its |
| costs while providing great service by managing | | | | Business Agiletics Assessmenmt. Done as a |
| inventory, orders, and logistics more efficiently," | | | | dynamic interactive conversation, OmniVue's Agility |
| insists Pyden. Although one technology solution will | | | | Audit is a structured, analytical assessment that |
| not fit all distribution models, integrated solutions, | | | | highlights its clients' core ability to respond organically |
| such as Microsoft Dynamics for Distribution, functions | | | | to shifting market and business dynamics. |
| across the enterprise. | | | | Objective: To reveal where constraints weaken |
| Pyden talks about a five-point methodology in which | | | | proactive decision management; to enable |
| quality is central—envision, elaborate, engineer, | | | | synchronous decision-making nearest the points of |
| enable, extend—all of which are designed to: | | | | required action – all augmented by operationally |
| • Optimize limited time and resources | | | | aligned, customized, and transformative software. |
| • Develop a scalable and adaptable long-term | | | | |
| strategy | | | | For operational leaders who recognize that changing |
| • Integrate world-class solutions at an affordable | | | | core business processes can transform their |
| price | | | | company's potential, OmniVue's purpose is to |
| • Achieve competitive advantage | | | | accelerate clients' growth comfortably and profitably |
| OmniVue is the recognized leader in delivering the | | | | by configuring software as capabilities. |
| innovative Microsoft Dynamics products and services | | | | |