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OPD Solutions, a leading international consulting group specializing in
supply chain management, today announced the first software solution to
be certified under its new TOM® CertificationPro™ program. The
IBM Operational Framework for Advanced Supply Chain Planning is now certified
at the Gold level within the program. This software suite was originally
developed by IBM to facilitate its own internal supply chain transformation,
and has been commercially available for the last year.
OPD recently launched the TOM® CertificationPro™
program to certify software solutions that are compliant with its world-class
integrated business process model for supply chain planning when jointly
implemented. The program includes various levels of certification across
four supply chain planning-related categories. The IBM Operational Framework
software suite is certified in the category of Enterprise Supply Chain
Planning. This category covers the business process areas of:
Resource Management—
Balances the worldwide supply line with a rules-driven enterprise-level
supply/demand alignment process for the best possible use of all assets.
Demand Management —
Profiles products and customers to proactively support service levels
and customer priorities while balancing a minimum level of inventory.
Manufacturing Management
— Automatically generates worldwide by-site build plans and increases
planner productivity, flexibility, and accuracy.
Order Management —
Books orders and manages inventory pulls against a prioritized, yet flexible,
supply plan on a real-time basis
Seamlessly integrates the end-to-end business processes
“The IBM Operational Framework complements our Total Order Management
(TOM®) business process model because it was developed in conjunction
with the implementation of the TOM® model in the IBM Microelectronics
Division,” says OPD President Mike Morrissette. “This is one
software solution that supports enterprise level supply chain planning
when implemented with the TOM® model. Although it was originally developed
for a semiconductor application, it will work well for any constraints-based
planning process.”
OPD Solutions, Inc. (www.opdsolutions.com), founded
in 1990, is an international consulting group specializing in all aspects
of supply chain order, planning and delivery. Their primary offering is
an integrated, end-to-end Total Order Management (TOM®) business process
model and implementation methodology. This unique, proven model enables
reliable customer commitments to be made at first point of customer contact,
and is applicable to any manufacturing industry, including high-tech semiconductor
and computer-related manufacturing, distribution and logistics
TOM® and OPD TOM® CertificationPro™ are trademarks and/or
registered trademarks of
OPD Solutions, Inc.
IBM and the IBM logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of International
Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries or
both.
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