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IMPROVE SPEED TO MARKET, RESPONSIVENESS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN
NGC’s Andromeda Cloud Supply Chain Management
(SCM) platform enables the demand-driven, agile
supply chain. Andromeda SCM helps all types of
companies meet the challenges of a rapidly changing
sourcing environment. With NGC’s Andromeda SCM,
production and logistics information is shared among
all members of the extended global supply chain,
including retailers, brands, vendors, manufacturers,
suppliers, contractors, agents, brokers, carriers and
freight forwarders.
NGC’s Andromeda platform empowers the connected
enterprise allowing companies to broadcast information
throughout the enterprise to optimize product lead-time
and distribution, maximizing company revenue and
profit. Andromeda SCM is user-configurable to meet
customer requirements and integrates with all
applications across the connected enterprise.
NGC Andromeda
Supply Chain Management
Key Benefits
• Compress purchasing lead times by positioning raw materials for planned production cycles or series.
• Improve order fulfillment rates by balancing production capacity and product demand.
• Shrink markdowns and closeouts by applying “postponement” techniques to adjust WIP inventories.
• Cut unanticipated airfreight expenses by ensuring on time deliveries from global production facilities.
• Reduce product defects by managing on-site quality audits and making corrections based upon the results.
SCM Product Overview
LEAD TIME OPTIMIZATION • Production capacity allocation• Raw material commitments and drawdowns• Just-in-Time manufacturing support• Retail sales performance alerts
VENDOR MANAGEMENT• Vendor profile and onboarding support• Document expiry notifications • Geolocation tools for inspection scheduling• Performance analysis to support sourcing decisions
PURCHASING• PO delivery via web with acknowledgement• Audit trail of all revisions and acceptance• Work-In-Process updates to track production status • Management and storage of PO related attachments
QUALITY CONTROL• In-line, final, measurement and packing accuracy audits• Auto-generation of Corrective Action Plans upon failure• Trend analysis by date range, factory, item, material, etc.• Tablet App for on-site audits
GLOBAL LOGISTICS• Shipment creation and tracking to final destination• Labels, inbound paperwork and electronic ASN creation • ISF creation to ensure 10+2 requirements compliance• Comparison of actual cost vs. estimated cost variances
WORKFLOW CALENDARS • Templates with dependencies and critical path support • Fully integrated into all workflow processes• Timelines based on durations and target dates• System-generated “To-Do” list at user or team level
GLOBAL COLLABORATION• Collaboration on any object within the system• Severity level and escalation assignment support• Dashboard to view active or historical discussions • File attachment to related discussion threads
EXCEPTIONS DASHBOARD• Real-time alerts of potential problems• Conditional exceptions defined using if/then statements• User defined notification alert subscriptions• Drill-down support to view details of each exception
CUSTOM REPORTING• Real-time, on-demand reporting views• Create and share views with other users• Export report views to Excel, Word and PDF• Custom report writing with SQL Reporting Services
SCM Andromeda at a Glance
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About NGC
NGC powers the digital supply chain for retailers and brands with the Andromeda Cloud Platform, including solutions for product lifecycle management, supply chain management, global quality control and vendor compliance. Andromeda® platform links retailers and brands with their vendors, factories, suppliers, agents, logistics providers and other global trading partners into a unified, real-time network. Andromeda®, the latest cloud technology for global enterprises, is offered in a variety of onpremise, hosted and SaaS options.
Trusted by fashion brands and retailers for over 35 years, no other software vendor can match NGC’s combination of technology expertise and industry experience. NGC maintains offices throughout the world to implement and support our customers and their international offices. And as a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMSWA), NGC has exceptional financial strength and stability.
