Delivers higher service level to the end customer
Supports profitable sales growth
Improves business retention
Eliminates human errors
Differentiates you to your channel partners
Differentiates your supply chain to your end customers
Superior replenishment algorithms
Costs stabilize as sales increase
Pan-Pro's automated replenishment solution is your "Best Buyer" - on the job all the time
Enables rapid growth while sustaining high service levels
Supply chain demand is closer to end customer demand patterns
Production can be more closely based on end customer demand
Configurable to favor easy-to-pick quantities when economically justified
Products are available to the end customer a greater percentage of the time
Your channel will be more confident in presenting and recommending your products
Your gains will come at the expense of inefficient operators
Pan-Pro managed supply chains enjoy increased sales through the channel to the end customer. Because Pan-Pro so efficiently automates and controls the replenishment process, your products are reliably available. This reliability results in increased sales in three ways.
First, your products are available to the end customer a greater percentage of the time. Simply put, the end customer will buy someone else's products if yours are not there. The right product at the right place at the right time earns customer preference.
Second, because your products are reliably available, your channel's sales force will be more confident in presenting and recommending them. This will substantially increase the market exposure of your products over that of your competitors. As sales people come to rely on your products to meet their customers' needs, those customers in turn will come to understand and appreciate that your products are far more likely to be available than your competitors'. This means that you will see more repeat business and more specified requests for your products, both from sales people and from the end customers.
Third, because your supply chain outperforms competitive supply chains, your channel partners will attract a greater share of their potential markets. This will cause your sales to grow. As your supply chain comes to dominate the marketplace, your gains will come at the expense of inefficient operators, at the supplier and at the channel level.
Thus, Pan-Pro enables you to increase total sales at the expense of competing supply chains.
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Your channel will sell what you ship, and sell it in a timely manner
At the same time, you will see cost savings because you will be processing fewer returns
Strengthen your organization's financial position
Pan-Pro's automated replenishment system will maximize your return on assets. The replenishment algorithms accurately track the performance of the supply chain and adjust product allocations automatically in response to changes in demand. Therefore, supply chain inventory is where it needs to be to maximize your revenue. Pan-Pro's automated replenishment system virtually ensures that your channel will sell what you ship, and sell it in a timely manner.
At the same time, you will see cost savings because you will be processing fewer returns. Your channel partners will no longer have a need to return excess product as a result of poor replenishment decisions. Thus, you avoid both the labor costs and the financial issues of processing returns, reversing sales entries and reducing reported profits.
As your channel partners' inventory levels are optimized, the on-hand inventory you will need to support their business will also stabilize to a new, optimal level. This will maximize your internal return on assets.
Thus, Pan-Pro's automated replenishment system will strengthen your
organization's financial position, increase your return on assets, and allow
your organization to be more efficient and competitive.
With Pan-Pro's solution, the service level to your end customer is the primary driver of the automated replenishment system. Pan-Pro's patented Service Level Manager statistically derives the optimal service level target for each item based on the overall, mutually agreed upon service level target for your product line. The Pan-Pro system then dynamically and automatically adjusts the replenishment plan for each item in response to real-world demand patterns. This on-going, closed loop monitoring of the channel ensures a constant flow and dynamic deployment of products so stock-outs are prevented.
Competition in the modern marketplace revolves around your supply chain's
ability to meet your end customers' needs. With the Pan-Pro system, your supply
chain will meet those needs with product, not promises.
Pan-Pro's automated replenishment system will reduce your overall operational costs. These cost savings come in a number of areas. Some of these are:
First, Pan-Pro's system will eliminate the time and labor that is required for receiving and processing orders. There is no office effort required to prepare an order before it is given to your warehouse. Pan-Pro's software creates orders that are ready to pick, pack, and ship.
Second, Pan-Pro's system can be configured to order in quantities that are easiest to pick and pack. This reduces the amount of labor and time required to prepare an order for shipping.
Third, Pan-Pro's system automates the expediting process by identifying the type of replenishment need for each item. This reduces the manual effort involved in prioritizing orders against inventory.
Fourth, Pan-Pro's system reduces the amount of excess inventory in your supply channel and automatically determines what excess inventory qualifies for return per your policies. As a result, the costs associated with receiving and processing returned goods are substantially reduced.
All of these cost savings will translate directly to your bottom line.
Pan-Pro's automated replenishment system dramatically compresses the time between inventory change in the channel and order generation with you. Prior to Pan-Pro's solution, inventory in the channel was reviewed on a fixed schedule, typically weekly. This created greater opportunity for service level interruptions and/or the need to carry additional inventory.
Through the tremendous time compression provided by Pan-Pro's automated system, manufacturers and their channel partners are able to provide higher levels of service with lower inventory investments.
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