Consolidate Planning and Response Management Functions in One Cloud-Based Offering

“Management has asked us repeatedly why it is we don't use some of the offerings of our ERP vendor to do the kind of analysis that RapidResponse can do. And the answer to that is that their architecture isn't even close…”: Jim Wood, Director, Supply Chain Information Systems, Teradyne

“…It's at the heart of everything that we do.”: Norm Fjeldheim, chief information officer, Qualcomm

Ultimately, managing your business comes down to balancing demand and supply factors across all areas of the business — whether that be within supply chain management, human resources, finance or any other corporate function.

RapidResponse® Control Tower is a single product (using one code base) that powers the underlying technology capabilities essential to making demand and supply balancing decisions across the enterprise.

The following core capabilities create a standard foundation on which many business applications — supply and capacity planning, demand planning, S&OP, supplier collaboration, integrated project management, profitability management — can be deployed rapidly and effectively using a common data model and user interface. These capabilities support the configuration of departmental, functional, or user specific analytical and reporting needs.

It is impossible to get reliable and real-time information about risks to the business, and more important, to course correct in a meaningful and rapid manner, using disparate legacy technology solutions.

In an environment where things change fast and customers expect instant answers, RapidResponse Control Tower is uniquely architected to deliver on the promise of integrating information, capabilities and people for holistic coordination of an enterprise's operations.

RapidResponse Demand/Supply Balancing Engine

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The Power of ONE

RapidResponse Control Tower is founded on a single product with a single code-stream. This provides a distinct advantage over the alternatives of an assortment of ERP bolt-on modules or standalone software applications that solve point agendas and that are loosely tied together, if at all. Or alternatively, a proliferating collection of Excel spreadsheets that offer flexibility, but suffer from serious limitations in reliability, scalability, and collaboration.

The information flow latency—and therefore decision latency—in these environments is enormous. In today's dynamic market, you must be able to evaluate situations in seconds, not hours or days. When analysis is too difficult to perform and takes too long, it simply doesn't happen. The end result is that companies struggle to get alignment of demand and supply, because agility and adaptability are nearly impossible to achieve.

With RapidResponse Control Tower you don't have to make a choice between reliability and flexibility. RapidReponse provides a solution that is reliable, stable, and scalable. The data has integrity and ties back to the formal systems of record, but the functionality can be quickly adjusted to support new processes and priorities.

The Result?

Improved business alignment among related (but previously siloed) functions
Compressed time to identify plan deviations, and to make critical course corrections
Diminished risk and improved compliance
Elimination of point solutions, along with the associated maintenance costs
Reduced reliance on Excel spreadsheets
Improved system reliability with a simplified and consistent architecture
Increased ability to scale and mature business processes

So, what exactly makes the RapidResponse Control Tower work?