Innovation Blog Series: Backlog Management
With the ever-changing demand and supply of goods, committing to a delivery date is becoming increasingly challenging. Is it possible to deliver on the date committed or, even better, improve on it? Can surplus inventory be reused or rerouted?
During the pandemic, a common scenario that we are seeing is companies having to close their plants resulting in delayed orders and delivery dates. However, what if manufacturing the items in that order has already started? What do you do with the excess supply? You do not want to store it in your warehouse because warehouse space is costly. How can companies manage their inventory which may be perishable or costly to store for an indefinite time?
One good option: reuse them to meet an order from another customer. What if Customer B had requested an immediate shipment, but you promised a late delivery date because you thought you would not be able to meet the requested date. You can now repurpose the inventory for orders currently being fulfilled with immediate promise dates, rather than delayed ones by “pulling- in” the required order.
Oracle Backlog Management is a powerful tool to have in your arsenal
Supply chain experts are used to grappling with these challenges and scenarios. The Oracle Backlog Management solution is a powerful tool that alleviates these challenges by managing – as the name suggests – the backlog of orders that need to be fulfilled. The solution can be used to optimize the order fulfillment queue, reduce costs associated with storing surplus inventory and increase customer satisfaction.
Integrating Backlog Management with your current applications
But what if you are using an on-premise Order Management system? How do you use Backlog Management software to pull-in sales orders in your traditional ERP system? Or perhaps, like other advanced ERP users, Oracle’s Global Order Promising Cloud determines the ship dates for your customer orders. You may have ‘Allocation Rules’ that determine which customer can take what percentage of the available supply or ‘Custom Logic’ to derive your promise dates. Can you follow those same allocation percentages when pulling in orders or use the same custom logic when moving to Backlog Management Cloud?
Fortunately, Inspirage has already found answers to all those questions. We have built a solution that can integrate Backlog Management Cloud with your on-premise ERP system. Better still, it can use the same Allocation Rules or Custom Logic that your Global Order Promising system uses. With Inspirage’s solution, you do not have to start from scratch and build new rules or logic, we simply reuse what your organization already has in place, resulting in time and money savings.
Inspirage has the answers to your questions
If you are on the fence about moving to Oracle Cloud for any of the gaps between your business requirements and Oracle’s Cloud offerings – we are here to help. With our library of innovative PaaS solutions, it is possible that we have already built a solution to meet your needs. If we don’t already have a prebuilt solution to address your challenges, we can customize something to fit. We’ll do the work behind the scenes, so you can focus on growing your business. Please visit the Oracle Cloud Marketplace to see a complete listing of Inspirage Solutions and contact us with any questions or to schedule a demo.
