| Features | Benefits |
|---|---|
| Material Library Management | Gain global visibility for material development, costing and sampling |
| Manage a material library from conceptual ideas through development and adoption with real time updates time updates | |
| Maintain multiple cost effective dates, minimum order requirements and surcharge rules | |
| Track color selection, usage and approval to ensure the consistency of color deliveries | |
| Identify the right material quickly with robust search capabilities |
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Material Library Management
Issues and Challenges
Many companies incorporate fashionable and functional materials, combined with quality, comfort and performance, to distinguish their products in the marketplace. These companies need to fulfill their product integrity and compliance requirements by effectively tracking all product materials throughout the development lifecycle. Maintaining a current and accurate listing of product materials can be a difficult task, especially for organizations relying on a global supplier base. With an increase in demand for specific colors, styles and products, companies are also facing complexities that can lead to unexpected material shortages.
How Amber Road Can Help
Amber Road’s Material Library Management solution helps companies and their suppliers deliver more innovative products, manage the sampling and testing process, as well as plan, forecast and reserve N-tier raw materials. Directly managing raw material supply and demand improves the ability to make design changes based on actionable information and reduces the development cycle for new products.
Supply Chain Collaboration
Today, supply chain collaboration between buyers and their overseas vendors is usually conducted with an unending merry-go-round of Excel documents, emails, last minute changes and zero visibility into the real-time status of orders and shipments.
We change that by providing a cloud-based platform that all parties access across the supply chain.
KEY CUSTOMERS
“Automated solutions can improve fragmented and error-prone processes to control buy-side costs, define pricing policies, and prepare and deliver differentiated customer proposals.”
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