Oracle Value Chain Planning on Oracle Engineered Systems

Disclaimer The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Oracle's products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle. Planning value chains has always been challenging and as these value chains have become more global and more complex, the degree of difficulty in managing them has also increased. Trends in business and economic conditions as well as emerging technology have added to the complexity. Planners are under increased pressure to plan these more complex value chains faster and more frequently, to a greater level of detail, and to make better decisions and share them with more decision makers in the company. Oracle Value Chain Planning is the leading solution of planning applications for the value chain, with brand name customers successfully running their complex value chains and achieving significant benefits. Oracle Value Chain Planning enables companies to sense demand quickly; shape it for revenue growth; improve value chain agility at strategic, tactical, and operational levels; supports a company-wide sales and operations planning process that incorporates risk mitigation and postponement strategies; enables profitable service operations and optimized planning for maintenance; and offers complete enterprise visibility and continuous monitoring of key value chain performance indicators. As value chain networks grow in complexity, planners deal with increased data volumes, increased need for near-real time responsiveness to sudden problems in the supply chain, and simulate changing business models that continuously adapt to the competitive and customer landscape before they actually happen. Planning solutions must meet the highest standards of mission critical enterprise systems in terms of availability, performance, scalability, and security. This whitepaper describes the benefits of deploying your existing Oracle Value Chain Planning solution on Oracle Engineered Systems, and how that can provide the optimal solution for today's planning challenges. Oracle Value Chain Planning consists of many products that each has their own role in the planning process: • Demand Signal Repository: Integration with point-of-sale systems, syndicated data systems, retailer and distributor systems, and other systems for the purpose of sensing demand. Oracle Value Chain Planning can analyze demand data at various levels to understand the detailed behavior of demand. Such detailed understanding …