Oracle Value Chain Planning on Oracle Engineered Systems Optimized Performance and Business Value Oracle Value Chain Planning on Oracle Engineered Systems: Optimized Performance and Business Value

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. Oracle Value Chain Planning enables companies to minimize costs, improve on-time delivery, reduce stock-outs, increase forecast accuracy, increase profit, and mitigate supply chain risk via flexible and comprehensive planning business processes. Designed to support the needs of manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, Oracle Value Chain Planning's unique single-platform design creates an information bridge across functional silos, geographic regions, and business units that enables companies to deploy an enterprise-wide planning solution. Combining ease of use with sophisticated and broad planning capabilities, Oracle Value Chain Planning supports customers with basic planning needs as well as those …