The choice for a SCM tool is mainly driven by its valuable business features and the resulting benefits. These benefits are grouped in different levels:

at strategic level
Higher level of implication:
The suppliers get a new visibility on the supply chain. This empowerment allows them to measure consequences of their decisions and forces them to acting more responsibly.

Buyer/supplier relationship paradigm shift:
Higher level of implication leads to envision relationships in a partnership mode. Partnership allows a shared quest for end-user value -our customer’s ultimate business goal!

Opportunity to tackle strategic goals:
As the whole supply chain now runs smoother and smoother, both management time savings and better supplier relationships will free resources for strategic exchanges with suppliers.

Fast issue resolution:
Issues are visible at once. This allows to solve trouble promptly and minimize its impact on service levels. Security stock levels can be lowered at equal service levels.

Real-time communication:
Data is accessible for all actors at once, forecast windows get sharper and wider. Actors can lower stocks along the whole chain.

Large potential audience:
SCM business benefits are proportional to the transaction percentage captured in the system. As entrance costs are low, virtually 100% of the supply chain actors can participate and project initiators can harvest full benefits.

No data re-encoding:
Means lower error levels and leads to fewer personnel costs overhead in problem resolution.

Inexpensive community development:
As supply chain actors only need an internet connection to participate, technical deployment costs are very low.