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eChain Core Focus Areas

eChain Core Focus Areas

Axapta Dynamics AX eChain Technology has adopted and strongly recommends Microsoft Axapta (Dynamics AX) for medium-sized manufacturing company ERP needs. We will assist you with your Dynamics AX selection, implementation, customizations, integrations and training.

Active RFID and Locating Technologies Optimize strategy, selection and implementation of Active RFID, IR and Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS). We provide leadership in RFID Supply Chain and ERP integration to fully leverage the potential of these emerging technologies.

i2 Technologies Implementation and Enhancement Needs assessment, selection, design, implementation and training. We have particular core competency with i2 Technology applications including Demand Planning/Demand Management, Transportation Planning, Optimization and Supply-Chain Planning with many years of experience working with these superior technologies.

SOAR™ Strategic Operational Assessment The SOAR™ Assessment deliverable is an exceptionally documented report of your current performance, areas in need of improvement, and specific ranked steps and activities needed to resolve your key problem areas, improve performance and generate a multi-million dollar ROI.

CPFR Collaborative Planning Forecasting Replenishment eChain can show you how to best implement CPFR strategies and technologies to achieve a 3 month ROI with your CPFR investments, and add tens of millions of dollars of operational savings to your company in the first year.

SOA Messaging and Middleware We understand the significant value of dynamic B2B and System to System integrations, and can support your messaging, middleware and integration needs with Service Oriented Architecture solutions.

 

SOAR™ Assessment Methodologies

The starting point of every new endeavor or major business change is a methodical and proven assessment. In this case, one size does not fit all. eChain Technology has crafted several assessment methodologies, branded SOAR™ for Strategic Operational Assessment Review, designed to best support the key business solution efforts that are in our core focus areas.

The eChain SOAR™ Assessment is a methodical and recursive approach to quickly identify your performance pain points, focus intense analysis to determine root causes, then quantify opportunity for improvement by applying best-practice what-if historic scenario recreations. The SOAR™ Assessment deliverable is an exceptionally documented report of your current performance, areas in need of improvement, and specific ranked steps and activities needed to resolve your key problem areas, improve performance and generate a multi-million dollar ROI. eChain Technology offers SOAR™ Operational Assessment, SOAR™ RFID, SOAR™ ERP, and SOAR™ Logistics.

SOAR™ Operational Assessment is a comprehensive Operations and Supply-Chain capabilities analysis. SOAR Operational Assessment is a methodical and recursive approach that quickly identifies your performance pain points, focuses intense analysis to determine root causes, then quantifies opportunity for improvement by applying best-practice what-if historic recreations. The SOAR™ Assessment deliverable is an exceptionally documented report of your current performance, areas in need of improvement, and specific ranked steps and activities needed to resolve your key problem areas, improve performance and generate a multi-million dollar ROI.

SOAR™ RFID is a standardized, structured and comprehensive version of the RFID Site Survey. SOAR™ RFID is a comprehensive methodology that documents a company's needs and requirements for RFID, and guides the review and analysis of a company's ability to adopt and deploy RFID Locating Systems and Technologies to meet those needs. Leveraging information on the strengths, weaknesses and physics of the various RFID technologies available today, we will design and document a customized solution that will meet your needs. The solution design will include recommended technologies, approaches, and map physical deployments of the RFID hardware components. We will recommend hardware, software and networking infrastructure and integration points to best support your RFID recommendation and direct you to the leading RFID vendors or solutions that would best meet your RFID needs.

SOAR™ ERP is a needs assessment and design methodology designed to evaluate and document a company's current ERP capabilities, current business processes, and pain points. We then document user and business requirements and desired future capabilities needed to support future business growth. We create a what-if solution design and workflow architecture that supports the business requirements. The product of SOAR ERP is a living document and solid foundation for the next phases of solution selection and implementation that clearly illustrates the capabilities of the envision solution and business requirements.

SOAR™ Logistics is a thorough analysis of your current Warehousing, Replenishment, Supply-Chain network and Inbound/Outbound shipping strategies, capabilities and performance. We will present recommendations for executing your Logistics and Replenishment goals.