E2open's Channel Inventory Collaboration solution is designed to enhance inventory visibility and collaboration across channels, allowing businesses to manage inventory more effectively. By providing real-time insights into stock levels at partner locations and supporting vendor-managed inventory models, the solution helps reduce excess inventory, minimize financial risks, and increase revenue through improved decision-making and process automation.

Key Features

Inventory Visibility Provides comprehensive visibility into in-transit, stock-in-channel, sell-in, sell-through, and sell-out quantities.

• Real-time tracking of inventory across partner facilities and internal locations.
• Supports multiple sell-side vendor-managed inventory (VMI) models.

Collaboration Tools Facilitates collaboration with customers and channels to optimize inventory management.

• Supports rapid customer onboarding and pre-built ERP interfaces.
• Utilizes common data exchange standards for seamless integration.

Automation and Alerts Automates processes to address inventory issues quickly and efficiently.

• Exception alerts for potential shortages, excessive inventory, late shipments, and demand-supply imbalances.
• Automated pull and replenishment cycles and price adjustments for faster issue resolution.

Benefits

Improved Decision-Making Enhances decision-making capabilities through better visibility and analytics.

• Enables accurate positioning and replenishment of stock.
• Reduces excess inventory and obsolescence costs.

Increased Revenue Helps save lost revenue from price protection claims and reduces stockouts.

• Provides insights to place the right inventory in the right locations.
• Enhances customer service by ensuring adequate stock levels.

Risk Management Reduces financial liabilities and risks associated with inventory management.

• Offers real-time visibility into inventory across the network.
• Minimizes costs related to excess stock and obsolescence.