MANUFACTURING

Cambridge’s Solution for Manufacturing helps firms deliver innovative products, respond to customer demand quickly, and eliminate costs. Clients receive an affordable, world-class solution designed especially for manufacturing companies—plus a swift implementation at a defined price.

The value proposition of Cambridge’s solution for manufacturing is an ERP application that improves performance, increases agility, controls costs and increases revenue. With this application, manufacturing firms can transform their traditional linear processes to an adaptive network to better service their customers and remain ahead of the competition.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The Cambridge Manufacturing solution is based on the latest SAP baseline release ECC 6.0. This world-class solution comes fully-configured based on proven industry best practices. Cambridge provides comprehensive implementation and support services.

KEY BENEFITS OF THIS SOLUTION INCLUDE

• Decreased total cost of ownership (TCO)
• Improved supply chain efficiency
• Increased employee productivity and satisfaction
• Reduced days-sales-outstanding (DSO) cycle
• Shortened monthly financial closing cycle time
• Improved inventory turns
• Reduced enterprise operating costs and overall IT budget
• Reduced software upgrade and maintenance expenses

DIFFERENTIATORS
A complete solution for a mid-market Manufacturing firm can generally be implemented at a defined price in a specified time frame, depending on the customer’s circumstances. We deliver a complete solution at the lowest possible total cost.

MANUFACTURING SPECIFIC
Not a generic ERP implementation; it is a specific support platform for manufacturing with full process level integration The solution is based upon the best performance and operational practices of hundreds of manufacturers.

IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS
Rapid implementation, scoped for low risk, short time line and low cost, based on industry best practices, generally in 16 weeks On-site demonstrations and rapid fit/gap blueprints save time Rapid business case with costs and benefits for board-level validation provided by Cambridge consulting Enhancements and services tailored to the customer’s needs Hosting of implementation and production environments can be provided locally or offshore Application enhancement and maintenance services Financing options are available

A SINGLE PLATFORM
From managing your supply chain and warehouse operations to financial reporting, the SAP solution provides a single integrated platform that addresses problems created by heterogeneous IT environments and enables manufacturers to optimally plan, schedule, execute, and monitor processes.. The Cambridge solution for Manufacturing improves daily procure-to-pay and order-to-cash processes with manufacturing specific functionality for purchase and sales orders, warehouse management, inventory tracking, finance, and controlling. Your company gets supply chain visibility and the reporting, logistics, and financial capabilities needed to provide customers and suppliers with value-added services. In addition, you gain comprehensive profitability analytics capabilities to help improve operational excellence across the entire supply chain

THE SOLUTION ADDRESSES
Procurement processing and materials management
As the market trends toward outsourcing, consolidation and collaborative distribution, accurate planning, tighter collaboration and better real-time visibility across the supply chain become mission-critical. Cambridge also supports EDI transactions, purchase order quantity optimization, management of supplier contracts and supplier volume incentive agreements.

Warehouse management
The pressure to lower the cost of goods sold requires strong logistics planning and execution. With the Cambridge SAP solution you can optimize warehouse activities such as inbound and outbound processing, facility management and storage, physical inventory and opportunistic cross-docking. These capabilities set the stage for standardization across facilities.

Financial processing and performance monitoring
Our solution compiles real-time product and vendor data and helps you analyze performance. Reporting features give you the visibility and responsiveness you need to support your manufacturing initiatives with additional support in the areas of accounting practices, general ledger processing, and faster month-end close processing. Now you can institutionalize lean and Six Sigma processes.

Sales order processing
With powerful support for order-to-cash processes, you can quickly deliver customer-specific orders. Additional capabilities include capturing sales contracts, performing credit checks and holds, executing third-party drop-ship orders, supporting electronic data interchange, checking availability, processing returns, and billing procedures. Faster customer account processing drives better customer relations.

SAP Best Practices
Based on years of experience working with companies in manufacturing, Cambridge has developed an understanding of the industry best practices you need to maintain competitive advantage. Our consulting and implementation services help you configure your SAP software to speed up the implementation and scope it properly to meet your needs as a midsize company. You get fast time to benefit, with a 16-week implementation that supports the following core business processes:

• Supply chain planning
• Procure to pay
• Supply chain execution
• Order to cash
• Value-added services
• Financial and management accounting with profitability analysis

You also have the option of augmenting the baseline package described above with additional functionality from the SAP ERP application, including business processes and tools specific to manufacturing firms. Today, more than 1,000 companies world-wide use SAP expertise and support for best practices to manage their complex operational needs.

RAPID IMPLEMENTATION AT A FIXED PRICE
Like all business people, you face the challenges of streamlining operations, enhancing efficiencies, and reducing overall costs. At a midsize company, however, you’re also constrained by time, budgets, and IT resources. That’s why Cambridge offers a predefined pricing structure tied to a phased implementation approach. By clearly defining the SAP software configuration and settings needed to address your specific challenges, Cambridge can articulate the scope of each implementation phase in exact terms. This streamlined implementation strategy minimizes disruptions to your business while maximizing enterprise wide adoption. Furthermore, each phase of the implementation delivers immediate business value for a high overall return on your investment and a low total cost of ownership.