Innovation and speed, are the key where obsolescence and product life cycles are shortening. You can't, however, sacrifice quality and service in the shrinking time available to design, manufacture and deliver. This is where JD Edwards EnterpriseOne solution excels. Quality and service are no longer enough to keep you ahead of the competition. Now you must also get goods to market more rapidly than your competitors, without sacrificing quality.

In this competitive environment, you need to become more efficient to survive. The key to survival is to do more with less. Cost containment, Customer retention, and margin enhancement are essential. The Oracle JD Edwards solution helps high technology / electronics companies achieve these objectives:

• Unite the Supply Chain by using Web-based and wireless technologies to enter and change forecasts and orders, check inventory, and send advance ship notices and invoices. Bringing Suppliers closer with Supplier Relationship Management (SRM). Use the latest paperless processes for direct and indirect procurement. Use automatic ordering and processing such as kanban, JIT, evaluated receipts, and wire/net payments, all based upon the latest Internet standards being developed by the RosettaNet consortium. Oracle is an active partner in this effort (learn more at www.rosettanet.org).
• Simplify and enhance the Customer experience using Customer Relationship Management (CRM), which increases sales and closure rates. CRM and Web self-service functions make doing business with your company a pleasure for your Customers. Your sales force will be amazed at the productivity improvements possible with Sales Force Automation (SFA) and marketing management. And your service after the sale will keep customers coming back for more.
• Collaborate across the Web on product development, forecasts, assets, and inventory availability with key Customers, outsourced manufacturing partners, and critical material Suppliers. Gain consensus on optimising, planning, and utilization of critical resources with your supply chain through Web-based, real-time collaborative planning, forecasting, and execution, including built-in RosettaNet collaboration standards.
• Reduce the time-to-market and time-to-volume curves for new products and new business processes. Allow mass customisation for "markets of one."

InOne and Oracle provides a range of proven solutions tailored to High Tech supply chain segments:

• Original Equipment Manufacturers
• Value-Added Distributors and Resellers
• Semiconductor Manufacturers
• Contract Manufacturers
• Original Design Manufacturers

Read both the High Technology and Electronics and Computer and Peripherals industry overviews