31 July 2011

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A. – Supply Dynamics is pleased to announce that it has been selected by a major North American aircraft manufacturer to aggregate the raw material requirements of its supply base.  Every metal part used in every model of its aircraft will be included in the program, involving thousands of parts and hundreds of suppliers.  The goals of the program are to increase efficiency through the elimination of material outage and overstock problems and to ensure the competitive consolidated purchasing of materials across the customer’s supply base.

The aircraft manufacturer has also licensed OASIS, Supply Dynamics’ web based raw material forecasting and fulfillment solution.  OASIS provides Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) with visibility and control over the raw materials that go into their finished parts, irrespective of where those finished parts are manufactured.  This visibility is a key to the success of the aggregation process.  Among other things, it engenders credibility with the mills and distributors by giving them unprecedented access to real-time information about forecasted raw material requirements (especially the raw materials that go into the parts manufactured not by the OEM, but by its outside vendors). 

“This program will set a new standard for how the airframe raw material supply chain ought to function. For the first time, it will enable the customer and all impacted parties to smoothly and efficiently choreograph their interactions.  While it will involve some up-front work to characterize bills of material and configure OASIS, it will enable the customer to reap dividends others can only dream of. We are honored they have chosen Supply Dynamics to be their partner in this exciting program,” says Supply Dynamics Technical Program Manager, Chuck Eisenhauer.

About Supply Dynamics:  Supply Dynamics is the leading provider of material consolidation solutions known as “Material Demand Aggregation.” Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, Supply Dynamics utilizes proprietary processes and IT solutions to provide OEM customers with real-time visibility and control over the materials that go into their finished parts – especially the materials that go into the parts made by their Tier 1 and Tier 2 outside part suppliers. Provided in a hosted “software as a service” model, the Supply Dynamics multi-enterprise platform exchanges critical-to-quality data with virtually any number of legacy MRP/ERP systems, providing customers with a single, unified view of how finished part materials are impacting their business. Supply Dynamics’ suite of web-based tools and reports allow customers to instantly forecast and negotiate common materials and monitor the timely order and supply of materials across their extended supply chain. This enables an OEM and its supply partners to know that materials being produced, ordered and delivered are synchronized with actual finished part demand. It also allows the OEM to measure on-time delivery of raw materials to production sites and outside part manufacturers, to standardize materials and to identify users for surplus, excess and obsolete materials. Material Demand Aggregation is applicable to numerous industries providing a means for OEMs to coordinate the actions of each link in the supply chain to dramatically improve efficiency and predictability of supply. (www.supplydynamics.com)

For more information, please contact Mr. Bob Hales, Director of Market Development at (513) 965-2000.

30 June 2011

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A. – Supply Dynamics is pleased to announce that it has licensed its OASIS software to one of the world’s leading manufacturers of construction and agricultural equipment.  OASIS is a web based raw material forecasting and fulfillment solution that provides an OEM with visibility and control over the raw materials that go into its finished parts, irrespective of where those finished parts are manufactured.  It enables OEMs to then influence and expedite the timely and cost-effective purchase and supply of raw materials from one or more mills or distributors to dozens and sometimes hundreds of OEM sites and sub-tier suppliers.

Under this multi-year contract, the customer has licensed OASIS to forecast the raw material requirements of fabricators and forging houses involved in the production of the customer’s outsourced parts.  OASIS will thus give the customer a means to not only forecast demand but to monitor actual delivery and consumption of raw materials by its supply base.  This eliminates potential material outages and overstock issues – a root cause of many part shortages and cost overruns.

This is the second instance of a customer selecting OASIS even though the Customer already had internal processes and systems to consolidate and negotiate common raw materials on behalf of their part suppliers.  “I think it demonstrates how our OASIS solution can enhance and even extend an OEM’s existing capabilities to manage raw material across the extended supply chain, even when they have been doing so for years,” says Supply Dynamics Program Manager, Bruce Washington. 

About Supply Dynamics:  Supply Dynamics is the leading provider of material consolidation solutions known as “Material Demand Aggregation.” Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, Supply Dynamics utilizes proprietary processes and IT solutions to provide OEM customers with real-time visibility and control over the materials that go into their finished parts – especially the materials that go into the parts made by their Tier 1 and Tier 2 outside part suppliers. Provided in a hosted “software as a service” model, the Supply Dynamics multi-enterprise platform exchanges critical-to-quality data with virtually any number of legacy MRP/ERP systems, providing customers with a single, unified view of how finished part materials are impacting their business. Supply Dynamics’ suite of web-based tools and reports allow customers to instantly forecast and negotiate common materials and monitor the timely order and supply of materials across their extended supply chain. This enables an OEM and its supply partners to know that the materials being produced, ordered and delivered are synchronized with the actual finished part demand. It also allows the OEM to measure on-time delivery of raw materials to production sites and outside part manufacturers, to standardize materials and to identify users for surplus, excess and obsolete materials. Material Demand Aggregation is applicable to numerous industries providing a means for OEMs to coordinate the actions of each link in the supply chain to dramatically improve efficiency and predictability of supply. (www.supplydynamics.com)

For more information, please contact Mr. Bob Hales, Director of Market Development at (513) 965-2000. 

15 June, 2011

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A.– Spend Matters (www.spendmatters.com), a leading “Supply Chain” blog on the internet has just completed a review of Supply Dynamics’ OASIS software. OASIS is a multi-enterprise platform that supports raw material consolidation programs by providing OEMs, their part manufacturers, and the mills and distributors in their raw material supply chain real-time visibility into the raw material requirements required to support the OEM’s production schedule. It ties the bill of material (BOM) for each part produced to the production schedule for those parts, incorporates raw material and manufacturing lead-times, and produces a raw material demand profile that can be used by all parties to improve their decision making and take waste and cost out of the production process. The raw material demand profile shows who needs to buy what materials (categorized by alloy, grade, specification, form, and size), when they need to make the purchase, and in what quantities.

Spend Matters noted that OASIS solves the two main failure modes for raw material aggregation programs. One is the need to easily keep bills of material up-to-date in an environment where part designs, assigned part manufacturer, or manufacturing process are constantly being changed. Spend Matters noted, “Just as supplier information management vendors such as Aravo, CVM Solutions, Emptoris/Xcitec, Hiperos and Lavante place a currency on maintaining up-to-date supplier profile information (e.g., contact details, addresses, certifications, etc.) through supplier self-service, automated alerting, management/intervention by exception, etc., Supply Dynamics takes a similar approach to keeping BOM data up-to-date over time to aggregate specific demand.” Part manufacturers can log into OASIS and take responsibility for keeping their own BOMs up-to-date. More importantly, OASIS includes many different automated tracking features and reports that allow an OEM customer to identify when data has changed so that the entity they have appointed to make those changes (part manufacturer, distributor or even a 3^rd party aggregator like Supply Dynamics) can do so.

The second main failure mode occurs when an OEM fails to enforce the requirement that part manufacturers purchase their program materials from the OEM’s designated sources. This needs to happen so that the expected aggregate demand actually materializes justifying the quantity-based discounts and preferential service levels typically associated with these kinds of programs. Spend Matters noted, “The secret sauce is that the platform allows the OEM or large buying organization to not only aggregate and view specific raw material demand across their overall purchases, but to actually create and enforce programs based on forecast buying data. This creates an environment where supplier compliance is a natural outgrowth of the actual strategy, as periodical (e.g., monthly, quarterly, etc.) reporting and checks allow buying organizations to enforce programs.” Again, OASIS provides information to the OEM, the raw material sources, and the part manufacturers so that program “leaks” are easily identified and plugged before the ship starts to sink.

The Spend Matters review also notes that the consolidated raw material requirement data leads to many other savings above and beyond better raw material pricing. They note, “the application can provide a means to quickly see how you're designing (not just sourcing) historically. A user might find, for example, that across a dozen different alloys, his company has 550 different specifications. This might be an opportunity to standardize specifications by involving design-engineering teams. Although this is not a primary (or even secondary) value proposition for Supply Dynamics, simply centralizing aggregate material demand information can provide a means to gain this type of visibility.” Similar savings opportunities arise from standardizing raw material sizes, eliminating sole sources of supply, facilitating the transition of parts to more cost-effective manufacturers, consolidating the base of part manufacturers, and so forth.

The Spend Matters review may be read in three parts at:

http://www.spendmatters.com/index.cfm/2011/6/8/Supply-Dynamics–Making-SourcingSupply-Chain-More-Strategic-Through-Demand-Aggregation-Part-1

http://www.spendmatters.com/index.cfm/2011/6/13/Supply-Dynamics–Making-SourcingSupply-Chain-More-Strategic-Through-Demand-Aggregation-Part-2

http://www.spendmatters.com/index.cfm/2011/6/15/Supply-Dynamics–Making-SourcingSupply-Chain-More-Strategic-Through-Demand-Aggregation-Part-3

About Supply Dynamics: Supply Dynamics is the leading provider of material consolidation solutions known as “Material Demand Aggregation.” Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, Supply Dynamics utilizes proprietary processes and IT solutions to provide OEM customers with real-time visibility and control over the materials that go into their finished parts – especially the materials that go into the parts made by their Tier 1 and Tier 2 outside part suppliers. Provided in a hosted “software as a service” model, the Supply Dynamics multi-enterprise platform exchanges critical-to-quality data with virtually any number of legacy MRP/ERP systems, providing customers with a single, unified view of how finished part materials are impacting their business. Supply Dynamics’ suite of web-based tools and reports allow customers to instantly forecast and negotiate common materials and monitor the timely order and supply of materials across their extended supply chain. This enables an OEM and its supply partners to know that materials being produced, ordered and delivered are synchronized with actual finished part demand. It also allows the OEM to measure on-time delivery of raw materials to production sites and outside part manufacturers, to standardize materials and to identify users for surplus, excess and obsolete materials. Material Demand Aggregation is applicable to numerous industries providing a means for OEMs to coordinate the actions of each link in the supply chain to dramatically improve efficiency and predictability of supply. (www.supplydynamics.com)

For more information, please contact Mr. Bob Hales, Director of Market Development at (513) 965-2000.

13 June, 2011

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A. – Supply Dynamics (www.supplydynamics.com) has released its Metals Outlook for the second half of 2011.  As with our previous forecasts, this Metals Outlook is based upon our analysis of information from a variety of sources.  We spoke with a multitude of industry leaders and financial analysts.  We read all that we could find from the news services.  We touched base with the OEMs with whom we work on raw material aggregation programs.  We also spoke with some of the machine shops and fabricators that supply those OEMs.  And after all of that, we ventured a guess at what we think will happen to metals prices over the next six months.

We identified six main drivers of metals price.  While there are other factors to be considered, these are the things that we believe really move the proverbial needle:

1. Global Economic Health & Risks
2. Interest Rates/ Currency Exchange
3. Mill Capacities & Lead-Times
4. Energy Costs
5. Carbon Scrap & Elemental Costs
6. International Trade Issues and the “Known Unknowns”

The Second Half 2011 Metals Outlook is available for free download from the Supply Dynamics website at:

http://www.supplydynamics.com/knowledge-center/media/

About Supply Dynamics:  Supply Dynamics is the leading provider of material consolidation solutions known as “Material Demand Aggregation.” Located in Cincinnati Ohio, Supply Dynamics utilizes proprietary processes and IT solutions to provide OEM customers with real-time visibility and control over the materials that go into their finished parts – especially the materials that go into the parts made by their Tier 1 and Tier 2 outside part suppliers. Provided in a hosted “software as a service” model, the Supply Dynamics multi-enterprise platform exchanges critical-to-quality data with virtually any number of legacy MRP/ERP systems, providing customers with a single, unified view of how finished part materials are impacting their business. Supply Dynamics’ suite of web-based tools and reports allow customers to instantly forecast and negotiate common materials and monitor the timely order and supply of materials across their extended supply chain. This enables an OEM and its supply partners to know that materials being produced, ordered and delivered are synchronized with actual finished part demand. It also allows the OEM to measure on-time delivery of raw materials to production sites and outside part manufacturers, to standardize materials and to identify users for surplus, excess and obsolete materials. Material Demand Aggregation is applicable to numerous industries providing a means for OEMs to coordinate the actions of each link in the supply chain to dramatically improve efficiency and predictability of supply. (www.supplydynamics.com)

For more information, please contact Mr. Bob Hales, Director of Market Development at (513) 965-2000. 

1 June, 2011

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A. – GE Energy, one of Supply Dynamics’ aggregation customers, has been named a finalist for a “Metals Excellence Award” by American Metal Market (AMM) in the category “Best Operational Improvement.”  The nomination is based upon a raw material aggregation program set up with the assistance of Supply Dynamics.

The aggregation program was implemented to solve the common problem of slow and inaccurate raw material demand information flow between OEMs, their part manufacturers, and their raw material supply chain.  This poor flow of information creates long lead times, material shortages, excessive raw material safety stock, speculative inventory at distributors and mills, and a variety of other inefficiencies.  Ultimately, all of these lead to higher cost raw materials, poor service levels, and late parts. 

This nomination recognizes the transformational nature of GE’s aggregation program – impacting more than 30 part manufacturers, a major US distributor and several mills.  It has been highly successful  in terms of improving the extended raw material supply chain and by enabling GE Energy to  choreograph the interaction of its suppliers in a truly “win, win, win” manner.

An 8-minute video overview of the process is available on the Supply Dynamics website at:

http://www.supplydynamics.com/material-demand-aggregation-video/

About Supply Dynamics:  Supply Dynamics is the leading provider of material consolidation solutions known as “Material Demand Aggregation.” Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, Supply Dynamics utilizes proprietary processes and IT solutions to provide OEM customers with real-time visibility and control over the materials that go into their finished parts – especially the materials that go into the parts made by their Tier 1 and Tier 2 outside part suppliers. Provided in a hosted “software as a service” model, the Supply Dynamics multi-enterprise platform exchanges critical-to-quality data with virtually any number of legacy MRP/ERP systems, providing customers with a single, unified view of how finished part materials are impacting their business. Supply Dynamics’ suite of web-based tools and reports allow customers to instantly forecast and negotiate common materials and monitor the timely order and supply of materials across their extended supply chain. This enables an OEM and its supply partners to know that materials being produced, ordered and delivered are synchronized with actual finished part demand. It also allows the OEM to measure on-time delivery of raw materials to production sites and outside part manufacturers, to standardize materials and to identify users for surplus, excess and obsolete materials. Material Demand Aggregation is applicable to numerous industries providing a means for OEMs to coordinate the actions of each link in the supply chain to dramatically improve efficiency and predictability of supply. (www.supplydynamics.com)

For more information, please contact Mr. Bob Hales, Director of Market Development at (513) 965-2000.

Latrobe Specialty Steel Announces Price Increase
Latrobe Specialty Steel announced it would increase prices by 3 to 10 percent on high speed and tool steels grades, air melt stainless steels, remelted alloys and nickel based superalloys sold through Latrobe’s Distribution and Manufacturing business units. The price increase will be effective immediately on all new inquiries and with all new orders received beginning May 1, 2011. Raw material surcharges will remain in effect.

"This price increase will enable Latrobe Specialty Steel to recover the increasing operational costs that we are experiencing throughout our entire manufacturing process," said Mark T. Weberding, Vice President of Marketing & Sales – Manufacturing. "Although Latrobe Specialty Steel has a surcharge mechanism to reflect our direct energy consumption, we continue to experience higher costs for operating supplies due to the impact of energy prices on our vendors’ operations. In addition, this increase will allow us to accelerate several planned capital expenditures in order to expand capacity for many of our specialized products to significantly reduce lead-times to our customers."

(Latrobe’s full announcement can be found at http://www.latrobesteel.com/media_newsdetails.cfm?NewsID=28)

In contrast to Latrobe’s announcement, POSCO has announced that they are lowering their May local 300-series stainless prices by $90/ton.  As nobody knows what the future holds, it’s hard to say other mills will do.  One thing is certain, in these volatile times, nothing is certain.

28 February, 2011

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A.– Supply Dynamics (www.supplydynamics.com) is pleased to announce the release of OASIS 7.0.  This latest release, makes it even easier for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to monitor and manage vital information about the raw material and other “material-inputs” that go into their parts, irrespective of where those parts are manufactured.  OASIS 7.0 includes a fresh new look and additional tools that will help guide the OEM through the aggregation process and ensure that bills-of-material remain up-to-date and accurate.

Among the new capabilities found in OASIS 7.0 are:

• An upgraded graphical user interface that features stunning animated and interactive charts and reports that can be easily shared or manipulated.
• An accordion-style “My OASIS” tab that provides real-time metrics information on raw materials, production sites, and part suppliers involved in your aggregation program
• Maintenance indicators that show what actions need to be taken to keep its data fresh and accurate
•  A sophisticated chemical element forecasting tool that translates finished part demand into chemical element requirements so that the OEM can evaluate opportunities to hedge materials.

OASIS 7.0 Homepage

OASIS is accessed securely over the internet and requires no costly integration effort with the OEM’s existing MRP or ERP systems. 

The managed information in OASIS includes Bills of Material (BOMs) for the OEM’s parts and the Finished Parts Schedules that dictate when those parts must be delivered to the OEM. 

Taken together, that information enables OASIS to produce a Material Demand Profile which allows the OEM to understand exactly what raw materials need to be bought, when and where they will be needed, and which production site or part suppliers will be buying them.  This information, when shared by the OEM with material-input producers and distributors drives enormous efficiencies.  By eliminating speculation about raw material demand, mills, manufacturers and distributors are able to anticipate demand and thereby improve the efficiency of their operations.  Those efficiencies, in turn translate into more competitive prices and improved service levels for the OEM and its outside part manufacturers. 

A high-level overview of the Material Demand Aggregation can be found at:

http://www.supplydynamics.com/

Geoff Wu, Software Development Manager at Supply Dynamics noted, “The vision that we have had for making aggregation tools accessible to all types of supply chain managers is coming to pass.  Strategic Sourcing Managers, Category Managers, Commodity Managers, and Buyers now can all find tools that they will use every day to run their operations more efficiently.”

About Supply Dynamics:Supply Dynamics is the leading provider of material consolidation solutions known as “Material Demand Aggregation.” Located in Cincinnati Ohio, Supply Dynamics utilizes proprietary processes and IT solutions to provide OEM customers with real-time visibility and control over the materials that go into their finished parts – especially the materials that go into the parts made by their Tier 1 and Tier 2 outside part fabricators. Provided in a hosted “software as a service” model, the Supply Dynamics multi-enterprise platform exchanges critical-to-quality data with virtually any number of legacy MRP/ERP systems, providing customers with a single, unified view of how finished part materials are impacting their business. Supply Dynamics’ suite of web-based tools and reports allow customers to instantly forecast and negotiate common materials and monitor the timely order and supply of materials across their extended supply chain. This enables an OEM and its supply partners to know that materials being produced, ordered and delivered are synchronized with actual finished part demand. It also allows the OEM to measure on-time delivery of raw materials to production sites and outside part fabricators, to standardize materials and to identify users for surplus, excess and obsolete materials. Material Demand Aggregation is applicable to numerous industries providing a means for OEMs to coordinate the actions of each link in the supply chain to dramatically improve efficiency and predictability of supply. (www.supplydynamics.com)

For more information, please contact Mr. Bob Hales, Director of Market Development at (513) 965-2000. 

9 February, 2011

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A.– Supply Dynamics (www.supplydynamics.com) is pleased to announce the launch of its updated website, which, in addition to the usual information about Material Demand Aggregation, now provides site visitors with a new source of valuable metal market news and views.  An exciting new user interface makes it much easier to navigate and find the information you are looking for.

The new website includes access to the Supply Dynamics’ Blog and Twitter accounts.  The Supply Dynamics Blog offers our comments about industry news and trends and gives our customers the ability to add their own perspectives.  The Twitter account is used to provide links to stories or articles that we find particularly useful and insightful.

The website is also organized to make the information that it provides much more accessible to those that have questions – particularly questions about how to better leverage consolidated raw material requirements to improve finished part pricing and services.

Homepage

 Here is a quick preview of some of the new or improved content:

• In addition to viewing videos and downloading other media, visitors can take a quick, on-line survey and determine if they are good candidates for Material Demand Aggregation.
• A polling feature allows visitors to compare their perceptions with those of other visitors.  For example, the current poll asks, “Where do you think steel prices are headed in 2011?”
• An expanded Knowledge Center includes our 2011 Metals Outlook and latest whitepapers.
• Finally, an expanded Material Demand Aggregation Video provides a broader and more informative overview of the aggregation process.

Bruce Washington, Senior Metals Industry Analyst with Supply Dynamics noted, “Material Demand Aggregation is a great process and we think that Supply Dynamics is a fantastic company.  We are excited that we now have a website that communicates that to the world.”

About Supply Dynamics:Supply Dynamics is the leading provider of material consolidation solutions known as “Material Demand Aggregation.” Located in Cincinnati Ohio, Supply Dynamics utilizes proprietary processes and IT solutions to provide OEM customers with real-time visibility and control over the materials that go into their finished parts – especially the materials that go into the parts made by their Tier 1 and Tier 2 outside part fabricators. Provided in a hosted “software as a service” model, the Supply Dynamics multi-enterprise platform exchanges critical-to-quality data with virtually any number of legacy MRP/ERP systems, providing customers with a single, unified view of how finished part materials are impacting their business. Supply Dynamics’ suite of web-based tools and reports allow customers to instantly forecast and negotiate common materials and monitor the timely order and supply of materials across their extended supply chain. This enables an OEM and its supply partners to know that materials being produced, ordered and delivered are synchronized with actual finished part demand. It also allows the OEM to measure on-time delivery of raw materials to production sites and outside part fabricators, to standardize materials and to identify users for surplus, excess and obsolete materials. Material Demand Aggregation is applicable to numerous industries providing a means for OEMs to coordinate the actions of each link in the supply chain to dramatically improve efficiency and predictability of supply. (www.supplydynamics.com)

For more information, please contact Mr. Bob Hales, Director of Market Development at (513) 965-2000. 

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A. – Supply Dynamics announces the launch of a new element forecasting tool as an extension of their OASIS material forecasting solution. The element forecasting tool extends an Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM’s) visibility from the raw materials that are required for production of its products into the chemical elements that are required to produce those raw materials. This enhancement will allow an OEM to mitigate the impact of raw material pricing volatility by taking steps such as putting in place financial hedges or rescheduling purchases to avoid short-term market conditions. And, those actions can address the OEM’s total raw material requirement – including the material requirements of their outside part manufacturers.

Element Forecast Process

This new tool utilizes the raw material forecast generated by OASIS and breaks it down into its chemical constituents providing the user with an aggregate weight for each element. The Element forecasting utility translates OEM finished part schedules into a granular picture of the elements that impact the material cost. These can then be expressed in dollars (using real-time elemental valuations), pounds or other units of measure. This enables the OEM to truly understand what it would take to hedge materials across the extended supply chain (not just within its own 4 walls). Elements supported include, but are not limited to, Aluminum, Cobalt, Iron, and Nickel. The tool will display current and historic element prices and display the current cost, by element, of the aggregate requirements.

A “What If Scenario” analysis tool is included which allows the user to enter best case, worst case, and most likely element prices to see the effect of possible market scenarios on their total element spend requirements. The users also have the ability to enter an element hedge percentage and view the resulting cost of a hedge based on the different scenarios.

Scott Jones, Director of Operations at Supply Dynamics said that “we listened to what our customers were asking for and the result was a tool which takes the concept of visibility and control one step further. The integration of this new elemental forecasting tool with the powerful tools already in OASIS will allow an OEM to evaluate the possibility of hedging elements based on not just their direct material requirements, but the material requirements of their entire supply chain. There is nothing else out there that can provide you with this type of information for your entire extended supply chain.”

The elemental forecasting tool is immediately available to all OASIS users.

About OASIS:  OASIS is a proprietary platform that allows multiple enterprises in an Original Equipment Manufacturer’s (OEM’s) supply chain to access appropriate reports and information related to the raw material requirements of the OEM and its outside parts suppliers. OASIS is accessed securely over the internet and requires no costly integration effort with the OEM’s existing IT systems. The managed information includes Bills of Material (BOMs) for the OEM’s parts and the Finished Parts Schedules that dictate when those parts must be delivered to the OEM. Taken together, that information enables OASIS to produce a Material Demand Profile which allows the OEM to understand exactly what raw materials need to be bought, when and where they will be needed, and which production site or parts suppliers will be buying them. This information, when shared by the OEM, is extremely valuable to producers and distributors of raw materials. By eliminating speculation about demand, it helps them improve the efficiency of their operations. The improved efficiency results in lower raw material costs for the OEM and its parts suppliers.

A high-level overview of the Material Demand Aggregation that OASIS directly supports is found in an online video located at:

http://www.supplydynamics.com/

About Supply Dynamics:  Supply Dynamics is the leading provider of material consolidation solutions known as “Material Demand Aggregation.” Located in Cincinnati Ohio, Supply Dynamics utilizes proprietary processes and IT solutions to provide OEM customers with real-time visibility and control over the materials that go into their finished parts – especially the materials that go into the parts made by their Tier 1 and Tier 2 outside part suppliers. Provided in a hosted “software as a service” model, the Supply Dynamics multi-enterprise platform exchanges critical-to-quality data with virtually any number of legacy MRP/ERP systems, providing customers with a single, unified view of how finished part materials are impacting their business. Supply Dynamics’ suite of web-based tools and reports allow customers to instantly forecast and negotiate common materials and monitor the timely order and supply of materials across their extended supply chain. This enables an OEM and its supply partners to know that materials being produced, ordered and delivered are synchronized with actual finished part demand. It also allows the OEM to measure on-time delivery of raw materials to production sites and outside part manufacturers, to standardize materials and to identify users for surplus, excess and obsolete materials. Material Demand Aggregation is applicable to numerous industries providing a means for OEMs to coordinate the actions of each link in the supply chain to dramatically improve efficiency and predictability of supply. (www.supplydynamics.com)

For more information, please contact Mr. Bob Hales, Director of Market Development at (513) 965-2000.

17 January, 2011

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A.– Supply Dynamics will present at the March 7^th, 2011 SpeedNews Aerospace Raw Materials & Manufacturers Supply Chain Conference in Beverly Hills, California.  Trevor Stansbury, President of Supply Dynamics, will speak on “Managing Common Raw Material across the OEM Supply Chain – Pitfalls and Best Practices” to an audience of aerospace OEM supply chain executives, market analysts and investment bankers.

The presentation will be particularly interesting to aerospace OEMs that want to leverage the raw material requirements of their sub-tier suppliers in order to improve their own cost structure.  The presentation will be very timely as many of the high performance metals that are used in aerospace are expected to rise dramatically over the next year.  As raw material accounts for about half of the cost of most parts, putting in place methods to counteract those expected price increases will be critical for OEM profitability.

The presentation will discuss the lessons Supply Dynamics learned through aggregating raw materials and highly engineered fasteners at major aerospace OEMs including a jet engine manufacturer and a manufacturer of auxiliary power units.  It will also present some observations about how one of the top business jet OEMs implemented their own aggregation program.

Mr. Stansbury is considered a leading expert in the field of raw material aggregation.  He is a veteran of the aerospace industry (with stints at Honeywell and Boeing Helicopter). He has participated in almost 20 aggregation programs in industries that include aerospace, nuclear power generation, medical imaging and transportation.

More information about the conference is available on the SpeedNews website http://www.speednews.com/

About Supply Dynamics:Supply Dynamics is the leading provider of material consolidation solutions known as “Material Demand Aggregation.” Located in Cincinnati Ohio, Supply Dynamics utilizes proprietary processes and IT solutions to provide OEM customers with real-time visibility and control over the materials that go into their finished parts – especially the materials that go into the parts made by their Tier 1 and Tier 2 outside part suppliers. Provided in a hosted “software as a service” model, the Supply Dynamics multi-enterprise platform exchanges critical-to-quality data with virtually any number of legacy MRP/ERP systems, providing customers with a single, unified view of how finished part materials are impacting their business. Supply Dynamics’ suite of web-based tools and reports allow customers to instantly forecast and negotiate common materials and monitor the timely order and supply of materials across their extended supply chain. This enables an OEM and its supply partners to know that materials being produced, ordered and delivered are synchronized with actual finished part demand. It also allows the OEM to measure on-time delivery of raw materials to production sites and outside part manufacturers, to standardize materials and to identify users for surplus, excess and obsolete materials. Material Demand Aggregation is applicable to numerous industries providing a means for OEMs to coordinate the actions of each link in the supply chain to dramatically improve efficiency and predictability of supply. (www.supplydynamics.com)

For more information, please contact Mr. Bob Hales, Director of Market Development at (513) 965-2000.