FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A. (May 16, 2013) – Supply Dynamics is pleased to announce the release of OASIS 8.1, the Online Aggregation Strategic Information System.  This web-enabled, hosted IT application is a dynamic raw materials forecasting and fulfillment solution which now offers improved charting and data visualization capabilities. This system allows Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), and their Contract Manufacturers, to assess and analyze their raw materials supply chain more efficiently.

Improved Charting Capabilities

This improved functionality enables users to monitor internal operations as well as their machine shops and fabricators – and to customize data results individually or collectively.  OASIS 8.1 allows data analysis to be conducted across their supply base and to filter results based on material forms, alloys, grades, specifications, dimension and other significant part attributes. This empowers users to focus on specific information for improved decision making.

“We continue to introduce new functionality to the OASIS software, ensuring it is flexible to the growing needs of our customers. As many of our employees have come from backgrounds in manufacturing or software, we understand how powerful enterprise software can be when it enables creative and innovative uses,” says Scott Jones, Director of Operations.

The ability to gather accurate information quickly, and synthesize it into a production strategy which provides cost savings and operational efficiency is invaluable to Supply Dynamics’ customers.  To focus on the accuracy and speed of data analytics, Supply Dynamics maximized the value of OASIS 8.1 by adding high quality graphics to the data analysis function.  Graphics provide a visual model to aide in the speed of interpretation and understanding of the collected data.  OASIS 8.1 will give Supply Dynamics’ customers the specific information they require to negotiate favorable pricing, terms, and service from metal distributors and mills. 

“Over Supply Dynamics’ 11 years in business, we have established ourselves as a leader in Material Demand Aggregation. However, in order to provide the most advanced tools in supporting an aggregation program, we felt that the incorporation of improved charting capabilities was a natural step for OASIS,” says Trevor Stansbury, President of Supply Dynamics.

For more information, please contact Mr. Bob Hales, Director of Market Development at (513) 965-2000. Please visit our website at 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 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. Supply Dynamics (www.supplydynamics.com) is a member of O’Neal Industries, the largest family-owned metals service center in the U.S. with sales of approximately $2.5 billion in 2011. O’Neal Industries is headquartered in Birmingham, AL and has more than 90 locations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. For more information about O’Neal Industries, visit www.onealind.com.   

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CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A. (February 5, 2013) – Supply Dynamics (www.supplydynamics.com) is pleased to announce that it has been selected by a unit of one of the world’s largest diversified manufacturers to evaluate over 6,000 parts using its technology driven process, Part Attribute Characterization. The Customer will use Part Attribute Characterization to identify and classify its C-Parts by their raw material makeup. This classification will be instrumental in the development of an engineering catalogue for use in the development of new parts. This catalogue will be used to conduct smarter RFQs when transitioning C-Parts to new part suppliers.

Part Attribute Characterization is a software-driven service in which customers provide their digital blueprints or other engineering data and Supply Dynamics deploys an army of experienced engineers to document the significant attributes associated with those parts. Supply Dynamics then delivers a comprehensive tabulation of these attributes by part number that can be leveraged for engineering, strategic sourcing, procurement, manufacturing, quality, and materials management initiatives.

Chuck Eisenhauer, Senior Technical Project Engineer, believes, “We will continue to see strong growth in Part Attribute Characterization because of its ability to provide OEMs with the information they need to make strategic sourcing decisions. Each of our customers has a different purpose for Part Attribute Characterization, but we are continuing to see more of our customers use this data to understand their raw material requirements for specific parts and collectively, standardize sizes, and identify opportunities for aggregate purchasing.”

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

A more detailed description of Part Attribute Characterization can be found at: http://www.supplydynamics.com/part-attribute-characterization/.

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. Supply Dynamics (www.supplydynamics.com) is a member of O’Neal Industries, the largest family-owned metals service center in the U.S. with sales of approximately $2.5 billion in 2011. O’Neal Industries is headquartered in Birmingham, AL and has more than 90 locations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. For more information about O’Neal Industries, visit www.onealind.com.   

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• Rules apply only to public companies.
• It applies beginning January 1, 2013.
• It applies to companies that manufacture products directly or assemble products made from parts and assemblies that contain Conflict Minerals.
• There is no minimum amount of Conflict Minerals for compliance.
• A company that assembles its products using component parts would be viewed as the “manufacturer” of a product
• Products produced from scrap or recycled sources may be labeled “DRC conflict free.”
• No rules have been released specifying the steps necessary to meet “reasonable country of origin inquiry” requirements.
• The Rule simply states that Company’s must follow the “supplier engagement” approach in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, meaning companies will engage with companies in their supply chain to make inquiry about the source of Conflict Minerals and the smelters and refineries involved in the production of them.  OECD Due Diligence Guidance does anticipate and appears to allow the flow down of reporting requirement to a Company’s lower-tier suppliers (what it calls “push down”).  If this occurs, a Company must have reason to believe representations received by its downstream supply chain (Contract Manufacturers, Mills, Distributors, Smelters and refineries) are “true.”  On the other hand, it also states that, in order to be relied upon, a supplier’s representations must be based on something demonstrable.  In other words, flat representations from suppliers may not be enough.  The Guidelines seems to anticipate a world in which sources of Conflict Minerals have been certified as “conflict mineral free” – a condition that has yet to fully materialize.
• To this end, the electronic industry and Global e-Sustainability Initiative (EICG and GeSI) have developed a Conflict Mineral Free Smelter Program that oversees independent audits of smelters that process conflict minerals.  Lists of compliant suppliers are being compiled. 
• Consultants/third-parties can be used to carry out a country of origin inquiry on behalf of a Company BUT the SEC also has said that a reasonable country of origin inquiry should involve “supplier engagement,” so to what degree consultants should be used exclusively is a bit uncertain.
• The “Adopting Release” says that an inquiry does NOT require a company to receive input from its entire supply chain as long as the company’s inquiry is “reasonably designed and conducted in good faith, and the company does not ignore warning signs indicating some of its minerals may have originated in covered countries.”
• Right now, here is what public companies are reported to be doing:
• Some are using industry-wide protocols such as the EICG and GeSI reporting templates and certification tools.  These are essentially Excel based questionnaires distributed to lower tiers of the supply chain.  We are not aware of this being tried by anyone in the aerospace sector, only in the electronics industry.
• Lists of compliant tantalum suppliers are the most mature while lists of compliant tin and tungsten suppliers are still being compiled.
• Conflict Minerals “flow down” requirements are being developed and added to new contracts, purchase orders, etc.
• In some instances these flow down requirements are seeking audit rights for higher tiers of the supply chain in order to corroborate representations.
• Companies are hiring consultants to design reasonable country of origin inquiry procedures and protocols and/or due diligence.
• For 2013 and 2014, if a company conducts its Conflict Minerals inquiry and is unable to reach a conclusion from that inquiry as to whether its products contain Conflict Minerals, it must still file a Conflict Minerals Report.
• If a Company’s parts contain Conflict Minerals and it determines that they did NOT come from the DRC or that they were manufactured from recycled materials, it files a Form SD and describes the Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry it used to reach this conclusion.
• If a Company’s parts contain Conflict Minerals and it determines that they DID come from the DRC and were NOT manufactured from recycled materials, it must, among other things, exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of such conflict minerals, following OECD Due Diligence Guidelines.
• Finally any Conflict Minerals smelted or fully refined or that are located outside of the DRC prior to 01/31/2013 are not covered by the Rule.

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A. (January 3, 2013) – Supply Dynamics (www.supplydynamics.com) is pleased to announce the release of OASIS 8.0, a major overhaul of its one-of-a-kind raw material forecasting and fulfillment solution. The improvements make OASIS more adaptable as Supply Dynamics moves into industries with increasingly complex supply chains and numerous raw material product forms.

In addition to more robust tools for helping Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) understand their raw material supply chain, Users will experience an upgraded bill-of-material manager, more detailed material forecasting and reporting, and expanded filtering and data export options. The enhanced raw material forecasting and fulfillment solution enables Users to quickly collect and analyze data that is critical for better management of outside contract manufacturers; functionality not found in popular MRP/ERP systems.

As an enhancement for diversified conglomerates with potentially hundreds of locations, OASIS 8.0 now allows Corporate Users to independently or collectively view the raw material requirements of regions, divisions, business units, manufacturing plants, and affiliated Contract Manufacturers. This functionality is already paying dividends for a  new customer establishing aggregation programs across four of their aerospace divisions specifically for the purpose of identifying the independent and collective raw material requirements of their outside Contract Manufacturers.

OASIS 8.0’s many upgrades dramatically enhance the User’s front-end, analysis and reporting experience.  However, several back-end investments have also been made. These improvements include advanced hardware, technology, security and database structure enhancements that improve application speed and responsiveness.

“This was a significant investment for Supply Dynamics,” says Scott Jones, Supply Dynamics’ Director of Operations.  He continues, “We have been listening to our customers and have invested in developing tools that they need to operate more efficiently.  OASIS gives them easy access to information that they have always wanted, but have never been able to get.”

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

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. Supply Dynamics is one of more than a dozen companies that comprise O’Neal Industries (onealind.com), the U.S.A.’s largest family-owned group of metals service centers. With sales of approximately $2.5 billion in 2012, O’Neal Industries is based in Birmingham, Alabama, and has more than 90 specialized facilities throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.

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July 5, 2012

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A. – Supply Dynamics (www.supplydynamics.com) is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with a world leader in energy products and services. With operations spanning over 70 countries and nearly 75,000 employees, the new customer marks one of the largest for Supply Dynamics and the first in the Oil & Gas Industry. Supply Dynamics will be demonstrating how OASIS, their industry leading suite of online tools for raw material forecasting and fulfillment, can be used to monitor the procurement process, ecompassing OEM sites and hundreds of sub-tier suppliers.

Supply Dynamics’ OASIS is a web-based raw material forecasting and fulfillment solution.  OASIS provides customers with real-time visibility and control over the raw materials that go into their finished parts, irrespective of where those finished parts are manufactured. OASIS will allow decision makers to track and monitor the timely purchase and supply of raw materials, ensuring that raw materials are never the reason why a finished part is late.

Chuck Eisenhauer, Supply Dynamics’ Technical Program Manager says, “The addition of our newest customer from the Oil & Gas industry shows the applicability of OASIS to any industry, whether it is Oil & Gas, Aerospace, or Heavy Equipment. An OEM needs visibility into the raw material used in its products to effectively make decisions.  Supply Dynamics’ goal is to provide our customers with that visibility into the supply of raw material all the way from the mill to the OEM’s door.”

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.

Supply Dynamics (www.SupplyDynamics.com)  is a member of O’Neal Industries, the largest family-owned metals service center in the U.S. with sales of approximately $2.5 billion in 2011.  O’Neal Industries is headquartered in Birmingham, AL and has more than 90 locations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.  For more information, visit onealind.com.  

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

31 May, 2012

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A.– Supply Dynamics(www.supplydynamics.com) is pleased to announce the introduction of a new service, Part Attribute Characterization. This new software-driven service enables manufacturers to identify and leverage common part attributes, such as material type and manufacturing processes that are found in their products. Part Attribute Characterization allows parts to be matched with part manufacturers that will be most efficient and cost-effective in production of those particular parts. Understanding common part attributes can be a critical issue for companies seeking to outsource, insource, or transition their parts to other part manufacturers.   

This process begins when customers provide digital blueprints and other engineering data to Supply Dynamics.  Through the comprehensive effort of software developers, analysts, and an army of engineers, the attributes which the customer wants collected from its parts are captured with consistent formats and wording conventions.   Common attributes across characterized parts can be leveraged and used by engineering, strategic sourcing, procurement, manufacturing, quality, and materials management. The applications of Part Attribute Characterization include:

• Classifying parts by attribute such as primary or secondary manufacturing process, special processes, material type, part finish, part size, material type and more.
• Matching part attributes to specific part manufacturer capabilities.
• Aggregating the raw material requirements from all parts that use the same raw materials.
• Identification of parts using non-standard raw materials or sizes.

Scott Jones, Director of Operations at Supply Dynamics explains, “The process has been proven with customers that produce everything from aircraft to railroad locomotives to nuclear reactors.  Customers are always finding new applications for the data.  One customer used it to verify that raw materials being ordered by its parts suppliers met the required testing specifications on a part by part basis.  It discovered that they hadn’t and our customer was quickly able to alert the necessary personnel and resolve the issue before significant time and financial resources were consumed.  Without this data the problem would not have been discovered until much later in the production process resulting in significant additional cost.”

A more detailed description of Part Attribute Characterization can be found at:

http://www.supplydynamics.com/part-attribute-characterization/

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) 

15 May, 2012

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A. – Supply Dynamics(www.supplydynamics.com) is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with a major group of aerospace Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) whereby the OEMs will license Supply Dynamics’ Online Aggregation Strategic Information System (OASIS) software.

Supply Dynamics’ OASIS is a web-based raw material forecasting and fulfillment solution.  OASIS provides customers with real-time visibility and control over the raw materials that go into their finished parts, irrespective of where those finished parts are manufactured.  OASIS will help the group to identify materials that are common across all of its operating companies and fully leverage that information as they work to continually improve their operations.  OASIS will allow decision makers to track and monitor the timely purchase and supply of raw materials, ensuring that raw materials are never the reason why a finished part is late.

Unlike MRP systems that are engineered to manage finished parts, OASIS was specifically engineered to manage the raw materials that go into finished parts. OASIS allows the OEM to forecast aggregate raw material requirements based upon its finished part demand and the Bills-of-Material that are purchased in order to produce the OEM’s parts. OASIS is fully accessible by the OEM, its outside part manufacturers, and their raw material sources. There is no other IT solution like it.

Chuck Eisenhauer, Supply Dynamics Technical Program Manager says, “OASIS provides unmatched visibility into the materials used by an OEM’s parts manufacturers.  We look forward to proving this to our new customer so that they may capitalize upon the benefits of increased visibility into their supply chain.”

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 April, 2012

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A.– Supply Dynamics(www.supplydynamics.com) is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with the sixth business unit of a major diversified OEM.  The new business unit specializes in smart grid technologies that modernize and optimize the generation, movement, and consumption of energy across the globe. Supply Dynamics will provide its new service, Part Attribute Characterization, to assist this new customer in gaining visibility throughout its raw material supply chain.

The goal of the program is to assist the customer in understanding their part raw material requirements, identify opportunities to standardize the raw materials being used, and determine if there is an opportunity to aggregate common raw materials across their supply base. This program will provide the customer with unparalleled understanding of not only what goes into their finished parts, but the manufacturing processes required to produce those parts, allowing the company to make more effective sourcing decisions.

Part Attribute Characterization continues to be a growing part of Supply Dynamics as more OEMs see the value in increased visibility throughout their supply chain. Scott Jones, Director of Operations believes, “Part Attribute Characterization provides benefits beyond simply understanding what materials a specific part number is made from.  We are identifying attributes such as manufacturing processes required to produce the parts and coatings being used.  All of this information allows our customers to make strategic sourcing decisions, match part number packages with suppliers who have the necessary machining capabilities, and even aggregate special processing across their supply chain.  Our customers continue to identify additional uses for this service.”

A more detailed description of Part Attribute Characterization can be found at:

http://www.supplydynamics.com/part-attribute-characterization/

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)

31 March, 2012

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A.– Supply Dynamics(www.supplydynamics.com) is pleased to announce that its ongoing Material Demand Aggregation program with a world-leading manufacturer of business jets has progressed to a new phase. The program will utilize Supply Dynamics’ industry leading proprietary processes and IT solutions to establish control over the materials that are used in the Original Equipment Manufacturer’s (OEM) aircraft. 

Of primary concern is that the proper materials used to manufacture all of the OEM’s parts are ordered, produced, and delivered in synchronization with actual OEM finished part demand.  To ensure that this happens, the Bill-of-Material for each part must be verified by the part manufacturer responsible for producing each part.  The validated Bill-of-Material must then be tied to the production schedule for that part and lead times must be incorporated.  A distributor or mill must be selected to provide the materials to the part manufacturers and the part manufacturers must be directed to purchase from the OEM’s designated raw material sources.  The resulting “Closed Loop” system will ensure that every link in the OEM’s raw material supply chain will have the information and physical raw materials that they need to do their job as efficiently as possible.

Additional benefits of the availability of this information are that the OEM will be able to standardize materials to optimal sizes, evaluate part manufacturers based upon the value that they add to the OEM’s business, and ensure raw material availability during the expected aerospace super-cycle.

Supply Dynamics’ OASIS solution ensures that information is received when and where it is needed, a key to the entire process.  OASIS allows customers to instantly forecast raw material requirements and monitor the timely order and supply of raw materials across an OEM’s extended supply chain.  Chuck Eisenhauer, Senior Technical Project Manager with Supply Dynamics noted, “With the exceptional growth forecasted for the aircraft industry, visibility into the supply chain is quickly becoming essential.  The visibility provided by OASIS will allow our customers to avoid many issues in the supply of material that previously would have had a devastating impact on production.”

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.

28 February, 2012

CINCINNATI, OH, U.S.A.– Supply Dynamics(www.supplydynamics.com) announces that it has been hired by a major aerospace Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to perform a Gap Analysis on the OEM’s well-established internal aggregation processes and tools. The overall objective of the program is to identify where the existing raw material sourcing process can be enhanced, replaced or extended in a cost-effective and minimally disruptive manner. The scope of this program includes analysis of both processes and IT solutions.  The project, carried out during two, week-long, on-site visits will address the steps necessary to restore visibility into the Material-Inputs where that visibility does not exist, thereby enabling the OEM to:

• Consolidate and negotiate competitive price and service levels for common material Input requirements.
• Ensure continuity of supply.
• Monitor and enforce Part Manufacturer, Distributor and Mill/Manufacturer participation and compliance with the terms of a consolidated raw material purchasing program.
• Standardize raw material sizes, specifications and forms used in the OEMs extended Supply Chain.

Some of the areas evaluated include:

• Spend Categories Targeted for Aggregation
• Data Sources, Formats and Attributes
• Key Aggregation Processes
• Bill-of–Material Identification 
• Purchasing Requirements vs. Engineering Requirements
• Calculation of Material Forecasts
• Aggregation Order Administration
• Updating the Raw Material Forecast to accommodate the addition of New Parts
• Incorporating New Part Suppliers into the Aggregation Program
• Accommodating Scenarios Where a Part Supplier Outsources Parts to Another Supplier (Tier 2, 3, etc.)
• Monitoring and Enforcement: 
• Buying at or inside of lead-time
• Distributor and Mill Negotiations 
• Reporting
• IT Changes and Support
• Purchase Order Work Flow
• Rate Readiness

Results of the Gap Analysis will be used to improve existing processes and potentially supplement or extend current capabilities.  Supply Dynamics was selected to perform the Gap Analysis because of its track record for successfully helping OEMs aggregate raw materials in a number of different industries.

Supply Dynamics’ suite of web-based tools allow customers to instantly forecast raw material requirements and monitor the timely order and supply of raw materials across an OEM’s extended supply chain.  This enables an OEM and its supply partners to know that materials being produced, ordered and delivered are synchronized with actual OEM 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. Supply Dynamics’ OASIS solution ensures that information is received when and where it is needed, which dramatically improves decisions by eliminating much of the speculation that characterizes the raw material supply chain today.

Trevor Stansbury, President of Supply Dynamics stated, “This is a real honor for Supply Dynamics.  It is great to be recognized as a thought-leader in the field of “extended enterprise” and more particularly, demand aggregation.  We are confident that our efforts will make a huge difference for this customer.”

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.