SOLUTION SHEETMANUFACTURING SOLUTIONSOne Network Solution Offerings
for Manufacturing Industries

Optimize your supply chain, gain a competitive advantage,and unlock enormous value with a business network strategy
Today’s economies are changing dramatically, driven by
diverse consumer tastes, complex markets, innovative
products and business models, and the accelerated riseof advanced technologies, such as machine learning (ML)and artificial intelligence (AI). Globally, the manufacturing
segments have seen record-setting profits over the past
decade—and also transformative change.
The pattern and source of revenues, costs and profits has
been frequently and drastically shifting, meaning production
and supply patterns are shifting too. Regulatory pressurescontinue to tighten, lowering margins and increasing
uncertainty. Manufacturers scramble to meet regulatory
targets, investing in new technologies and business models
while waiting to see which will gain traction in the market.

EVOLVING SUPPLY CHAIN PRESSURES—AND SOLUTIONS
Changing customer demand and the need for flexibility put
enormous pressure on supply chains. The companies that winin this new economic reality will be those that align closelywith suppliers to bolster local capacity and bring promising
innovations to market quickly. Fortunately, the technologies
and processes that support supply chains are also rapidly
evolving, taking a more horizontal approach that breaks down
silos, streamlines processes, and enables efficient, customerdriven collaboration across the entire system.

KEY FINANCIAL BENEFITS:• Reduce inventory network-wide by 20 to 40%• Improve service levels to over 95%• Improve capacity throughput by 10%• Reduce expedited freight cost by 30 to 50%• Improve logistics utilization by 5%• Improve resource efficiencies by 50%

KEY OPERATIONAL BENEFITS OF THE
ONE NETWORK PLATFORM:• Meet fluctuating supply needs and reducetransportation costs• Automatically reallocate materials around the clock• Seamlessly manage your aftermarket business• Improve service levels, revenues and reduce inventories• Predict and sense demand automatically• Bring greater insight and alignment to business planning• Follow the trail of each transaction,from beginning to end• Delight customers with unified order fulfillment• Orchestrate inbound supply and avoid disruptions• Collaborate with logistics providers in real time

ONE NETWORK ENTERPRISES’MULTI-PARTY BUSINESS NETWORKThe Transformative Evolution of Traditional
Supply Chain Management
One Network’s multi-party digital business network forManufacturing offers a revolutionary alternative to traditional
supply chain management. Rather than requiring trading
partners to integrate multiple times with multiple platforms,
the One Network Real Time Value Network™ (RTVN™)
platform turns each partner into a node (or a hub in aunique hub-to-hub architecture) on a much greater businessnetwork.

THE NETWORK EFFECT
The foremost technological advancement positively affecting
supply chain performance is the sharing of applications anddata on one common network. This produces “Network Effect”
which is what allows the entire supply chain to be viewed,
managed and optimized as one unified system as opposed to

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many small systems. Network Effect is particularly acute in themanufacturing industries because of the massive numbers ofparties involved in the collective group of logistics providers andservice providers. The total number of partners in a network
can be thousands. Having all members on one backbone lets
information flow throughout the network seamlessly andquickly. Thus, a problem anywhere in the network is quickly
recognized and can be dealt with in fractions of the time offormer paradigms. This fact means the “bull whip” problem
can be minimized -- where a small disruption in the supply
chain gets amplified as it traverses and affects the rest of thesupply chain. The longer the time for the original disruption tobe felt elsewhere in the network, the greater the amplification.
Squelching small problems before they become large problems
requires quick notice and action which is one of the many
benefits the Network Effect delivers.

NEO AUTONOMOUS AGENTS
Augmenting the benefits of the Network Effect are the NEO
Autonomous Agents, One Network’s proprietary machinelearning and intelligent agent technology, that continuously
monitors the supply-chain wide network and can takequick proactive predefined action when disruptive eventsoccur anywhere in the network. Being able to take nearly
instantaneous action based on early problem detection is themost effective way to dampen supply chain problems such as
the bull whip effect. Major supply chain costs are reduced suchas expediting, unplanned overtime, setups, and teardowns.
NEO identifies patterns, trends, and anomalies, and extracts
insights to inform execution decisions, make recommendations
and execute them. With the latest version of NEO, global

manufacturers gain an unprecedented level of visibility, control,flexibility, efficiency, and the ability to coordinate multiple
parties on a single, shared version of the truth.

BRINGING THE POWER OF GLOBALNETWORKS TO GLOBAL BUSINESSOn this common real-time platform, more than 75,000
companies and 16,000 carriers connect once to gain immediate
access to data from every partner across the Network. Thisway customers, distributors, suppliers, and logistics providers
can synchronize and optimize their entire supply and demand
network in real time based on a single shared version of thetruth.
The network also includes more than 950 public APIs andpowerful multi-party development tools that allow third parties
to tailor existing applications and build new ones. Together, thenetwork and this growing library of sophisticated applicationsare transforming industries around the world, while using theexpanding trove of network data to train NEO to make andexecute fast, precise, and automated decisions.

PROVEN SOLUTIONS AND RECOGNIZEDLEADERSHIP FROM ONE NETWORK
Industry analysts have praised One Network’s innovative vision
for supply chain visibility, collaboration, and automation. In
2018, Gartner recognized One Network Enterprises as aLeader in its “Magic Quadrant for Multi-enterprise Supply Chain
Business Networks” report. The company also ranked highest
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MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONONE NETWORK PLATFORM CAPABILITIES:• Autonomous supply chain management• Integrated business planning (S&OP)• Control Towers for inbound, outbound, end-to-end• Global multi-site supply demand/supply match• Aftermarket parts distribution• Composite forecasting with demand sensing• Order-to-Cash improvement• Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization• Source (Procure)-to-Pay management• Supplier capacity management• Integrated inbound with embedded domestic
and global logistics
One Network designed its network services and modules onindustry cores. The Manufacturing industry core embraces thenuances of industry workflows, algorithms, machine learning,planning, transaction flows, data models, alerting, KPIs, andreports. Thousands of companies, including manufactureres,industrial suppliers, carriers and freight forwarders are alreadyon the platform, providing a global network that grows stronger
and more efficient with each new addition.

BRING GREATER INSIGHT AND ALIGNMENTTO BUSINESS PLANNING
Real-time data, taken directly from planning and execution
systems, shortens business planning cycles and brings insightand alignment to the process. Using the network to conductsimulations and impact analyses makes it simple to compute
directional profit and loss statements. You can model andstore multiple scenarios at each business level, encompassing
the demand plan, finished goods plan, production plan, rawmaterials plan, and logistics.

SEAMLESSLY MANAGE YOUR AFTERMARKET
BUSINESSThe One Network aftermarket parts solution includes parts
catalogs and workflows for manufacturer, aftermarket,
refurbished, rebuilt, and spare parts. The Supply Chain Control
Tower aggregates demand from your network of dealers
and customers and optimally sources parts. The system
concurrently optimizes material and transportation with:• Forecasting, autonomous forecasting, order, replenishment,
inventory optimization, and returns management to ensure
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• An integral transportation suite (including parcelmanagement) to ensure rapid execution• Transactional API’s to connect to required dealer/customer
sales order management systems to enable a collaborative
ordering process• Cost-based resolutions of disruptions that use autonomous
workflows to resolve issues.

PREDICT AND SENSE DEMAND
AUTOMATICALLY
Artificial intelligence and statistical forecasting are changing
the way manufacturers predict and keep up with consumer
demands for unique features, styles, and performance options.
Demand-driven forecasts are immediately propagated andtranslated across the network to all relevant trading partners.
NEO intelligent agents compute dependent and independent
demand for manufacturing processes and aftermarket parts,
embracing not just history, but all order forecasts by channel toprovide a seamless demand sensing and consumption servicefor OEMs.

ENSURE CUSTOMER SERVICE LEVELS WHILE
OPTIMIZING INVENTORY INVESTMENTS
The objective of One Network’s Multi-Echelon Inventory
Optimization (MEIO) is to maintain the desired customer service
level at the service locations while optimizing the service levels
and inventory across the whole value chain.

IMPROVE FILL RATES AND REVENUE BY
SECURING RELIABLE SUPPLY
Gain visibility into short- and long-term supplier capacity byautomatically propagating actual scheduled demand throughthe supply chain and matching it to supplier commitments—
either as unit volume or as line capacity. Manufacturers cansecure supplier commitment as demand levels fluctuate, tomaintain stable production. As you introduce new products orfeatures, the system supports network-based capacity planningand impact analysis to help prepare for a broad range of what-ifscenarios.

DELIGHT CUSTOMERS WITH UNIFIED ORDERFULFILLMENT
Dramatically simplify and improve outbound service levels byusing the Network to create a unified customer order fulfillment
solution as part of your global supply chain management

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workflows for receiving, processing, delivering, and invoicing
customer orders.

FOLLOW THE TRAIL OF EACH TRANSACTION,
FROM BEGINNING TO END
Gain control and visibility over the entire life cycle of eachtransaction with full insight into cash flow and financial
commitments. One Network offers Source (Procure)-to-Pay
services that integrate purchasing, logistics, and financial
operations into a single environment, so you can track
each order from beginning to end. Services include supply
management, requisition, sourcing, order management,
logistics tracking, invoice management, and data feeds topayables (external payment systems).

ORCHESTRATE INBOUND SUPPLYOne Network’s Platform, together with its Intelligent Control
Tower solutions, offers a comprehensive platform for managing
the flow of parts and components from supply to assembly.
Take advantage of robust workflows for forecasting, planning,collaborating, executing, and delivering material orders. NEO
offers early detection alerts for material and logistics issues, aswell as ways to identify, resolve, and automate issue resolution.

MEET FLUCTUATING SUPPLY NEEDS AND
REDUCE TRANSPORTATION COSTS
Make sure material supply meets fluctuating demand, andreduce transportation costs by maximizing container andshipment use. One Network aggregates demand, source
materials, and transportation requirements across thesupply chain, offering an integrated view of supply, demand,
production capacity, and transportation across both internal
manufacturing operations and the operations at suppliers andservice providers.

CONTINUOUSLY AND AUTOMATICALLYREALLOCATES MATERIALS
Dynamically plan and execute “milk runs”—where consumed
material is replenished on a regular basis—according to realtime data. NEO intelligent agents reduce the risk of partshortages by autonomously matching demand and supply
around the clock. As demand across each facility changes, NEOautomatically reallocates materials in transit accordingly.

WORK WITH LOGISTICS PROVIDERS IN REAL
TIME, NO INTEGRATIONS REQUIREDOne Network’s industry-leading transportation management
solutions offers unparalleled visibility for material and logistics
planners. The platform integrates materials management andlogistics for inbound, outbound, international, domestic, andcross-border transportation, offering consolidated views thateliminate the need to manually track shipments via email andphone. Logistics features include global trade document andmilestone management, multi-modal and multi-leg shipment
visibility, global milestone management, alerting, and third- or
fourth-party logistics integration services.

THE PATH FORWARD WITH A DUAL
PLATFORM STRATEGYOne Network’s platform is a unique “Tunable System of Control”
for business planning and execution across multiple parties andsystems, leveraging new network technology while empowering
legacy systems, to deliver optimal results fast. This enables yourteam to assign system-of-record responsibility to each state andaction in the Network process — either to the ONE businessnetwork platform or a legacy application. It’s your choice, andthe ONE platform enables you to manage end-to-end processes,
even as designated steps are still processed by your legacy
systems.
We call this a “Dual Platform Strategy”, where your businessnetwork platform actually becomes the primary platform forplanning and operations, and the old ERP monoliths becomebolt-ons to the Network for financial processing.
Whether you are working to eliminate technology silos orcollaborate more closely with suppliers, the Dual Platform
approach ensures that your daily, weekly, and monthly effort
is focused on your organization’s most important execution
objectives, and is done in the most efficient way. In summary,a dual platform strategy enables you to leverage legacy systems
without wasting prior investments – while dramaticallyadvancing your capabilities and decision-making with a businessnetwork platform.
Transform and lead your industry with One Network
Learn more about One Network for industrial manufacturers: +1 866 302 1936
 inquiries@onenetwork.com
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