It provides authorized suppliers real-time visibility into customers' inventory and order data for their items. SV allows suppliers to closely monitor how items are being consumed and to determine the timing and volume needed to replenish stock. Suppliers need only an Internet browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape.
Users can monitor, notify, simulate, control, and measure supply chain activities.
The Advanced Technologies Group in Strategic Marketing at QAD is spearheading the SV development. Customers who use vendor-managed inventory or have suppliers who single source critical inventory items are excellent candidates. Customers who want to give their suppliers visibility into inventory and order information to improve supply chain collaboration will benefit from using this service. The core of SV is a screen that summarizes the total relationship between a customer and a supplier. Suppliers see the inventory level per location of the items that they supply and that the customer has authorized them to see.