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ClearOrbit Awarded Technology Supply Chain Management Excellence Award by the Supply-Chain Council
Company Receives High Honors for Leadership and Innovation in Supply Chain Collaboration
Austin, Texas – March 21, 2007 – ClearOrbit (www.clearorbit.com), the leading provider of real-time supply chain execution and reverse logistics solutions, today announced that the company has earned the Supply-Chain Council’s (SCC) prestigious Technology Supply Chain Management Excellence Award for demonstrated leadership and innovation in supply chain execution and collaboration. SCC’s Technology Supply Chain Management Excellence Award is based on the organization’s SCOR® Model metrics, a diagnostic tool that enables users to address, improve, and communicate supply chain management practices within and between interested parties from the customer’s customer to the supplier’s supplier, with the goal of improving overall supply chain efficiencies.
Selection criteria for this prestigious honor were based on ClearOrbit’s successful venture with World Wide Technology, Inc. (www.wwt.com), a leading systems integrator and supply chain solutions/logistics provider, in automating vendor relationships by connecting more than 1,200 suppliers for automated materials replenishment for a major automotive original equipment manufacturer. Performance metrics included supplier adoption of the system and increased efficiencies in the order fulfillment/replenishment processes. A recently released report by the Stanford University Graduate School of Business details the collaboration case study; a summary version is available for download at www.clearorbit.com/whitepapers.
According to Dan Swartwood, chairman, Technical Development Steering Committee of the Supply-Chain Council, “With this project, ClearOrbit succeeded in significantly strengthening the boundary between supply chain Customers and Suppliers. The company applied numerous Best Practices that significantly reduced non-value-added activities, and achieved measurable improvements in efficiency and quality. Their project is an outstanding example of supply chain thinking.”
“We’re honored to receive the Supply-Chain Council’s Excellence Award,” said John Reece, ClearOrbit CEO and president. “This recognition illustrates ClearOrbit’s proven industry leadership and commitment to technology innovation in the form of real-time supply chain execution and reverse logistics solutions that improve the speed, visibility, and control of extended manufacturing and distribution supply chains.”
The complete list of this year’s Supply-Chain Council Excellence Award winners can be viewed at www.supply-chain.org.
About the Supply-Chain Council
The Supply-Chain Council (SCC) was incorporated in 1997 as a global, not-for-profit
trade association with membership open to all companies interested in improving
supply chain efficiencies through the use of SCOR®, the supply chain
diagnostic tool that enables users to address, improve, and communicate
supply chain management practices within and between interested parties
from the customer’s customer to the supplier’s supplier. SCC’s
members include Fortune 500 companies from industries worldwide, consulting
firms, computer systems and solutions providers, and educational and nonprofit
institutions. There are currently more than 800 corporate members. For
more information, please visit www.supply-chain.org.
About ClearOrbit
ClearOrbit’s real-time supply chain execution and reverse logistics
solutions improve the speed, visibility, and control of extended manufacturing
and distribution supply chains. Since 1994, Austin, TX-based ClearOrbit has
assisted more than 275 clients in automating and controlling process execution
within their extended supply networks. ClearOrbit delivers on the promise
of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as Oracle and SAP with
fully integrated supply chain execution, collaboration and reverse logistics
solutions that address “last mile functionality” issues while
complementing the existing infrastructure. ClearOrbit customers include market
leaders such as Alcoa, Canon, Cisco and Motorola. For more information,
visit www.clearorbit.com.
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Company Contact:
Dan Kubala
ClearOrbit
512-735-4312
dan.kubala@clearorbit.com
Press Contact:
Dayna Guzik
DPR Group
919-678-9200
dguzik@dprgroup.com
