Supply Chain Platform

Gaining visibility and control over global supply networks.

Managing supply chain risk across the extended enterprise

Aerospace and defense (A&D) related supply chains operate as a collection of ecosystems
that must intelligently collaborate in order to compete in todays global economy. Outsourcing,
globalization and performance based contracting initiatives force manufacturers, system
integrators (SI) and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) providers to manage complex
supply chain processes across multiple tiers of partners and suppliers. Inadequate, legacy
systems and processes used to manage extended supply chains result in increased risk and
sub-optimal performance. Organizations need visibility and control over core supply chain
processes as well as the ability to define, automate and manage complex processes among
key partners to achieve competitive advantage in the new supply chain paradigm. Secure,
multi-enterprise collaboration and exception management for demand forecasting, order
management, inventory and logistics are no longer nice to haves, but critical imperatives.

Supply Chain Platform overview

Exostars Supply Chain Platform is a comprehensive, hosted solution that enables visibility
of operations and supply chain performance throughout multiple partner tiers. Unlike
traditional in-house applications, Exostars Supply Chain Platform takes information
from all participating organizations,
making it easier to align supply
chain execution with demand.
Organizations can achieve the
necessary level of process
integration to eliminate potential
shortages, reduce obsolete
inventory, track deliveries,
proactively evaluate
exceptions, and automatically
trigger replenishment cycles.
The solution provides a realtime, end-to-end picture of
supply and demand
performance with built-in
decision support tools. With
Exostars Supply Chain Platform,
manufacturers, integrators
and MRO providers realize their
globalization and outsourcing strategies
while reducing risk and improving agility with
visibility of operations across their extended supply chain.

Highlights and capability

The Exostar Supply Chain Platform provides real-time multi-tier visibility of demand and supply
across manufacturers, system integrators, tier 1 and tier 2 suppliers. The system is
configurable to support multiple supply chain process policies and strategies including
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The ability to have a common

view with our partners of realtime, supply chain performance
reduces risk, improves cycle
times and ensures compliance
with agreed processes.
Tim Opitz
Director of production and support
systems
Boeing Commercial Aircraft,
787 Dreamliner Program

SUPPORTED PROCESSES

Lean supply chain initiatives

Vendor Managed Inventory

(VMI)

Min/max or consumption-based
replenishment

Purchase-to-pay cycle

Demand driven forecasting and

execution

Supply base rationalization

Globally distributed, partnerbased manufacturing

Outsourced 3PL logistics

strategies

Enterprise spend visibility

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purchase order management, just-in-time forecasting and commitments, vendor managed
inventory and min/max programs. The exception management framework can calculate
projected inventory positions and identify supply chain disconnects such as forecast/commit
mismatches, late shipments, inventory im-balances and non-compliance to contracted terms
and conditions. Reporting and analytics are available to track supplier execution to plan and
other key performance indicators such as projected and actual spend. Exostars leading
identity and access management framework protects your intellectual property and
confidential information across the extended network providing a closed-loop information
sharing system with complete auditability.

BENEFITS OF THE SUPPLY

CHAIN PLATFORM

Trading partner enablement the key to success

Many companies have spent the last ten years putting their own house in order by
implementing process improvements (lean, six sigma, etc.), major enterprise systems (ERP,
PDM, etc.) and enterprise integration. Gaining support and participation from critical suppliers
and partners is often an afterthought, yet represents considerable risk to success. Web
Portals are often an interim answer, but dont sufficiently integrate suppliers and partners into
a common bi-lateral framework for optimal information sharing and process integration.
Leading manufacturers are now focused on integrating their systems, best practices and
policies with those of partners, suppliers and even customers.
Exostars Supply Chain Platform offers a portfolio of enablement options to ensure 100%
adoption of your processes with your partners and suppliers. Regardless of company size or
IT sophistication, Exostar is capable of meeting your suppliers needs. Options include a web
interface, secure forms and/or machine-to-machine integration using any industry standard
message format including XML, SAP IDOCS, RosettaNet, EDI, EDIFACT and flat files.

Provides real-time visibility into

operations across the
extended supply chain

Enables a closed loop multienterprise view of the supply

chain, a single source of truth

Proactively identifies supply

chain disconnects to allow
management-by-exception

Provides analytics and

reporting for faster decisionmaking and long-term process
improvement

Ensures information security,

process compliance and
auditability

Trading Partner Enablement

options offer 100% supplier
participation

Exostar deployment model lower cost, better service

Exostars Supply Chain Platform is a hosted, software-as-a-service offering. That means
lower total cost of ownership for our customers because all the required hardware, software,
upgrades, back-up systems and client support activities are included in an annual service fee.
And because Exostar supports a large customer base, we gain significant economies of scale
allowing higher levels of functionality and service.
The Supply Chain Platform is a scaleable, modular solution based on market leading,
commercial off-the-shelf software. Exostar provides value to customers with very small
deployments enabling a few hundred suppliers to large enterprise deployments supporting
tens of thousands of suppliers.
Exostars collaborative community of over 40,000 companies worldwide allows for rapid
deployment. A great number of your supply chain partners and suppliers are typically already
enabled on the Exostar collaborative network, thereby reducing the cost, time and risk related
to trading partner adoption and enablement.
About Exostar
Exostar is a leader in secure cloud-based solutions that improve collaboration, information
sharing, and supply chain management for over 100,000 companies worldwide, including
some of the largest players in aerospace and defense, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and
financial services. Our secure, cloud-based, single-sign-on identity and access management
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Exostar, LLC.
13241 Woodland Park Rd
Suite 400
Herndon, VA 20171

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platform and our multi-enterprise collaboration solutions allow users to connect once and
access all their critical applications and information across the spectrum of partners and
vendors they work with. For more information, please visit www.exostar.com

USA
Phone: 1-703-793-7800
Fax: 1-703-793-1763
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