Supply chain software that fits your people,

your processes, and your IT environment.

“Using Arkieva, Momentive has significantly
reduced inventory, increased margins, and improved
on-time deliveries.”
Paul Johnson,
Vice President Global Supply Chain Plan Process,
Momentive

Maximize Supply Chain Responsiveness

and Profitability
There’s an imbalance in your company. One
that reduces productivity. Degrades customer
service. Shrinks bottom-line profitability. It
stands in the way of your ability to efficiently
schedule operations and execute meaningful
available-to-promise programs. It’s the
imbalance between supply and demand. Delivering Real Bottom-Line Value
In case after case, Arkieva software has
This challenge is multi-faceted. Addressing it delivered measurable results to customers.
successfully requires a software solution
capable of balancing strength and scalability Existing Arkieva customers have reported:
with usability. • 35% reduction in finished inventory
• 2-4% reduction in total variable cost
Arkieva™ advanced planning and scheduling • 35-50% improvement in forecast accuracy
(APS) software solutions have been • 15% increase in plant utilization
successfully adopted and sustained by our • 10% increase in perfect order fill rate
customers in North America, Europe, and
Asia to more profitably plan demand,
manage inventories, optimize supply and
schedule production.
 In the supply chain management marketplace, Arkieva™
stands out from peer planning systems in four key respects:

• Configurable: Arkieva’s architecture has • 100% Microsoft: Arkieva software is built

been designed to easily incorporate around the Microsoft paradigm and
business rules unique to your supply chain integration with desktop tools like Excel is
in the planning application. seamless.

• Fully Integrated: Arkieva tools have been
developed by our team, from scratch, as
an integrated decision support framework.
• Collaborative: Arkieva solutions are highly
collaborative, allowing users across
business functions to contribute and be
committed to the same plan.
The strength to handle the most challenging
planning environments in a tool no more
complex to use than Microsoft Excel. This
balance of strength and user-friendliness
means that Arkieva products are used over
time and our clients don’t backslide into
planning with spreadsheets.

Arkieva architecture eases integration,

User Interface Layer:
A multi-user, role-based system.
• Role-based access to Arkieva features and functions.
• Composed of standard Arkieva software components (100%
Microsoft) that are not affected if and when Configuration Layer
changes are made.
Configuration Layer:
Represent unique planning aspects of a business.
• Planning nuances are modeled here such as demand
segmentation rules, or penalties for inventory and/or
changeover costs.
• Limits configuration to the database, resulting in a tool which
can adapt over time without impacting the end-user or requiring
additional integration work.
adoption, and use.
Arkieva’s unique architecture separates
components for extracting data, organizing this
data, and providing planning and scheduling
features to planners. Business rules unique to a
company are modeled in the Configuration
Layer of the database, without affecting the
source data, basic planning features, or
changing the user interface (UI). The result is a
planning tool that fits your people, your
processes, and your IT environment.

Arkieva Standard Planning Layer:

“Out-of-the-box” planning solution.
• Preconfigured data set and software features that support
all planning functionality across demand, inventory, and
supply planning.
• Attribute Based Planning enables addition of all attributes
meaningful to users, and Dynamic Reporting Hierarchies allow
individual users to view information in a way that makes
sense to them.

Integration Layer:
Simple design built for many-to-one relationship.
• Configured for multiple systems (inputs).
• Changes to source systems (ERP upgrade or wholesale
replacement) require very little rework at the Integration Layer.
 Collaborative Demand Planner
A highly collaborative demand planning
application which allows distributed teams to
focus on one shared plan for the company.
Planners can easily compare the inputs from
multiple collaborators and freeze plans for
later metrics calculations and continuous
improvement efforts. While intuitive, the tool
is also robust, having been used by as many
as 100 users in a single planning team
across sales, marketing, and operations.
Replenishment Planner
A simulation-based engine to plan production
and replenishment to satisfy demand and
inventory targets across a distribution network,
based on rules that define your supply chain
and corporate priorities. The Replenishment
Planner also facilitates raw material planning
and sourcing decisions with built in MRP
capability and allows you to prioritize
customers or distribution channels when
supply is severely constrained.

Arkieva™ software tools are an integrated solution S&OP

set that fully supports an organization’s Sales and Executive-level reporting that is preconfigured
for an S&OP process for sales, operations,
Operations Planning (S&OP) needs. and finance business users. Arkieva S&OP
collects and integrates all the data needed for
Inventory Planner S&OP meetings and pre-meetings (demand
The Arkieva Inventory Planner provides a planning and supply/demand balancing).
current snapshot of inventory health and Both tables and graphs are available to show
highlights imbalances across a network. With S&OP level aggregations and as much detail
Arkieva, you can easily see trends developing as desired.
and anticipate problems before they get out
of hand. Questions about safety stock needs Finite Scheduler
and inventory positioning can now be based The Arkieva Finite Scheduler was designed
on today’s inventory investments relative to from the ground up to support the needs of
demand – in real time and at detailed levels. the modern supply chain. A scheduler can
immediately see the impact of a decision on
Supply Planner the shop floor and shipment schedule.
A true optimization solution balancing the Scheduling and distribution functions are
resources, constraints and costs of supply to integrated in the tool, making the entire
meet demand. It considers material production-distribution chain visible to the end
requirements (including manpower), capacity user. By encoding rates, changeover times,
utilization, trans-shipment possibilities, and multi-level BOMs, routings, and capacity
other constraints and cost trade-offs in constraints, a good schedule can be created
deciding when and where products should be almost immediately.
produced. It allows “what if?” analysis along
many dimensions, organizing production, Available-to-Promise (ATP)
inventory and distribution resources to meet No more blind promising of orders without
demand at the highest profit and lowest cost knowing whether product will be available.
globally. Arkieva ATP provides all the information
necessary to present customers alternatives in
time, shipping locations, or substitute products
when necessary.
“With Arkieva, we spend a lot less time maintaining
the system and a lot more time using it.”
Harold Upton,
Vice President,
Sunsweet Growers
 Frequently Asked Questions
Can Arkieva work with my existing systems
(including ERP)?
Yes. Arkieva tools are built entirely from
Microsoft components and use standard
interface and connectivity tools to collect
source data, organize it, and make it
available to end users. Arkieva tools are
modular and can be implemented individually

Manufacturers select Arkieva™ software and

expertise to manage the complexities and nuances
of their supply chain.

A Trusted Partner
Founded in 1993, Arkieva has consistently
provided software tools to support effective
supply chain management. In hundreds of
applications, Arkieva has established a
tradition of expertise, professionalism, and a
mission to consistently exceed customer
expectations.

Global 1000 companies use Arkieva tools to

support the needs of their supply chain teams
in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. We strive
for long-term relationships and measure the
success of our software by the longevity of use
by our customers.

or as an integrated planning suite. As a

result, we have clients that use Arkieva
software as an end-to-end planning solution,
while others strengthen their existing supply
chain tools with a single feature set, such as
inventory optimization.

What makes Arkieva different from other

best-of-breed planning solutions?
The single largest differentiator of our toolset is
that it has been designed to easily represent
the nuances that define competitive
advantage in your supply chain. These
nuances are rarely major, but are critical to
users continuing with the solution and not
backsliding into planning with spreadsheets.
Why not use the planning tools embedded in
my ERP?
The answer comes down to the complexity of
your supply chain. For very simple supply
chains (e.g., machines and even entire plants
are dedicated to a single product),
embedded ERP features and spreadsheets will
work fine. When a company shares
resources across manufacturing facilities,
sources material across regions, or regularly
needs to re-plan throughout the month, rigid
functionality and spreadsheets break down.
Can Arkieva support our global business?
Yes. Most Arkieva clients have operations in
more than one global region, and our
company revenues are divided across the
Americas, Europe, and Asia.
How do we demonstrate the ROI of an
advanced planning investment?
All companies are carefully measuring the
return from any investment of time and
organizational resources in today’s economy.
An Arkieva consultant can help identify the
benefits of advanced planning to your
company – simply call us for assistance.
When is the right time to begin an advanced
planning project?
In almost 20 years of providing advanced
supply chain solutions, we’ve learned that it is
rarely a matter of “when” but “how.” Major
big-bang approaches to these tools rarely
result in software that is successfully adopted.
Though it’s necessary to have a defined end-
state, an incremental approach focused on
one critical supply chain problem (inventories
or customer fill rates, for example) is the best
way to begin. Specific, focused efforts that
drive measurable financial return are less
disruptive, build momentum, and advance
organizational competence in supply chain
management over time.
For full details and a no-obligation discussion on how
Arkieva tools can deliver measurable results to your
organization, please call 302-738-9215 or visit
www.arkieva.com.
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