On January 16, Cerqa Copyright announced it has purchased VISUAL Supply Chain, Lilly Software's comprehensive supply chain management software solution. Cerqa Copyright, located in Austin, Texas, provides supply chain management solutions for domestic and international manufacturing facilities, distributors, retail outlets, and other customers that have specific procurement and distribution channel requirements. Offering expertise in inventory procurement, logistics, and freight management, Cerqa develops flexible, Just-in-Time (JIT) inventory delivery programs and offers kitting and packaging of sub-assemblies and finished goods. The company hopes the VISUAL solution will provide it with complete control over high volume order management, customer and vendor communication, production processes, quality control, and warehouse operations.
"We chose VISUAL Supply Chain because it was an all encompassing product," explains Marion Robertson, IT Systems Support Manager for Cerqa. "In our search, we looked at a lot of WMS vendors but found they could not offer a system to meet our every need. We didn't want to purchase add-on modules; we wanted a single solution that would cover manufacturing and distribution."
Lilly Software's integrated supply chain suite includes Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS), Quality Management, E-business, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and, the advanced Warehouse Management System (WMS) capabilities. VISUAL DCMS RF-enabled WMS application within the VISUAL suite, impressed Cerqa with its advanced functionality to track costs and manage inventory from point-of-receipt through storage and shipping.
"There are quite a few WMS players in today's marketplace, but not many with robust warehouse capabilities found in VISUAL DCMS. Smaller still is the number of companies that provide an integrated supply chain suite, which is what makes Lilly Software's solution unique," says Raymond Head, Sales Associate for Lilly Software Associates. "The ability of VISUAL DCMS to operate as an execution-based stand alone system or to be integrated to a client's specific host application is a distinct advantage over competitive systems. And with the explosive growth in the contract warehousing and Third Party Logistic (3PL) industries, VISUAL DCMS' inherent 3PL management functionality places Lilly Software in a solid position to meet this growing demand."
Market Impact
Lilly Software Associates, Inc. (LSA) is a Hampton, NH, USA-based privately held provider of a line of enterprise and supply chain management solutions for small-to-medium manufacturers and distributors. Lilly Software's financial success and double-digit revenue growth during the recent years have been attributable to its understanding of the requirements of its target market (SMEs) that wish to acquire most of their business applications from a single source. Also positively impacting the sales of its flagship product suite, VISUAL, is its intuitive graphical user interface (GUI).
With its easy-to-use graphical nature, the VISUAL suite enables companies to capture accurate, real-time data about their business processes using ERP, E-Business, APS, MES, Quality Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Warehouse Management System (WMS) capabilities. Most VISUAL applications run on a wide range of the most commonly used platforms. Lilly's supply chain management (SCM) solutions revolve around VISUAL Manufacturing, its flagship ERP product aimed primarily for to-order, although also suitable to to-stock and mixed-mode manufacturers in some instances. The product features strong built-in advanced planning and scheduling (APS) and manufacturing execution system (MES) capabilities. An additional difference with VISUAL is the ability to use metrics and tools not found in most other peer ERP systems to manage throughput in an orderly way increasing customer service and profit on a period-by-period basis.
Further, Lilly features the software that supports the needs of distribution companies with its VISUAL Distribution product. While many peer ERP products support picking and putting away requirements, a vast majority of them do not have the ability to manage an order that might require kitting, assembly, or light manufacturing in the distribution center. The real strength of VISUAL is its integration across all the functions of the manufacturing enterprise from design, via make, sell, distribute, to after-sales service.
In the fall of 1999, Lilly also introduced Internet Order Management, the first of several planned e-business applications. Then, in March 2000, the company released VISUAL Customer Relationship Management (CRM). The product supports marketing, sales, call center, and customer service functions, and it is fully integrated with the rest of the VISUAL product components. Lilly has also announced partnerships with Works.com and SupplierMarket.com to offer additional e-commerce functionality to its customers.
Another reason of Lilly's success is its distribution model, which is based solely on an indirect channel. The channel is comprised of companies and individuals that sell only Lilly's VISUAL product suite. Domain expertise in job shop manufacturing, from both a sales and product perspective, and easy-to-implement, easy-to-use products have been critical factors to the company's distribution channel success.
"We chose VISUAL Supply Chain because it was an all encompassing product," explains Marion Robertson, IT Systems Support Manager for Cerqa. "In our search, we looked at a lot of WMS vendors but found they could not offer a system to meet our every need. We didn't want to purchase add-on modules; we wanted a single solution that would cover manufacturing and distribution."
Lilly Software's integrated supply chain suite includes Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS), Quality Management, E-business, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and, the advanced Warehouse Management System (WMS) capabilities. VISUAL DCMS RF-enabled WMS application within the VISUAL suite, impressed Cerqa with its advanced functionality to track costs and manage inventory from point-of-receipt through storage and shipping.
"There are quite a few WMS players in today's marketplace, but not many with robust warehouse capabilities found in VISUAL DCMS. Smaller still is the number of companies that provide an integrated supply chain suite, which is what makes Lilly Software's solution unique," says Raymond Head, Sales Associate for Lilly Software Associates. "The ability of VISUAL DCMS to operate as an execution-based stand alone system or to be integrated to a client's specific host application is a distinct advantage over competitive systems. And with the explosive growth in the contract warehousing and Third Party Logistic (3PL) industries, VISUAL DCMS' inherent 3PL management functionality places Lilly Software in a solid position to meet this growing demand."
Market Impact
Lilly Software Associates, Inc. (LSA) is a Hampton, NH, USA-based privately held provider of a line of enterprise and supply chain management solutions for small-to-medium manufacturers and distributors. Lilly Software's financial success and double-digit revenue growth during the recent years have been attributable to its understanding of the requirements of its target market (SMEs) that wish to acquire most of their business applications from a single source. Also positively impacting the sales of its flagship product suite, VISUAL, is its intuitive graphical user interface (GUI).
With its easy-to-use graphical nature, the VISUAL suite enables companies to capture accurate, real-time data about their business processes using ERP, E-Business, APS, MES, Quality Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Warehouse Management System (WMS) capabilities. Most VISUAL applications run on a wide range of the most commonly used platforms. Lilly's supply chain management (SCM) solutions revolve around VISUAL Manufacturing, its flagship ERP product aimed primarily for to-order, although also suitable to to-stock and mixed-mode manufacturers in some instances. The product features strong built-in advanced planning and scheduling (APS) and manufacturing execution system (MES) capabilities. An additional difference with VISUAL is the ability to use metrics and tools not found in most other peer ERP systems to manage throughput in an orderly way increasing customer service and profit on a period-by-period basis.
Further, Lilly features the software that supports the needs of distribution companies with its VISUAL Distribution product. While many peer ERP products support picking and putting away requirements, a vast majority of them do not have the ability to manage an order that might require kitting, assembly, or light manufacturing in the distribution center. The real strength of VISUAL is its integration across all the functions of the manufacturing enterprise from design, via make, sell, distribute, to after-sales service.
In the fall of 1999, Lilly also introduced Internet Order Management, the first of several planned e-business applications. Then, in March 2000, the company released VISUAL Customer Relationship Management (CRM). The product supports marketing, sales, call center, and customer service functions, and it is fully integrated with the rest of the VISUAL product components. Lilly has also announced partnerships with Works.com and SupplierMarket.com to offer additional e-commerce functionality to its customers.
Another reason of Lilly's success is its distribution model, which is based solely on an indirect channel. The channel is comprised of companies and individuals that sell only Lilly's VISUAL product suite. Domain expertise in job shop manufacturing, from both a sales and product perspective, and easy-to-implement, easy-to-use products have been critical factors to the company's distribution channel success.
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