Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ: MANH), a global leader in supply chain commerce, today announced the availability of Postgame Spotlight, a capability brought to life through a real-time dashboard, that highlights inventory allocation and placement decisions that limit order fulfillment performance. The solution provides real-time scenario analytics and actionable recommendations that can be shared with inventory planners to eliminate inventory deployment mistakes and reduce order fulfillment costs.
Recent advancements in online commerce and the introduction of new omnichannel fulfillment options are straining traditional supply chains. Modern order management systems strive to overcome the additional complexity and optimize order fulfillment with advanced sourcing logic, but physical constraints, such as poor initial inventory placement, often result in suboptimal routing choices and increased fulfillment costs.
Part of Manhattan Active® Order Management, Postgame Spotlight works by calculating the percentage of orders fulfilled from the best locations and identifies the factors that forced the system to divert orders to alternate locations. The solution examines the factors that negatively influence fulfillment efficacy — including the placement and levels of the required inventory, store resource capacity, and discrepancies in store service levels – to uncover improvement opportunities.
“Postgame Spotlight is a great companion to the Fulfillment Insights capability Manhattan introduced last year. While Fulfilment Insights helps retailers compare their performance to their peers, Postgame Spotlight helps look inward to quickly pinpoint opportunities to enhance inventory performance and profitability,” said Amy Tennent, senior director of Product Management for Manhattan.
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