Valogix MultiLink - SAP® Business One Add-on
Predictive Inventory Planning and Optimization
Overview:
VALOGIX® MultiLink Inventory Planner manages an unlimited number of items and locations in a single database. Users have instant visibility to the Master warehouse, to field stock, and everything in between. The proprietary planning engine efficiently plans for each item\location combination based on its unique characteristics. For example, a regional warehouse replenishes lower level and field locations; therefore, it is both a supplier and warehouse location. This allows VALOGIX MultiLink to handle different lead times, costs, and other variables for more precise planning.
Inventory Analysis
MultiLink gives you instant information on every item in your inventory. Active, Excess and Inactive items are automatically segmented for high visibility and ease of planning and managing. This information is archived in MultiLink so you can track progress from one year to the next.
VALOGIX MultiLink forecasts future demand, creates a balanced optimized inventory, and creates new purchase orders and transfers automatically. MultiLink gives employees more time to focus on ways to improve their business like satisfying customers and vendor relations. And there is the added benefit of improving positive cash flow quickly, and with less time and effort.
Location replenishment is setup during implementation allowing MultiLink to properly forecast, plan and replenish every item at every location. MultiLink can manage an unlimited number of items and locations
MultiLink Includes These Additional Capabilities:
Valogix solutions help you reduce inventory costs, improve employee productivity, increase equipment uptime, satisfy more orders the first time and increase customer satisfaction and loyalty. MultiLink provides planning by location and user for improved control and efficiency.
Multi-Location Visibility and Planning
You can view either Item History or Forecast with the Valogix Stocking Location Visual Network. You can see one or all levels at a glance. Select history or forecast data for any item by month. The automated roll-up function shows totals as the data displays from the lowest level up to the highest level.
Additional Key Features:
- Rapid Item Locator - lets you search for any item in inventory
- Auto Scheduler - provides automatic scheduled imports of data
- All-in-One Planning Engine - robust planning engine provides complete end-to-end planning
- Right Mouse Button Commands - provides quick access to key functions
- Hot Keys - access to key functions at your fingertips
- System Generated Optimal Stocking Quantity - eliminates need for manually setting reorder points and min/max quantities
- User Customizable Features - the personal touch that enhances ease of use
- Reverse Logistics - manages returns and repairs for maintenance and service organizations
- New Item Planning - use the Proxy History function to automatically generate a forecast and plan for new items
Valogix Compliments Your Business Management Software
Comparison:
Valogix products are designed for companies of all sizes that carry an inventory. Finished goods in-ventories exist in many industries like, Manufacturers, Wholesale Distributors, Retailers, and After-market Service companies. Valogix enhances SAP Business One by providing automated forecasting, replenishment planning and inventory optimization. This eliminates the need to manually enter Min, Max and Safety Stock values. Valogix provides dynamic calculations of Excess and Inactive inventory which provides for intelligent removal of this stock. Valogix recommended replenishment orders automatically populate Draft or firm Purchase Orders in Business One.
Valogix also enhances and sometimes replaces the MRP module by automating inventory planning and replenishment. Valogix automatically selects the best forecast algorithm for every item at every location and creates a 12 month rolling forecast and calculates an optimal stocking quantity based on many critical variables like the lead time, order frequency and target service level. Variability in de-mand is considered along with other key factors ensuring the right amount of stock is planned.
VALOGIX® Planner Advantage
Designed for small companies of up to five users, VALOGIX® Planner Advantage seamlessly integrates to SAP® Business One providing automated forecasting and replenishment. It can manage an unlim-ited number of items and give users instant visibility to stock information. The proprietary planning engine efficiently plans for each item based on its unique demand characteristics. Fast and easy to use, it is the right choice when you are first getting started.
VALOGIX® Inventory Planner
VALOGIX® Inventory Planner is built for companies that need a powerful planning solution to solve their complex inventory requirements. Designed to improve inventory planning and employee pro-ductivity, the VALOGIX Inventory Planner advanced technology automates the entire planning proc-ess and includes the high value delivering optimization engine. Having a good inventory strategy, mix and capital investment maximizes the ability to meet future customer demand.
VALOGIX® MultiLink Inventory Planner
VALOGIX® MultiLink Inventory Planner manages an unlimited number of items and locations in a single database. Users have instant visibility to the Master warehouse, to field stock, and everything in between. Planning is based on each item\location combination based on its unique characteristics. For example, a regional warehouse replenishes lower level and field locations; therefore, it is both a supplier and warehouse location. MultiLink handles different lead times, costs, and other variables for more precise planning.
Dramatic ROI—Rapid Time to Value—Easy to Use
Your Prospective Customer needs to consider this – based on an inventory value of $1,000,000 with an average inventory reduction of 22%, you can show them a positive cash flow of over $200,000. All that money is theirs and it's just sitting there waiting to be used.
| Network Speed | VALOGIX® Planner Advantage | VALOGIX® Inventory Planner | VALOGIX® MultiLink |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Features | |||
| Integrated User Interface in SAP Business One | |||
| Automatic forecasting & replenishment | |||
| Security and access set by User | |||
| Manages multiple locations | |||
| Forecasting | |||
| Qualifier algorithm automatically selects forecast model | |||
| Automatic calculation of rolling 12 month forecast | |||
| Edit forecast capable | |||
| Forecast by item and location | |||
| Replenishment Planning | |||
| Automatically generates shortage report | |||
| Automatically populates purchase orders | |||
| Automatically calculates Stocking Quantity (SQ) | |||
| Automatically populates production orders (MRP) | |||
| Vendor planning (to meet vendor minimums) | |||
| Planning for container orders | |||
| Optimization for inventory investment savings | |||
| Provides rolling 12 month forward aging analysis (future) | |||
| Automatically recommends Stock Transfers | |||
| Demand History | |||
| Store up to 4 years of historical demand | |||
| Edit history capable | |||
| History roll-up for multiple locations | |||
| Other | |||
| Automatic scheduling of daily updates | |||
| Automatic scheduling of month-end processes | |||
| Automatic scheduling of year-end processes | |||
Documentation:
Download the Valogix MultiLink Data Sheet (.PDF)