Supply Chain Analytics

The automated Sales Reporting System project was designed by DST to replace these reports. Instead of providing only specific monthly totals, raw data on sales activity and inventory counts is pulled each day. Data for all participating FADs is aggregated and sent to Ford in a single file. Ford is then able to generate the previously specified report totals, plus any additional totals that are later defined, from the raw data.

"Only one company had the technological sophistication to step up to the plate and handle data from so many disparate systems within such an aggressive timetable. That company was DST. Their responsiveness to meeting our needs was outstanding," noted Barry Levey, Ford Customer Service Division e-Business Manager.

In addition, DST had a proven track record of deftly addressing and ensuring business privacy and data security and integrity concerns justifiably held by our distributors," he continued. "The professionalism of the DST personnel involved in this project made everything much less daunting than it could have been. Initial resistance was overcome by building trust. Creating a team of individuals who all possess technological expertise, knowledge of our complex vertical market, and the ability to communicate well with our customers is a tall order and DST was able to deliver."

Executive Dashboards

Imagine your world with a system that collects data from an unlimited number of sources, all running on a single centralized server, and providing not just real-time data, but right-time information. DST has developed exactly that kind of configurable executive scoreboard that we have named the DST Executive Quarterback, a milestone technological achievement in providing enterprise management with the information they need when they need it.

The uniqueness of this tool for the management of a complex enterprise is the ability to plan and execute the next logistical action based upon right-time information. Just as a quarterback changes plays based upon reading the defensive alignment and other factors, the DST Executive Quarterback increases the visibility of critical operations with an innovative data visualization solution.

Data Analytics

Supply chain analysis has emerged as one of the fastest growing business intelligence application areas. The proliferation of supply chain transaction systems and electronic data interchange (EDI) systems have contributed to the rapid increase of data related to supply chain management.

Adding to this diversity and intellectual energy is the emergence of e-Business, creating new competitive dimensions that are fast-paced, ever-changing, and risk-prone...dimensions where innovation, speed, and technological savvy often define success. Companies in our vertical market need to have timely access to trends and indicators across key supply chain metrics.

These rapidly growing data stores make it increasingly difficult to have insight into these performance metrics. With a Distribution Service Technologies supply chain analysis solution, managers and analysts can monitor and analyze inventory trends, track vendor performance, analyze distribution network efficiency, and respond more quickly and accurately to feedback from the marketplace, thus streamlining supply chain system reporting, improving distribution and inventory methodologies, and improving communication with supply chain and vendor information.

The mechanisms by which firms coordinate different stages in the supply chain are undergoing profound changes. Distribution Service Technologies experience with extracting, validating and warehousing data for Ford Sales reporting, and the extraction & conversion of data from legacy systems into our proprietary ERP system combine elegantly with our vertical market expertise to uniquely qualify us to assist you with your supply chain analysis requirements.