Exception Signals (ES)

Exception Signals (ES) is a customizable alert system that allows companies to proactively identify when sales, vendor delivery performance, forecasts, supply, or supplier lead time deviates from plan; allowing you to manage by exception.

ES compliments Demand Manager, Requirements Planner, and Supply Base Manager working as a watch dog to forewarn companies of inventory variations. It captures messages from each of these modules and presents them to buyers and planners in a prioritized order. ES provides the company with the personal vigilance over inventory levels; alerting management only when inventories rise above or fall below the user defined alerts.

Exception Signals allows companies to:

  • Effectively manage large numbers of inventory items, thereby increasing productivity
  • Prevent stock outs and excessive inventory buildup
  • Avoid setbacks associated with supplier delivery problems

RockySoft's Exception Signals is an invaluable tool for achieving lean inventory management. ES allows companies not only to be informed of inventory fluctuations before they become an issue, but also helps companies realign these levels to get back on course. Exception Signals is handy and easy to use.

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Example Alerts

  • Forecast error exceeds set limits
  • Actual sales deviate from forecasts
  • Projected stock outs inside lead time
  • SKUs reaching critically low inventory levels
  • Projected excess inventory
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Benefits

  • Improved productivity - prioritized list of actions to take to help minimize potential stock outs or excess inventory situations
  • Improved visibility – utilize Exception Signals to create a variety of reports
  • Reduced inventory expense - proactive alerts notify buyers and planners of actions to take
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Advantages

  • Alerts viewable by real-time interface with other RockySoft modules
  • Filter alerts so you don't spend time reviewing irrelevant messages
  • Each user determines their own specific alerts and sensitivity settings appropriate to job function
  • Suspend a recurring alert until it can be dealt with appropriately
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