Business Collaboration

Business Collaboration is defined as communicating with your supply chain constituents beyond the four walls of your manufacturing organization to reduce costs and speed time to market. Communication can take place person-to-person via a user interface or system-to-system via direct data transfer. Whether you are a small or large manufacturer, these enterprise communication tools can help you control costs and gain a competitive edge.

With the Made2Manage Business Collaboration tool set, you can give your supply chain partners - customers, suppliers and employees - access to critical information when they need it while reducing your operating costs. This information sharing can be done via an enterprise portal (M2M VIP) or direct enterprise integration. The net result is a stronger supply chain that adds more value and ultimately more profit to the bottom line.

The M2M VIP enterprise portal is completely integrated with the Made2Manage Enterprise Business System. Your employees, customers and suppliers can log on to M2M VIP from your company’s Web site and see the information you want them to see, based on the access rights you grant them. Your customers and suppliers can view real-time account and order status, invoice details, shipment tracking information, and product catalogs. Users with access to M2M VIP can enter orders and quotes directly into your system.

Made2Manage Systems' business-to-business enterprise integration solutions automate file exchange with your business partners - helping you reduce costs and speed up your supply chain. Using M2M EDII or M2M EDI-XML services, you can link your Made2Manage system to the databases of your customers and suppliers. M2M EDII helps you conduct Electronic Data Interchange by exchanging business documents through third-party Value-Added Networks (VANs) that translate, store and send sales orders, purchase orders, shippers, and more between disparate systems. With M2M EDI-XML, Made2Manage serves as your single source EDI solution provider. Made2Manage translates and maps your data, provides the interface to M2M ERP, transfers the data in and out of the VAN mailboxes and provides mailbox access.

Made2Manage delivers the collaboration tools you need to streamline your supply chain and build loyal, long-term relationships with your customers.

• Reduce support costs while providing enhanced service to your customers and vendors.
• Provide your employees with self-service access to critical operational information.
• Gain a competitive advantage by offering cost effective business collaboration for your value chain.