Unity Central's patented approach visualizes your supply chain as sequences of time-ordered documents and events. Use Unity Central to detect anomalies and deviations, enabling quicker tactical and strategic actions to enhance OTD metrics and customer satisfaction.

Flow: Real-Time Tracking and Detection of Supply Chain Disruptions

Unity Central Flow models your supply chain as sequences of time-ordered documents. Unlike alternatives, Unity Central absorbs and understands structured and unstructured information, creating a comprehensive flow representing your supply chain functions. The Flow engine monitors deviations, classifying them as anomalies, chronic conditions, crises, opportunities, or expected outcomes. It calculates “trust scores” for each step, flow, family of flows, and system.

Common Challenges in Monitoring Supply Chains

Significant Unpredictability in the Supply Chain
Unpredictability in supply chains leads to low trust in on-time delivery, chronic chaotic conditions, SLA penalties, high costs, low customer satisfaction, and high inventory levels.

Delayed Awareness and Low Visibility
Lack of a central source of truth for order fulfillment and the inability of ERP/WMS signals to capture the entire supply chain. Legacy supply chain solutions fail to process unstructured or unmapped structured data, such as supply chain systems output, partner data, PDFs, ad-hoc emails, attachments, and ongoing chat group discussions, missing critical insights.

Complex Data Integration
High costs of data lakes due to transformation efforts and failure of “one-off” internal projects. Mapping unstructured documents and unmapped structured data to a unified data model is a common obstacle.

Focus on Quantitative vs Behavioral Quality
Traditional supply chain tools focus narrowly on quantitative metrics like inventory. Still, they cannot qualitatively explain the behavioral aspects of the supply chain process, such as trust, credibility, predictability, or crisis management.

Automatic Supply Chain Monitoring Capabilities

Flows
Model time-ordered sequences of data and events representing critical supply chain activities, such as Order Execution or Source-To-Pay.

Automatically Track Milestones
Track all incoming information for specific document chains, such as purchase orders, monitoring all supply chain activities and expected timelines.

Real-Time and Proactive Alerts
Generate real-time exceptions and proactive alerts to detect anomalies and prevent crises.

Branch and Merge
Manage multiple streams of supply chain events, such as tracking an order split into multiple shipments, and merge back into a single invoice for payment.

Example Flow Use Cases

Track Order-To-Cash Flows
Deliver the perfect order with the right price, quantity, timing, location, and cost, ensuring a superior customer experience.

Track Source-To-Pay Activities
Ensure perfect supply to the factory with the right price, quantity, timing, location, and cost, driving superior vendor performance, lower lead times, and lower inventory capital.

Drop-Ship Processes
Achieve the highest levels of customer satisfaction in the drop-ship supply chain, despite vendor, inventory, logistics, and customer experience complexities.

FAQ

How does Unity Central improve CPG supply chain efficiency by creating a sequence of supply chain documents?
Creating a sequence of supply chain documents in Unity Central involves capturing and organizing time-ordered data from various sources. Unity Central centralizes this information, integrating structured and unstructured data, to provide a comprehensive view of supply chain activities. This process enables real-time visibility and predictive insights.

What kind of signals can Unity Central track?
Unity Central can track a variety of signals, including:

• Order statuses
• Shipment updates
• Inventory levels
• Vendor communications
• Production milestones
• Delivery confirmations

What kinds of exceptions can Unity Central generate?
Unity Central can generate exceptions such as:

• Anomalies
• Chronic conditions
• Crises
• Opportunities
• Expected outcomes

These exceptions are detected in real-time, allowing for immediate action to mitigate issues and optimize performance.

Can Unity Central integrate with email signals and attachments?
Yes, Unity Central integrates seamlessly with email signals and attachments. It effectively handles both structured and unstructured data, unlike traditional systems.

Can Unity Central integrate with my ERP system?
Yes, Unity Central integrates seamlessly with existing ERP systems, ensuring a smooth transition and immediate benefits. It supports all data formats, minimizing disruption and maximizing efficiency.

How does Unity Central integrate unstructured data with active Flows?
Unity Central integrates unstructured data such as emails, PDFs, and chat messages by processing and organizing them alongside structured data within the system. This unified platform allows for real-time analysis and predictive insights, creating a dynamic and efficient supply chain. The Flow engine assigns trust scores, generates real-time alerts, and provides actionable insights based on this integrated data.

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