Aligni Provides the Tools to Streamline Procurement Processes
Aligni seamlessly integrates purchasing operations with production and engineering efforts, reducing errors and inefficiencies associated with collecting information from various locations.
With Aligni as the central hub for all part and product data, there’s no need for manual data compilation or verification. Instead, companies can streamline communication with vendors through integrated tools and provide information securely through Aligni’s Vaults feature. This helps ensure accuracy and efficiency in procurement processes.
Connect Inventory Demands to Purchasing Operations
The purchasing workflow includes collecting important part and material information while factoring in production needs. In many organizations, this information is spread across systems and departments. In Aligni, buyers can connect BOM and part information directly to the RFQ process. They can also estimate production needs from sales forecasts stored in Aligni. When demand forecasting, purchasing operations, and inventory tracking processes are managed within the same system, it reduces human errors when moving information across multiple locations or having to search through applications or files to find information.
Aligni also tracks inventory on-hand against upcoming demand and alerts when stocks get too low. The system can identify when inventory will fall below safety stock minimums in the future. These alerts and inventory management functions help make sure purchasing is kept informed about the consumption of current stock levels and future needs. This ability helps foment a more proactive management of inventory levels while reducing the potential for stockout events.
In Aligni, buying operations automatically update part information around the system. This tracking and alerting process feeds back to internal groups. The updated information is instantly available to production, scheduling, and fulfillment departments. In this manner, Aligni provides a 360 degree view of inventory conditions to the entire organization.
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Manage the Purchasing Process in Aligni, Not in Your Inbox.
The purchasing process revolves around accurately transmitting part specifications, order quantities and delivery information correctly from internal sources to external vendors during the buying process. That means collecting data from a variety of sources and pushing the data through yet another system.
That’s not the case when using Aligni MRP. All these systems and data are combined, including communicating with vendors.
Aligni MRP provides the ability to originate and send RFQs and purchase orders directly from inside the system. This reduces the issues that arise when moving between the MRP system and email system to manage purchases. It also centralizes communication if there is more than one buyer within the organization – everything is one place.
Manage RFQs, quotes, and purchases in one screen instead of sifting through email accounts and spreadsheets. Aligni’s Vendor Portal provides a dashboard that shows every RFQ, quote, and purchase originated and sent in the system and its current status. Buyers know where each is in the process quickly and what needs attention urgently.
Aligni’s Vendor Portal reduces communication times between vendor and buyer while allowing for faster updates when changes happen. The Vendor Portal allows vendors the ability to directly key in quotes into Aligni. It also lets vendors update delivery times. This reduces the potential for incorrectly transferred information from emails or calls. It also increases the speed of reply from vendors, as buyers don’t have to wait for a quote to be generated and sent through email.
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Aligni Vaults Share and Update Data Securely with Vendors
With Aligni Vaults, companies can share product information securely with vendors directly from the company’s item master database. No more copying files and data from different folders or applications, double-checking the information is current, and compiling it for sending to vendors. The data is selected inside Aligni, the central hub for all part and product data.
Vault updates are immediately transmitted to all who have been granted access. When parts, documents, BOMs or other data are revised in Aligni MRP, these changes are automatically updated within the Vaults containing the information. Users are sent alerts to make sure they are aware of the changes.
Companies can manage access privileges to shared materials within the Vault. This helps ensure the right people have access to the information. It also provides companies the ability to remove access once the need has passed to share.
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