As business becomes increasingly decentralized and the number of mobile employees, vendors, partners and customers continues to grow, companies must connect these remote parties with internal resources. Technologies that facilitate this process enable companies to reduce overhead and offer competitive services, leading to a clear return on investment.
Impact42 offers a range of proprietary, COTS, and custom solutions that allow supply chain partners to communicate regularly and efficiently with all participants in the company’s value chain. Because we’re involved daily with the latest business and industry changes, emergent and proven technologies, we know what is possible and what is not and can often suggest easier or more economical methods of achieving the same end result.
Our offerings include:
Supply Chain Collaboration tools Sourcing and eProcurement tools Telecommunications Management tools Spam and Open-Source tools
Technical Product Offerings
Secure Collaboration Gateway
Our Secure Collaboration Gateway solutions portfolio operates as a mediating sys- tem, providing a secure extranet platform for access, storage, and delivery of mission-critical data and applications. FutureWorks’ chosen extranet solutions are both economical and compatible with legacy systems. These powerful solutions are in use today in aerospace defense, hospital systems and other leading organizations.
Gateway Procurement System
The Gateway Procurement System provides a secure, automated, DFARS and FAR- compliant online bidding and procurement system. The systems were designed to accelerate the procurement process and maximize transparency and operator effi- ciency while preserving reporting requirements and audit trails. FutureWorks’ ser- vice partners have strategic sourcing contracts with over 2500 MRO suppliers.
Extended Enterprise Planning
Our Extended Enterprise Planning capabilities provide potential clients with two levels of demand management. Using the Supply Chain Center system, a client has the tools to level production schedules and the ability to be able to identify per- formance and delivery issues before they affect deployment. Alternatively, or in tandem with the Supply Chain Center toolkit, a client can deploy traditional (i2, Manugistics, etc.) demand planning algorithms to reduce the forecast errors and stabilize their supply channels.
Enterprise Data Chain
The Enterprise Data Chain solves the most problematic issue in supply chain man- agement. These systems provide a secure web-based platform that allows small and medium-sized supply chain participants to actively share inventory, availability, capacity, production schedules, and other supply chain–related data with their supply chain partners.
TeleWorksSM
A web-based software applications suite that allows you to manage and monitor your geographically distributed network from one central location. Using TeleWorksSM you can control, manage and monitor all of your telecommunications ser- vices and expenses. Using the built-in workflow tools allows you to order, approve and implement telecom services per your specific business processes.