What is a Supply Chain Information Portal ?

Moving from data to knowledge Companies worldwide have invested millions of dollars on business applications built on mainframe and relational database technology. These investments, which form the IT backbone of most companies, have produced terabytes of data; data about customers, inventory, orders etc. Most companies have realized that there is inherent value in looking at this information in a consolidated form, rather than independently. Enterprise Information Portals bring context to the world of data, by presenting information from multiple systems as if they are part of one integrated system. Data in context is information and information in context becomes knowledge. Finally, knowledge in context becomes wisdom and provides the basis for action. Enterprise Information Portals are a powerful tool for transforming underlying data into knowledge that can be acted upon.

Supply Chain Information Portal A Supply Chain Information Portal is an Enterprise Information Portal that focusses on all supply chain related information in a company. This type of application enables companies to leverage their investments in supply chain planning and enterprise applications (such as i2, Manugistics,Oracle and SAP) by complementing their capabilities to measure, see and act on key performance indicators across the entire supply chain. Supply chain information portals allow all levels of users –management, employees, customers and suppliers – to share and collaborate on a wide range of corporate information within a secure environment.