KPMG Consulting and Oracle provide aircraft manufacturer Embraer with e-business solution. (Focus on Special Advertising Feature).KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen Consulting and Oracle teamed up last year to build and implement AEROChain, a digital marketplace (DMP DMP Dossier Médical Personnel (France) DMP Debt Management Plan DMP Debt Management Program DMP Digital Media Project DMP Dot Matrix Printer DMP Designated Mailer Protocol DMP Dynamic Multi-Pathing ) that allows Embraer to offer after-sales services after-sales service n (BRIT) (COMM) (for car, washing machine etc) → servicio de asistencia pos-venta after-sales service n → service m to their customers and suppliers online. "The project team, consisting of Embraer, Oracle and KPMG Consulting staff con·sult·ing staff n. The body of specialists affiliated with a hospital who serve in an advisory capacity to the attending staff. , managed to develop the eMarketplace--from concept to launch--in an outstanding time of only 90 days," says Michael Judd, managing director, KPMG Consulting. "AEROChain integrates all the capabilities of Oracle Exchange, and provides the airline industry with direct procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. capability that allows companies to research and order parts, check the status of their orders online, as well as collaborate with suppliers on efficient and effective inventory levels." Embraer is the world's fourth-largest aircraft manufacturer. It is a leading manufacturer of regional 30-to 50-seat commercial airliners and is currently expanding its offerings in the 70- to 100-passenger and corporate jet markets. In addition, Embraer provides transport, light attack, and surveillance aircraft for the Brazilian government and other airforces. "AEROChain is a great asset to our organization," says Artur Coutinho, Embraer Services vice president. "The procurement solution will tighten the existing relationship with our customers, suppliers, and buyers." AEROChain offers after-sales services for customers and suppliers including trading, supply chain collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. , forecasting and advanced planning, technical information (publications), maintenance repair management, technical services, and community capabilities. Embraer can now sell spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used. Spare parts are also called “spares. , hold auctions, and conduct reverse auctions, resulting in significant savings via the DMP. In addition, the vendor management inventory feature of Oracle's Supply Chain Exchange application gives Embraer the ability to collaboratively manage inventory with its regional aircraft customers. Embraer estimates that the AEROChain DMP will process $1.5 billion in purchasing annually. The project came about because Embraer strives to provide world-class service provisioning and spare parts distribution. To that end, Embraer started to offer basic online service to customers in mid- mid- pref. Middle: midbrain. 2000. While customers were pleased with the new channel, Embraer had neither the infrastructure nor the on-line business capabilities to develop advanced online services to support collaborative supply chain management. Embraer selected KPMG Consulting and Oracle to help design and implement AEROChain, its digital marketplace, to meet the following goals: * Build and strengthen customer relationships by working seamlessly with customer systems. * Offer ease of transaction to suppliers. * Decrease costs for both Embraer and suppliers by automating work processes and integrating suppliers into an extended, collaborative trading community. * Create new revenue opportunities for Embraer's replacement parts and aftermarket Aftermarket See: Secondary market. aftermarket See secondary market. services. "Customer data quality is one of the first issues companies need to address in order to ensure a successful applications deployment," says Luiz Meisler, regional vice president, Oracle Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . "Oracle Customers such as Embraer provide a natural first step in building out global e-business." Based on KPMG Consulting's extensive aviation industry experience and pioneering DMP work, Embraer asked KPMG Consulting to develop detailed DMP designs and plans, manage the overall project, and perform the integration based on Oracle's technology. KMPG Consulting helped Embraer refine its strategy and define the functionality needed to create AEROChain. The team set up the project, determined the required functionality of the DMP, designed tracks, and developed the resource planning Resource planning may refer to:
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