Collaborative, Analytical Boost For Electronics Manufacturing Supply Chains

Compiled ByDeborah Austin RiverOne Inc. -- provider of supply-chain solutions for the electronics manufacturing industry, Westlake Village, Calif. -- has released version 5.0 of its INTERACTIVE solutions suite. The latest version introduces features designed to address the communication and information-management challenges of multi-tier, outsourced supply chains. Additions and upgrades include:

New BOM (bill of materials) Manager module lets manufacturers create/share BOM's in flexible configurations.

New Extended Inventory Visibility module lets users search inventory across multiple locations, displaying all identical/interchangeable parts in a single desktop window.

New Executive Summary dashboard offers expanded monitoring/control.

Improved RosettaNet support includes new RosettaNet Technical Dictionary, Global Trade Identification, and user-defined taxonomies/classifications.

Upgraded configurable performance metrics let companies monitor historical performance, drilling down to the transaction level to resolve supply-chain bottlenecks.