Oracle Value Chain Planning receives highest analyst rating

For Gartner that means it scores well in the functional areas: demand planning, inventory planning, replenishment planning, available to promise (ATP), manufacturing planning and scheduling, and collaborative planning. Gartner defines a 'strong positive' as aimed at providers of strategic products, services or solutions – and recommends that "customers continue with planned investments and potential customers consider this vendor a strong choice for strategic investments". The analyst says it believes that Oracle's software is enabling companies to achieve real economic benefits –notably improving cash flow, balancing capacity and supply to drive profitability, and transforming cost centres to profit centres. Says Oracle group vice president Nadeem Syed: "Today, companies require solutions that align their business operations with their strategic goals, improve profitability and customer satisfaction. "Relying on Oracle Value Chain Planning applications, companies are better equipped to effectively respond to demand while minimising inventory levels and achieving their operational goals."