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iMinds the conference 2012: Jean Verheyen
1. nallian
multi enterprise visibility
iMINDS 2012 Jean Verheyen
2. nallian introduction
imagine!
Having real time status information about shipments and business
partners performance across the supply chain
Being able to gather this information as fast & easy as adding a
new contact to LinkedIn
Being able to manage yourself what information is visible to which
business partner
Having guaranteed the latest version of information, maintained by
the originator of this information
And this, with less need for IT-support
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3. nallian company profile
nallian is
Cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS)
B2B Supply Chain Visibility enabled through Social Media
concepts
New company (founded in 2012)
Experienced team, seasoned in new businesses, B2B
markets, Logistics software solutions, social media and
Cloud computing
Founder & CEO: Jean Verheyen
Former SVP Business Development Descartes Systems Group (public).
VP S&M & Business Development Porthus (IPO).
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4. nallian positioning
Messaging Data Sharing
1-1 1-m
Real time
Intens interaction/feedback
Unstructured data Letter + Stamp Website, blog, Facebook,
Man to man LinkedIn, Tweets
Machine to man
Structured data EDI/XML + price/message Nallian
Machine to machine
Man to machine
Machine to man
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6. nallian market trends
visibility is top challenge
THE SMARTER SUPPLY CHAIN OF THE FUTURE
GLOBAL CHIEF SUPPLY CHAIN OFFICER STUDY - IBM 2010
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7. nallian opportunities
Visibility…current challenges and opportunities
They realize that :
• it’s a vital element to improve
• benefits go way beyond visibility
Challenges
for the
customers
But :
• High implementation costs
• 1-1 integration is seen as the only solution
• Priority on own ICT integration
• One company can’t make the difference on its own
• Currently only stable supply chains with large
companies
Limitations • Sequential communication
of the
actual • No central location for sharing information
solutions • Reluctance to create transparency
• Closed envelopes with data
• Takes forever to create end to end visibility
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8. nallian concept
Nallian supply chain solution
a Networked Community
that grows dynamically through members
allowing access to status information
with selected business partners
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9. nallian concept
backend connectivity
(3) (2)
E C
(1)
B A
(3)
F D
(3)
(2)
Status updates from
G back end systems to
the central Nallian platform
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10. nallian concept
status sharing
(2)
(1)
E C (3)
B A
F D
Share data through NALLIAN based on
specific rules ~ publish & subscribe
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11. nallian concept
Nallian supply chain solution
Concept:
Supply chain is x Buy – Sell relationships
Each member reports his status
Each member determines what is being reported and which other members
have insight
Members invite new members independently
Use of smart algorithms to link information
Resulting in an n-dimensional space with clusters of actual data made
available to community members and ready to use for analytics,
optimization, planning, replenishments, …
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12. nallian concept
cloud application
Logistics
cargo
Supply Chain Visibility
• Create Global visibility across the entire supply chain
• Drill down for additional information per link in the chain provided by members
• Integrate with additional (external) information sources
• Self Service and Network principles to provide autonomy and IP protection to users
• Business intelligence: real time statistics, configured alerts and warnings, supplier & buyer KPI’s and
ratings, input for VMI, search functions on profile
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13. nallian concept
Nallian data Cloud
(operational master data)
SECURED API (application program interface)
Web Interface www Mobile Interface B2B Layer 3rd Value Added
(GUI) (APPS) Apps
integrated interaction 3rd party software
manual interaction
(SAP, BAAN, AXAPTA,,..) suppliers
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14. nallian scope
Standard Nallian scope Not in standard scope, but potentially
offered and supported in the Nallian
Data cloud with single truth of community through software partners
operational master data
Real time information for all related Development of connectors to
actors integrate backend systems with the
User friendly tools to create and data cloud
manage data sharing with business Value added apps
partner Support cross company
Open API through which data can be processes
send and received from data cloud by
backend systems and/or 3rd party Combine back end data with
applications (VAS) external sources
Sharing logic and algorithms to link data Offer new analytics as pattern
to related actors based on sharing rules recognition, predictive analytics
set by the data source and learning systems (Big data)
Generation of alerts and notifications
Smart web interface with pre-
populated data
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15. nallian How a customer can use the Nallian platform
Nallian GUI with news feeds, user & data & community mngt
Download data for analytics, planning, …, Company centric
apps: SAP Event management, WMS, CRM
Value Added Services offered by third parties:
support cross company processes
combine back end data with external sources
offer new analytics as pattern recognition, predictive
analytics and learning systems (Big data)
Web app for SME without real-time ERP
Subscription for tweets concerning cargo, supplier, regional
info that can have an impact on your supply chains, …
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16. nallian What we do differently
Logistic Networks
Transport centric
Future Visibility
• Open (API) / low cost (1-m)
B2B Networks • Collaborative (no duplication of data or Market Places
effort, single truth, joined doc. creation)
Messaging • Intens interaction (docs, chat, video, Messaging
centric ratings) centric
• Self provisioning & on boarding
• Flexible data sharing, mngt by business
• End2end supply chain (Life Cycle Mngt)
• Real time context-enriched intelligence
ERP/MES/WMS/TMS
Company centric
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17. nallian Value proposition
Unique concept using successful social media concepts to support
business critical processes
Supply chain visibility and communication is reported by Global Chief
Supply Chain Officers as challenge with most significant impact on their
global supply chains
Disruptive technology/approach that lowers operational costs,
increases flexibility and opens long tail market
Cross company real time statuses combined with big data analytic
capabilities offers endless possibilities
An experienced team combining business, logistics, social media and
cloud competences
Geographical area with the necessary expertise, community attention
and market
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