DCRA Inc. Supply Chain S&OP Solutions Summary

DCRA On-Demand Supply Chain Solutions

Total Order Fulfillment™
On-Demand Supply Chain Solution
Introduction


February 15, 2011
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Introduction DCRA Inc.
DCRA offers a unique Total Order Fulfillment™ approach in
optimizing total supply chain costs. The TOF™ methodology
provides client’s the ability to rapidly balance demand and supply
while leveraging transportation to generate Global Trade
Advantage™. DCRA has developed unique patented, on-demand
technology solutions that are used throughout the problem solving
process to accelerate value.

DCRA’s unique solutions include: Order Commitment, Sales and
Operations Planning (S&OP), RFID Inventory Commitment and S&OP
/ Supply Chain Execution repositories.

The TOF™ methodology and solutions create value with clients
immediately and grow exponentially as deployed permanently
throughout the extended supply chain

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The DCRA Focus Address the real OPPORTUNITY: 3 Trillion
Dollars + of Un-Synchronized Supply Chain Resources
( 90% of Target Market Does Not know what they don’t know)

Manufacturing In-Bound Transportation Fulfillment/Packaging/Test Finished Goods Inventory
Time
Lead

4-6 Weeks 3-4 Weeks 5 Days - 5 Weeks 1-2 Weeks 4-6 Weeks

Strategic OEM
Component Manufacturing HUB/
Warehouse Retail
Suppliers Partners
Partners

5-8 Days ($6.50/Unit)

Direct

3-5 weeks ($.60/Unit)
RBOM Contract Channel
Component Manufacturing Fulfillment
Partners Distribution
Suppliers Partners

$, Inventory, $, Inventory, $, Transportation Inventory $, Lost
Wasted Capacity Wasted Capacity Consolidation, Sales, Product Life
Drop ship Order Cycle

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DCRA TOF™ Methodology & S&OP
Solutions Rapid value ease of deployment
1
DCRA Solutions
(e.g S&OP
Transportation
Technology Spend win)
LCC Operations
0 Mode Optimization
-1 0 1 Competitive Bid
Value Happy Match

TOF creates
immediate Value
-1 drives change
Ease of Implementation

1 2 3 4 5 6
Assess Model Evaluate Feasibility Model Deployment
Current TOF Analysis Improved Plan
Options
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DCRA’s early client successes (2002) proceeded analysts
proclamations of effectiveness of (S&OP) (started 2005 or so)
DCRA Inc. first commercial pure S&OP Software Solution 2001 Inventory Bridge ($)

$18

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$16 $0.0
$3.2
$14

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Suppliers DCRA S&OP
•Sales Orders
•Firm commits
•Purchase Orders
•Raw Material Commitments
Weapon: Operational Excellence
•Reduce cycle time
•Maximize flexibility, minimize lead-times
•Adapt quickly to changing conditions
•Leverage partners’ capabilities 5

Example Client Deployment of DCRA Inc. Solutions
Ease of Use (bottom up user… Google like)
A High Value (Top Down $ & Time drive Executive Sponsorship)

How E F
Much &
Order Commit When
Customer

Order Management Transportation
Inventory in motion
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PO Mgmt
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DCRA Inc. Patented Software Solutions
• Supply Chain Solutions for the
A
Outsourced Supply Chain

More outsourced supply chain
dramatically reduce working
capital (e.g. inventory)
• Strategic benefits with a rapid
financial return

Statistical

Inventory
Forecast
Demand
Master
B

Build
Plan

Plan

Plan

Plan
• Web service solution
components are targeted to C F

SC
strategically enable information

Co
ns
sharing, planning, and E

ole
execution within outsourced
manufacturing, logistics, and
fulfillment environments
• On-demand through hosting or
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Sample DCRA Inc. Customers

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DCRA Customers Have Sustainable
Competitive Advantage from lower Working
Capital Advantage
app
roa
ch • Methodology proven to reduce
soft
wa
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ion
adit cut costs, and grow market share
investment on balance sheet)
$ Working Capital (inventory

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• Rapid, iterative solution
Tra
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supporting enabling applications
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S ta
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ach order commitment, S&OP and
ent
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Tota
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DC
RA
• Team mentors, teaches and
25% 50% 75% 100%
illustrates through action how to
achieve success
Customer Service Level (Fill Rate %)
• Approach, a team, and a network
that can help you achieve real
DCRA TOF™ shifts inventory value today
service level curve
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Example DCRA Client Results
Siemens Broadband
“In less than 12 months the DCRA lead combination of process optimization and the DCRA
supply chain solutions allowed for the internal and external partners processes and supporting
systems to effectively collaborate A key example was a more aggressive (weekly) planning of
the manufacturing, material and logistics (using DCRA’s S&OP solution) - which drove the
following results -

• Improved inventory turns from 4 to 32
• Reduced inventory holdings from net $63,000,000 to $8,000,000
• Lowered transportation costs per unit by 61%
• Improved operating cash flow from negative $48,000,000 to positive $10,000,000
• Achieved operational profitability in fourteen months
• Improved DSO from 129 days to 47 days
• Cut accounts receivables from net $67,000,000 to net $33,000,000
• Reduced accounts receivables reserves from $11,000,000 to $2,000,000
• Improved working capital from $64,000,000 to negative $20,000,000

Furthermore, the success of the program resulted in the marketing of the supply chain
advantage to the major Siemens customers with a view to add even more value to the business
relationship". Herman Stiphout – EVP CFO Efficient Networks now Siemens Subscriber
Services.
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Client Example of using TOF™ to lower cost
per unit with no pause in operations
60.000 Results fulfillment
Supply Chain Costs ($M)

Costs
50.000
A. 8/2002 $7.5 per unit
40.000 9-2002
Costs
30.000 Structure C. 4/2003 $3.5 per unit
D
20.000 A C
D. S&OP
10.000 Dramatically reduce cost
B 4-2003 Current Per unit as volumes
- Cost Structure scale
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Unit Volumes (M)

Historical Cost Trend TOF w/ New Provider

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Why DCRA Inc. Different
• DCRA Drives Value Immediately NOT just after software is fully implemented
• Software an enabler to change not deployed after change
• Software and solutions patented synchronizing distributed demand and
supply into useful metrics, information based on existing data
• One code base engineered as software, SaaS, Hardware appliance and
Consulting Solution
• DCRA Business model compliments existing infrastructure
• DCRA recognizes first and formost supply chain participants will not use
“common” solutions… no castles but bridges to a lean supply chain
• Partners want to use S&OP for their benefit not from “edict” from customer
• DCRA Solutions Designed to Inexpensively Compliment Enterprise and
Partner Systems of Record
• DCRA understands request / promise nature of how to design, manage and
measure outsourced supply chain operations
• Client chooses of one of or all of consulting, software, hosted and or
through on-site hardware appliance – same solution - many doors to enter
• DCRA Inc. Deep experience in supply chain integration solutions,
technologies and approaches
• 100% client success rate with rapid and large financial returns
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What’s Next for DCRA Inc.
• Rapidly expand exposure of patented technology to
market
• Scale deployments & impact with key partners (e.g.
Freightgate)
• Select Partners to scale)
• Remain focused on clarity of purpose & value to
client’s
• Educate the 90% - NOW
• Philanthropic support for US Manufacturing competitiveness
(www.Texaslcc.org)
• Provide no or low version of solution to education and public
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DCRA Inc. Background
• Founded 2001 - Incorporated in May 2002, closely held by
founders
• Solutions not just software or services but real solutions
• Bio Jon Kirkegaard: 30 years experience corporations, Booz &
Company strategy / ops, early i2 led supply chain offerings,
founded two firms for venture (Battery, Draper Fisher),
Manufacturing Engineering, MS Finance, Patents in multi-
enterprise planning and recently awarded real time S&OP /
Order Commit.
• Purpose to provide simplicity, clarity and mass market
opportunity to improve business of all sizes and industries
• Product set well established, proven benefits to major clients
and VERY complimentary to legacy technologies and services

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Speaker Bio Jon Kirkegaard
www.DCRASolutions.com
Jon is the founder and president of DCRA Inc. a specialty supply chain solution
firm with numerous client business transformation successes primarily utilizing
S&OP strategies and concepts. DCRA Inc. produced the first commercial
S&OP software product in 2001 and holds patents on key S&OP technology that
has allowed it clients to dramatically reduce demand supply matching cycle
times. Prior to founding DCRA in 2 Mr Kirkegaard was an early key executive at
i2 Technologies founding 3 i2 business units and holds patents on early
collaborative planning technologies. Mr Kirkegaard also co-founded Viewlocity
and early supply chain visibility business funded by Battery Ventures. Prior Mr
Kirkegaard spent 10 + years in strategic management consulting with Booz Allen
and Hamilton and Coopers and Lybrand where he specialized in operational
strategies and supply chain technologies. He started his engineering and
management career at Conoco and Dupont and completed Conoco’s senior
management / engineering training and developed the first design for pipeline
supply chain control leak detection systems in 1984.
Mr Kirkegaard He holds a bachelors in Industrial Engineering from Kansas State
and a Masters of Science in Finance from the University of Texas at Dallas.
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CASE STUDIES

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Case Study I - Telecom Equipment Manufacturing
division of Siemens (Siemens Broadband) DCRA
audited results
“In less than 12 months the DCRA lead combination of process optimization and the DCRA
supply chain solutions allowed for the internal and external partners processes and supporting
systems to effectively collaborate A key example was a more aggressive (weekly) planning of
the manufacturing, material and logistics (using DCRA’s S&OP solution) - which drove the
following results -

• Improved inventory turns from 4 to 32
• Reduced inventory holdings from net $63,000,000 to $8,000,000
• Lowered transportation costs per unit by 61%
• Improved operating cash flow from negative $48,000,000 to positive $10,000,000
• Achieved operational profitability in fourteen months
• Improved DSO from 129 days to 47 days
• Cut accounts receivables from net $67,000,000 to net $33,000,000
• Reduced accounts receivables reserves from $11,000,000 to $2,000,000
• Improved working capital from $64,000,000 to negative $20,000,000

Furthermore, the success of the program resulted in the marketing of the supply chain
advantage to the major Siemens customers with a view to add even more value to the business
relationship". Herman Stiphout – EVP CFO Efficient Networks now Siemens Subscriber
Services.
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1 cont. S&OP Drove Synchronizing Inventories &
Transport Lead times to Customer Commitment
Plan Inventory Visibility

Warehouse
Improve inventory management by: Component Manufacturing
partners Customer
warehouses
•Having immediate visibility of up-to-date
up- to- suppliers partners

inventory across supply chain Fulfillment
partners

•Poor inventory visibility has immediate, direct impact on lead-times
Metric Current Target Benchmar
k
Having accurate visibility of inventory allows Up-to-date inventory 3 days – < 1 hour < 1 hour to
for: visibility across 2 weeks to update
•Cycle time reduction due to ready availability of on-
on- manufacturing, update
hand and in-transit data
in- distribution network
•Lead-time reduction since unnecessary buffers are
Lead- Customer DC / store Limited < 1 day < 1 hour
not added to compensate for limited visibility inventory
•Accurate promises to customers and increased
Current: 3 days-2 weeks to update
days-
satisfaction

•Fulfillment Provider’s inventory
Provider’ •System integration (CM –
tracking, management capability Fulfillment provider – ENI)

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Inventory Bridge™ (from DCRA S&OP Application)
Real time forward looking Balance Sheet
Shows Inventory Bridge ($)
Liabilities
• Supply plan Millions $18

• Open PO’s $16 $0.0
$3.2
Vs. $14

Assets $12 $8.5

• Forecast $10
• Backlog $8
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• Upside $6
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Case Study 2 - National distributor of maintenance – key
issues inventory stocking levels, supplier lead times,
growth and profitability
• Reduced inventory by 25%, improved sales, cut transportation
by 15%, improved reorder points, created drop ship program
• Real DCRA client example… sales consistent, replenishment
consistent, reorder big lump
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