In today's volatile economy, we know that nothing ever stays one way for very long. At any given moment, market forces could demand changes within suppliers, logistics providers, locations, customers and any number of these specialized participants within supply chain networks. This variability has significant effect on the supply chain infrastructure, from the foundation layers of establishing and managing the electronic communication between the trading partners to the more-complex requirements, including the configuration of the processes and work flows that are essential to the management of the network itself.

Supply Chain Consulting

Information Partnering™ enables companies to improve their overall profitability in the same way that outsourced manufacturing and distribution has done; it allows companies to focus on their core competencies - thus increasing overall performance and efficiency. The ability to quickly obtain and deploy this domain-specific supply chain expertise without developing and maintaining an entirely unique and complex competency in house is the leading reason why supply chain outsourcing is gaining popularity.

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Software as a Service (SaaS)

The use of Software as a Service (SaaS) is meant to deliver applications efficiently and securely through the internet. By providing supply chain capabilities as a service, customers are able to lower their total cost of ownership and increase their return on investment when compared to traditional software approaches.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Electronic Data Interchange has grown considerably as companies look to eliminate human error and data inconsistencies. Northrop Grumman offers EDI translation and transaction services of X12, XML, and EDIFACT for companies that lack the expertise and infrastructure needed to handle these communications. Our approach allows our customers to focus on their core business while we take care of e-communications with your trading partners.

OpenTrac

OpenTrac Director, Enterprise and Manager are applications developed by Northrop Grumman to address various enterprise resource planning and supply chain management components. These SaaS applications are modularly built to provide maximum flexibility and expansion for growth. OpenTrac links to trading partners via e-communication in order to eliminate the errors and inconsistencies associated with the manual exchange of information.