Inspirage Among Leading Providers of Supply Chain Execution Services

BELLEVUE, WA--(Marketwired - Mar 31, 2014) - Inspirage has been listed among the leading global consulting firms for Supply Chain Execution services in a February 2014 IDC Manufacturing Insights report titled "Vendor Assessment: Manufacturing Industry Supply Chain Execution Services Buyers Guide, Doc#246520, Feb 2014." This research published by IDC Manufacturing Insights is intended to assist companies to identify a "short list" of qualified firms that can help them to transform their supply chain execution systems and processes from conception through implementation.

Inspirage went through a thorough evaluation process in order to be considered in this report, including completing an in-depth request for Information, analyst vendor briefings, and providing several customer references for analyst interviews. For this report, Inspirage demonstrated its expertise in the primary supply chain execution functional areas including warehouse management, transportation management, global trade management, order management, inventory management, and logistics management. Inspirage was specifically recognized for their exclusive focus and deep experience with the Oracle suite of business applications including Value Chain Execution (VCE) applications.

According to the report authored by IDC's Manufacturing Insights Research Manager Heather Ashton and Practice Director Simon Ellis, "Because of its alignment with Oracle applications, Inspirage has particular expertise in helping its clients understand the value and capabilities of the Oracle VCE suite and how to best leverage these applications to meet their business needs. This application expertise has enabled Inspirage to successfully deliver several large transformational projects combining both Oracle Transportation Management and Global Trade Management." The analysts further commented on Inspirage Value Chain Plus^® programs for managed services and hosting solutions: "Inspirage has built a strong presence in cloud services for supply chain execution. The company leverages Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host its Business Process Service (BPS) program and provides a subscription license model for Oracle supply chain execution applications that vary from preconfigured configurations to custom configurations."¹

"We consider IDC Manufacturing Insights' recognition of Inspirage's capabilities a direct reflection of the work our team has done over the past 3 years in building the leading logistics practice for Oracle applications. We are very proud of our consulting team and thank IDC Manufacturing Insights for recognizing their efforts." said Bob Hart, Senior Practice Director of Inspirage's Logistics Management practice. "Today's global enterprise has extremely complex logistics management business processes, systems, and regulatory challenges. Our goal is to help our clients leverage the Oracle Value Chain Execution applications to meet these challenges, transform existing processes, and ultimately positively impact their companies' bottom line." 

¹ Source: IDC: Vendor Assessment: Manufacturing Industry Supply Chain Execution Services Buyers Guide, research article # MI246520, Feb 2, 2014, IDC Manufacturing Insights, page 14

About Inspirage
Inspirage is a high expertise global consulting firm that helps clients realize breakthrough improvements across the value chain in areas from Innovation through Execution™. Inspirage is an Oracle Platinum Partner specializing in Oracle "Edge" applications, including Value Chain Planning, Value Chain Execution, Product Lifecycle Management, Data Quality & Management, and Analytics. We bring industry-specific experience and proven solutions to help our clients solve problems and build an effective supply chain.

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