Supply Chain Software Development Services We Provide
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Supply chain software development aims to help companies drive improvements across their supply chain processes and innovate business operations with the help of effective software and Supply Chain 4.0 techs: IoT, AI/ML, big data, blockchain, AR and VR.
Benefits of Digital Supply Chain Management
- Increased precision of demand forecasting and eliminated stockouts and overstocking
- Full visibility into an extended supply chain and high efficiency of risk management activities
- Enhanced accuracy of inventory planning and lower inventory carrying costs
- Optimized resource utilization (labor, transportation, etc.)
- Streamlined fulfillment of sales orders
Supply Chain Solutions and SCM Software Features HKCS Delivers
We offer full-cycle development services to plan and implement one or several integrated supply chain software solutions that introduce powerful functionality for the necessary SCM areas:
Supply chain planning and optimization
- Demand forecasting.
- AI-supported recommendations on supply chain optimization (e.g., how much and when to order).
- Supply chain digital twin – a real-time supply chain model to test different supply chain action plans (e.g., safety stock planning, transportation optimization) and evaluate their impact before choosing the best one.
Value: improved and more cost-efficient fulfillment of customer demand, increased resource utilization, synchronization between different supply chain components.
Supply chain risk management
- Supply chain control tower, offering real-time, AI-supported visibility into all supply chain operations, including operations of suppliers and external carriers.
- Configurable dashboards for a unified view of supply chain processes and related KPIs (fill rate, order cycle time, etc.).
- Collaborative issue resolution with suppliers via a shared space for issue discussions, issues status tracking and notifications, etc
Value: end-to-end supply chain visibility, proactive risk management, improved collaboration with suppliers.
Inventory and warehouse management
- Inventory levels and location tracking (with a barcode, RFID, or computer vision technology).
- Optimal safety stock calculation.
- Automated replenishment triggers.
- Lot and serial number tracking.
- Expiration dates and shelf life monitoring.
Value: decreased inventory carrying costs, increased order fulfillment speed and accuracy, optimized labor costs, minimized inventory loss and shortages.
Logistics management
- Freight tracking.
- Planning and optimization of route schedules.
- Vehicle accident case management (accident notifications and reports, repair request issuing and routing, etc.).
- IoT connectivity to monitor product condition during transportation.
Value: improved vehicle utilization, decreased logistics operating costs, on-time delivery.
Procurement management
- Quick template-based creation of purchase requisitions, RFxs, and purchase orders.
- Automated approval workflow for purchase requisitions and purchase orders.
- Analytics-based recommendations on supplier assignment to purchase orders.
- Creation and management of preferred supplier lists.
- Automated three-way matching (purchase orders, order receipts, and supplier invoices are cross-compared to reveal inconsistencies if any).
- Purchase order execution tracking (for several tiers if required).
- Collaboration tools to discuss orders with suppliers.
Value: standardized and streamlined purchasing, improved spend visibility.
Supplier relationship management
- Analytics-based supplier pre-qualification (financial viability, technical capabilities, ethical business processes, etc.).
- Quick template-based creation of sourcing events (e-tenders, e-auctions).
- Collaboration with internal teams on supplier selection and nomination.
- Supplier performance analytics and ongoing compliance checks.
- Supplier portal for improved capacity planning (via collaboration with suppliers), etc.
- Automatic alerts for suppliers to update expiring data (accreditations, certifications).
Value: reduced supply chain compliance and regulatory risks, improved supplier engagement, optimized sourcing strategy.
SCM software integrations we recommend
To introduce a cohesive supply chain automation environment, our supply chain development company helps integrate SCM software with the following systems:
- With ERP, MES, OMS, accounting software, and other relevant business systems – to improve supply chain planning and control.
- With third-party software, e.g., supplier or distributor systems – for seamless collaborative supply chain management.
- With hardware (barcode scanners, RFID readers, computer vision systems) – to automate employee workflows across inventory identification, counting, and tracking
- With a business intelligence (BI) solution – to leverage supply chain data for enterprise-level analytics
Supply chain management software consulting
Developing an ERP system from scratch
You get an all in one ERP system to digitally transform the entire buisness process.
How to Develop Supply Chain Software
Below, HKCS describes key steps that our teams perform to introduce relaiable, future ready supply chain software:
Step 1.
Business analysis and requirements engineering
- Analyze your supply chain strategy and operations, define how well they align with your overall business strategy.
- Evaluate how your supply chain operations are currently supported with the technology. Identify the areas of improvement and map them to possible technology solutions.
- Define software requirements in collaboration with your subject-matter experts (planners, procurement specialists, inventory managers, etc.)
- Introduce a high-level solution vision and scope reflecting our assumptions on how the SCM software should work. Provide discovery estimates.
Step 2.
SCM software design
- For custom software: Create an optimal feature set for your SCM solution. Design software architecture in accordance with the performance, scalability, security, and compliance requirements. Choose a technology stack. Prepare UX and UI mockups. Introduce a plan of integrations with the required systems.
- For platform-based software: Select the best-fitting products and prepare configuration and integration specifications.
Step 3.
Project planning
- Define project objectives, deliverables, and tailored sets of KPIs to evaluate success.
- Determine the project scope, duration, schedule, and budget.
- Decide on the roles in the project team and design efficient collaboration workflows.
- Plan the knowledge sharing procedures and responsibilities.
- Identify possible SCM software implementation and adoption risks, create a risk mitigation strategy and plan.
Step 4.
Development and QA
- Establish IT automation (CI/CD pipelines, cloud automation, etc.) to streamline development, testing, integration, and releases.
- Develop a custom supply chain management solution OR select and set up off-the-shelf software.
- Run system testing (covers functional, performance, usability, security testing) in parallel with coding.
- Migrate necessary data from the currently used SCM systems.
Step 5.
Integration and deployment
- Integrate your SCM solution with the required software and hardware systems.
- Configure the software infrastructure, implement robust security mechanisms.
- Deploy the solution to the production environment.
- Provide all necessary software documentation (documented source code, a maintenance guide, tutorials for end users, etc.).
- Conduct user training in a preferred format.
Step 6.
Support and evolution (optional)
- Monitor SCM software performance and handle operational issues.
- Provide L1–L3 user support.
- Scale the software to process a growing volume of supply chain data.
- Perform regular security and compliance audits and deliver comprehensive reports.
- Upgrade the software with new functionality to support your evolving needs.
Supply Chain Software Development Costs
To estimate the cost of supply chain management solutions, HKCS takes into account the following factors:
- The number and complexity of SCM functional modules.
- The scope and complexity of integrations with the required software.
- Data volume used for analytics, the need to implement machine learning algorithms and their complexity.
- Required application types – web, mobile, desktop – and a number of platforms supported (for mobile apps).
- Non-functional requirements: availability, performance, scalability, security, and compliance.
How we optimize the cost of supply chain software implementation
- Define optimal SCM functionality drawing on real business needs – no irrelevant features to pay for.
- Develop software iteratively to implement essential functionality first and enable faster payback from software implementation.
- Use proven frameworks and ready-made components where possible to streamline development and ensure superior software quality.
- Define different targets for the availability and performance of the solution’s modules depending on how business-critical the processes the module covers are.