Syncron International AB

Syncron is a supply chain management software and services provider with a global presence. Syncron's global headquarters are located in Stockholm, Sweden, with major subsidiary office around the world located in the United States, Britain, Japan, and Poland.^[1] The company also has a network of partner companies in other markets such as China, France and Italy.

Syncron was ranked as the fastest growing supply chain management software supplier for 2007 and 2008, in the annual Deloitte Fast 500 Technology Awards, EMEA region.^[2]

History

In September 2006 Syncron announced the acquisition of its UK-based partner, creating a larger European presence and further adding to the company's solution offering and customer base.

In 2007 Syncron announced its entrance to the North America market by establishing an office in Atlanta, Georgia. This allowed the company to support the United States operations of global customers such as JCB and Volvo Construction Equipment, and also establish a local presence from which it could begin marketing its solutions.^[3]

In 2008 Syncron established an office in Tokyo, Japan, to bring its solutions to the Japanese market.

Syncron has been recognized again in Deloitte’s annual Technology Fast 500 EMEA awards for 2009, ranking as the fastest growing supply chain software vendor for the third consecutive year.

In 2010 Syncron established an office in Chicago, Illinois, to support the growing demand of their customers.

In 2011, Syncron achieved Gold Partner status in Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) allowing them to add value to corporations that are utilizing Oracle within their business.

May 2012, Japan’s Hitachi Construction Machinery selected Syncron's Global Price Management to optimize pricing for 1 million service parts. The system went live on January 7, 2013.

March 2013, Syncron signed major Retail Inventory Management order with Daimler Trucks North America for over 600 DNTA dealers.

Industries

Syncron serves multinational manufacturing and distribution companies that operate within different industry sectors.^[4]

• Aerospace and Defense
• Agricultural Equipment
• Automotive
• Energy and Utilities
• Electronics
• Industrial Equipment
• Medical
• Mining & Construction Equipment
• Third Party Logistics
• Transportation
• Wholesale and Distribution

Solutions

Syncron's supply chain management solutions along with the modules:^[5]

• Global Inventory Management (GIM)^[6] - Demand Planning & Forecasting, Inventory Optimization, Replenishment Planning, Rotables Planning, Collaborative Planning, Strategic Inventory Modeling, Reporting & KPI's
• Global Price Management (GPM)^[7] - Price Execution, Price Optimization, Price & Margin Analytics
• Global Order Management (GOM)^[8] - Distributed Order Management, Replenishment Plan Management, Return Order Management
• Master Data Management (MDM)^[9] - Global Customer Master, Global Supplier Master, Global Item Master
• Advanced Analytics^[10] - Integrated intelligence to improve supply chain modules
• EazyStock (Inventory Management for SMB)^[11] - Demand Forecasting, Inventory Optimization, Replenishment Execution, Multi-Echelon Planning, Promotion Management, Reporting. Cloud solution designed for small and mid-sized companies within wholesale distribution, aftermarket, consumer and industrial durable goods manufacturers.

The supply chain solutions are built using Service Oriented Architecture. This makes the solutions flexible in their application and also easy to integrate with existing ERP and legacy systems.^[12]

Customers

Some of the companies that implemented Syncron's supply chain management solutions include: Alfa Laval, Atlas Copco, Astra Zeneca, BAE Systems, BT Industries, British Gas, Daimler Trucks North America, Eaton Aerospace, Electrolux, GE Aviation, Groupe Latecoere, Hitachi Construction Machinery, JCB, KCI Konecranes, Komatsu, Mazda, Metso, Micheldever Tyres, Peugeot, Renault Trucks, Sandvik, Scania, Stapletons's Tyre Services, Tetra Pak, Trelleborg, Volvo Construction Equipment, Volkswagen Group.^[13][14]

Syncron offer supply chain resources^[15] with customer success stories,^[16] videos,^[17] white papers^[18] and analyst reports^[19] from leading experts within the supply chain industry.

Partners

• SAP
• Oracle
• IBM
• IFS
• Logica
• NRI
• Capgemini

Syncron is a SAP software solution partner, and the Syncron Solutions 8.0 suite is SAP-certified as powered by SAP NetWeaver®.^[20]

60% of Syncron users run SAP solutions in their organization.

Syncron is a Gold Level Partner with Oracle supporting companies using Oracle database.

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