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The initial work on Information Alignment and Synchronization
Mexico was presented in 1997, when the analysis of the situation of
companies evidenced the need of a process to support cost reduction and
elimination of non-value adding activities in companies, based on the
fact that the information is the foundation to optimize different
business operations: cataloging, purchase order generation, delivery and
reception of goods, and even billing and payments.
These needs led to creation of the Information Alignment Work
Committee, which, considering the viewpoint of all the industrial
sectors, built a business case that in 2000 would become eventually in
the development of the first version of the initial model of Data
Synchronization in Mexico.
Thus, creation of a data repository was achieved, that stores
information of commercial products in an orderly and standardized
fashion, to allow information exchange between customers and suppliers.
The Electronic Product Catalog "SYNCFONIA"
has been built based on the needs of the Mexican market, allowing an
easy integration with the rest of the processes in national companies.
 Benefits
There is a wide variety of possible benefits that may be obtained with the use of SYNCFONIA,
that will depend on the use of data by every organization. The
following are some of the benefits that have been achieved by companies
worldwide:
Commercial
- Support information on product availability in
different areas of the country, queries on assembled supplies and new
products offered.
- Cataloging process improvements in product launching rendering new initiatives considerably faster.
- Sales will not be affected by data capture and coding errors.
- Better knowledge of demand, optimizing the variety of products in a category.
- Information distribution and cataloging error corrections will be greatly reduced in the customer service area.
Logistics
- Supports control and storage of consumer and shipping units in the sales floor and distribution centers.
- Assists in the integration with category planning (planogram) systems for space management.
- Contributes to decrease reception times in merchandise receipt areas.
Operation
- Significant reduction in the number of returned orders.
- Efficient space management will be available in information systems.
- Reduction in the number of errors in order preparation and the relevant reconciliation.
- A centralized database will allow an efficient use of information
Click the following link to access SYNCFONIA and enter your codes:
www.syncfonia.com.mx
Note: If you do not have an access code,
contact GS1 Mexico to obtain information on the procedure to access the
Electronic Catalog. |
