In today's environment of increasing global competition, manufacturers are being driven to synchronize their global operations in order to better position themselves for profitable growth. Market leaders are integrating their value chains - customers, strategic partners, and suppliers - to leverage their expertise, market knowledge and available resources.

Companies must commercialize more innovative products, in less time, to appeal to new and growing markets all over the world. Successful companies are turning to their supply chains, aligning the procurement activities more closely with design, early enough to have an impact. By automating sourcing processes, they have more time to focus on strategic Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) that helps to produce more innovative products.

They also see the benefit of connecting their internal systems for development, manufacturing, and service with their value chain counterparts to ensure that everyone has visibility into a single source of product and process knowledge. Integration of the data and processes (Value Chain Integration) among all of the contributors and stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of the product reduces cycle time, eliminates errors, and results in greater innovation that delivers increased customer value.

UGS has the vision, industry expertise, and production proven solutions to help you synchronize your value chain and their innovation potential as a strategic weapon in the battle for profitable growth.