Use performance metrics, Key Indicators and Balanced Scorecard with Adage

Balanced Scorecard is a modern performance management concept. It would be a great idea to integrate KPI with Adage business system. We are suggesting some methods on how to do it with BSC Designer.

Information about business system
Business system name	Adage™. Check other business systems of ERP-class in the business systems list.
Short description of business system	From Infor Global Solutions comes Adage, a software to provide users with a real insight as to how to find integrated paths to industrial management. Services provided are those such as supply chain planning, execution of the supply, enterprise asset management, and business intelligence. Adage provides a transactional stage that supports manufacturing processes, operational business processes and even sales and retail information. The target being mid-sized to large scale industries, Adage gives solutions as per ERP functionality such as sales and services, pricing and promotions, lot track, item-pack configuration and quality control.
Business system database(s)	MS SQL database. Use SQL Indicators to access data from database.
Possible integration with Balanced Scorecard Designer
Importing Data	SQL Indicators External Scorecards
Exporting Data	Balanced Scorecard HTML Report Overview HTML Report PowerPoint presentation Exporting in Excel
Other interfaces	Command line interface
More information on integration
For business system vendors and their partners	Please, check information on this page and information in Partners section. Then, if you are interested in business or technical partnership, please, contact us. If you have integrated BSC Designer with some application, please let us know, we will be happy to place a link from our web-site.
More details about Adage:
	Reducing Demand Volatility through the Adage ERP and CRM System. The Adage ERP and CRM System directly addresses this problem by reducing such variability and enhancing a firm’s monitoring capabilities on its business processes. In the fast-moving business environment of the process manufacturing industry, only the very competitive firms survive. Those who know the ins and outs in this industry are quick to admit that it is demand-driven. The Adage ERP and CRM System is a business solution software that specifically caters to the needs and challenges of process manufacturing firms. It is also the only ERP and CRM System that uniquely caters to this industry. Infor Global Systems (Infor) developed the Adage System for firms involved in high-volume and repetitive processing. It specifically applies to the manufacture of food, beverage, chemicals, and life science. The Adage software enables process-manufacturing firms to automate all its functions and manufacturing processes for easy tracking of products and fast implementation of changes in the market. As a result, process and demand variability are reduced through the execution of pro-active solutions from the moment that production starts until the receipt of payments. The solutions address problems encountered in the automation of functions and workflows, tracing and validating batch production, adherence to industry regulations, and customer support. As such, the Adage System balances the need to manage production while maintaining the customer-centered approach. The emphasis on customer service makes it possible for a firm to manage its promotional activities effectively. At the beginning of the manufacturing process, the Adage System captures information related to requirements of raw materials and other relevant resources. Demand information is incorporated to determine the volume of production at a particular time. Based on inputs for every process, the time and resource conditions for every batch of the product are estimated. The computation of required resources from distribution to sales is also done by the System. In 2005, Infor released an enhanced version of the Adage with the enhancements in key stages of production. The Item/Lot Characteristics allows a firm to assign characteristics of every lot or batch of output. These characteristics define the quantity of output and inventory. As such, production conditions are adjusted to allow such conversion. A classic example provided by Infor is the production of alcohol, which is characterized by temperature and percentage proof. Since alcohol can be measured in wine gallons and proof gallons, the conversion from one measurement to another entails an adjustment of the characteristics and implemented in the production process. If the firm decides to increase the production of low-proof alcohol, then it process would entail higher temperatures. Hence, the levels of inventory based on demand are adjusted in a timely manner. Other demand-driven solutions in the 2005 Adage version includes Blending, which enables a firm to create a new lot or batch of product based on the existing lot; Least Cost Formulation, which facilitates the temporary creation of a production formula when constraints in prices, raw materials, and industry requirements arise; Regulatory Compliance, which aids the firm in calculating and locating lots to meet the requirements imposed on process manufacturers, such as Trade Identification Number (GTIN) and Bioterrorism compliance. Overall, the Adage ERP and CRM System imparts a very significant degree of freedom to a process manufacturing firm. Firms can now effectively manage inventory, pricing, and risks within a demand-driven industry.