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Patni Launched Inventory Liability And Risk Management Dashboard

Today Patni Computer Systems launched Inventory Liability And Risk Management Dashboard in collaboration with SAP.

Detail news released says that "The solution, built on top of the SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC) application and leveraging the SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius Enterprise software, helps enterprises calculate in near real time the monetary value of the inventory which is at risk at any given point across the supply chain."

"“Built on top of SAP SNC and leveraging SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius Enterprise, the solution addresses a key challenge faced by high-tech OEMs in the current economic environment,” said Holger Fritzinger, vice president, industry business unit high tech, SAP Labs LLC. “By deploying this solution, high-tech OEMs will be able to exercise better visibility and control of their critical inventory and suppliers.”

Still to watch demo. Let me dig this some more and I will come back with an opinion.

-Prashant

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