Extreme Networks chooses Serus Lean and Execution Decision system to reduce inventory in finished goods.


Extreme Networks sought after a complete and scalable solution that provided seamless integration, to their manufacturing partners, for improved inventory visibility and control.

SUNNYVALE, CALIF.—Aug 20, 2010Serus is happy to announce Extreme Networks as a new addition to its growing portfolio of leading High Tech companies. Serus proved to be the clear choice for Extreme Networks when they sought after a complete and scalable solution that provided seamless integration, to their manufacturing partners, for improved inventory visibility and control.

About Extreme NetworksExtreme Networks® of Santa Clara, Calif., founded in 1996, is a publicly listed company that designs, builds, and installs sophisticated Ethernet solutions that meet the toughest challenges in network connectivity and IP-based communications. Throughout its history, the Company has delivered more than 15 Million Ethernet ports and has established a presence in more than 50 countries. The Company increases the value of the network with its advanced software platforms that deliver meaningful insight and control to applications and services. This helps corporate enterprises and service providers who must have high performance, secure networks that support converged voice, video and data. Intelligence is enhanced with an extensible, flexible and secure protocol-based communication capability, allowing devices to talk to one another. Extreme Networks addresses a wide range of customers with wired and wireless network infrastructures. From corporate enterprises such as manufacturers, retailers, financial institutions, utilities and healthcare organizations, to large universities and K-12 school districts to federal and local governments worldwide.

Extreme Networks will be using Serus Lean and Execution Decision system to reduce inventory in finished goods, improve key metrics to improve customer service levels.

About Serus’ Inventory Optimization Solution Serus’s flagship solution is an Intelligent Operations Management (IOM) application suite. At the center of the IOM offering is a B2B Hub that provides real-time data aggregation and content management, including facilities for data cleaning and error resolution, combined with collaboration across the extended enterprise. Its customers recognize that IOM removes the need for large, complex spreadsheets that are difficult to maintain and audit, and that the IOM solution includes a set of modules for business functions on a platform that supports advanced reporting, decision-making, and action-taking.

Serus utilizes a web based Decision Center dashboard and alert mechanism to collaborate both internally and with remote operations as well as with business partners. Serus’ Inventory Optimization solution contains an integrated B2B Hub that aggregates forecast and inventory information across customers and suppliers to provide a comprehensive look into inventory levels to ensure compliance with a company’s supply and demand commitments. The planning module provides users a holistic inventory view and the ability to conduct ”what-if ” scenarios, while the triggering module initiates procurement triggers needed to support changing requirements. The Inventory Optimization solution from Serus is part of a broader suite of supply chain optimization solutions for managing distributed and/or outsourced supply chain operations.

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