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MIE Solutions, Inc. announced that MIE Exchange, a next generation hosted web-based software product for end-to-end RFQ management now includes an open API using web services enables companies through web services to push and extract purchase order requests from MIE Exchange directly into their manufacturing execution (MES), enterprise resource planning systems (ERP) and accounting software.
The worldwide demand for supply chain management (SCM) software solutions is growing as more companies streamline their business processes by giving purchasing managers a superior level of control, analytics, and spending visibility. By adding an open API using web services MIE Solutions has given buyers a new and easier way to manage RFQ's and other supplier information by allowing direct communication with their current production control software package. This is a major improvement to the process flow of many supply chain management systems because it gives direct integration electronically between buyers and suppliers without the need to re-key information throughout the supply chain.
"You can now publish your purchase orders to a central location through web services where your suppliers turn around and extract their purchase orders electronically into their ERP and manufacturing execution system" says David Ferguson CEO of MIE Solutions. This is a great technological advancement in the industry to eliminate manual re-keying of information throughout the supply chain.
With the rich user interface using an Adobe Flex technology, MIE Exchange acts as a desktop application when in reality it is a hosted web based solution eliminating software installations, maintenance and IT knowledge. The Document management portion of MIE Exchange allows parts to be created as item masters which then have attachments. Buyers can publish their parts with all their associated blueprints and documentation required to manufacturer the part. The RFQ is issued by the buyer to each designated supplier. Each buyer has the opportunity to bid or no-bid the RFQ and the buyer is notified immediately of the status change. The purchase order enables easy creation of purchase orders to distribute to your suppliers. Suppliers pick up purchase orders from MIE Exchange using the easy to use interface. Suppliers can either accept or decline the purchase order which gives immediate feedback to the buyer. MIE Exchange offers an Open API using web services in order for external application to communicate directly with MIE Exchange. MIE Exchange offers an API to Import/Export Parts and Catalogs.
MIE Exchange is not a open bidding system where it does nothing but hurt your core business as buyers select the least expensive bid without looking at the quality of the relationship. MIE Exchange allows buyers to place an RFQ to their set of known suppliers which creates a more efficient process to create and award RFQ's. Suppliers have a single location for all their buyers to submit RFQs and Purchase Orders without the need of time consuming emailing and faxing.
With MIE Exchange there is no software to install because it runs using the latest Adobe Flex technology on the browser making the browser look like a desktop application. MIE Exchange has an open API which allows any application to communicate with the MIE Exchange database in order to import or export data directly into existing ERP and accounting systems. A B2B relationship is very important and MIE Exchange will help your company create an optimized relationship.
Request for quotes (RFQ software), e-sourcing, e-procurement and supply chain management is now made easier for the manufacturing industry through the MIE exchange b2b portal.
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David Ferguson has a blog at http://mie-solutions.blogspot.com/
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