Press release

eSpline partnering with Emcien for Analytics Reporting for Configurable Products
Columbus, OH
10 March 2009

eSpline LLC announces a partnership with Emcien, Inc. leveraging deep SAP configuration knowledge and adding new capability for reporting configurable product Analytics with EmcienMix™  [2009-03-10]

Today, eSpline announces a partnership with Emcien, Inc.  Emcien offers EmcienMix™, a configuration analytics platform that enables manufacturers to quickly see which feature combinations and configurations are selling. This visibility helps guide customers towards the right configuration choices - configurations that are good for the customer and profitable for the manufacturer.  This key capability has not been previously available to manufacturers, which has caused configuration proliferation and higher order fulfillment costs.

This capability is missing in most product configuration applications, CRM and ERP solutions; product mix optimization for complex products with features and options.    This is not just where the high level product data is analyzed, but includes what the customer selected for their unique configuration.  

EmcienMix™ examines on an as needed basis, what product options have been sold, what option combinations are best sellers, what options and combination of options are the poorest sellers.  It is a unique solution that identifies what are optimal product combinations.  "

"With the explosion of configurations, cost and revenue analysis of products has become almost impossible," said Daniel Naus, COO of eSpline and Past President of the SAP Configuration Workgroup (CWG).  "EmcienMix offers innovative capability and this has been missing in analyses for configurable products". 

eSpline LLC is now offering this capability to the SAP Variant Configurator and IPC customer.  "We have been asked many times by SAP VC customers how to find what characteristics are the best sellers?", said Don Cochran, eSpline Co-Founder and VP, Sales and Business Development.   "We looked for a long time for an easy to use application to fill this gap and found it with EmcienMix™".

Quote and order data including product features and options is collected, analyzed and presented as a series of dashboard displays illustrating combinations of product features.  The user has the opportunity to view product options selected and sold for the top 5 combinations of product options as an example.  This can be done daily, so the analysis is fresh and current. 

EmcienMix™ examines on an as needed basis what product options have been sold, what option combinations are best sellers, what options and combination of options are the poorest sellers.  It is a unique solution that identifies what are optimal product combinations and includes what was sold by region.  So, you now will have the ability to determine what combination of features to offer and also where to offer them.   Buying habits vary by region, so should product offerings.

No More one-time Analytic Reports...

With EmcienMix™ quote and order data is the source for the analysis of product options [characteristics for SAP] and there are a host of dashboard displays that can be reviewed to spot product and regional trends.  

Historical information is used as the starting point and current order and quote data is added on an as needed basis to complete the analysis.  EmcienMix™  provides up-to-date analysis with daily updates if that is the frequency chosen and product mix is dynamic. 

With easy-to-read online dashboard screens showing complex product trends the product manager now has a tool to assess what options to emphasize and what options to eliminate.  Want to change the parameters for the analytics?  You don't need a programmer.  You do it.  It has never been easier.  

EmcienMix™ circumvents the long, tedious, manual process of evaluating what options are offered and what options are the best sellers.  Your product options or selections are not static and your analytic reporting should not be static either.

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A prototype can be scheduled for a single product using EmcienMixTM to evaluate your product mix.  Contact us for more information or visit http://www.espline.com/eSpline_Analytics.html          

About Emcien

Emcien is an Atlanta, GA based software firm that solves complexity problems for discrete manufacturing companies. EmcienMix™ is a unique software solution that optimizes product mix to maximize profits by aligning closely with customer demand.  Customers include Fortune 500 companies in the electronics, automotive and industrial sectors. Emcien was named a 2008 Cool Vendor in SCM and ERP by Gartner, Inc. To learn more, visit www.emcien.com