


Avata is the first company globally and leader in delivering Oracle’s Value chain planning software as a service, in the Avata Business Cloud”, says Duane Hardacre, Managing Partner at Avata. Apart from Management consulting, they offer Education and training. Avata leverages Oracle’s User Productivity Kit (UPK) training tool as one of their change management accelerators to deliver professional level education and training to customers.
Avata’s Core-Service Offerings
Avata has a service offering called the ‘Avata business Cloud’, certified by Oracle.
Avata’s management consulting and implementation services are focused on the different aspects of the endto- end supply chain such as process re-engineering, organizational structure, and alignment, metrics and off shoring, covering processes like sales and operations planning demand forecasting supply chain planning, production, scheduling, collaboration, inventory management, Order Promising and complete global supply chain visibility and analytics. Some of the key products that Oracle offers and Avata implements in that space are Demantra, Advanced Supply Chain Planning, Rapid Planning, Inventory Optimization, StrategicNetwork Optimization, Production Scheduling and transportation management. All these solutions can work together as a holistic end-to-end supply chain solution or depending on company’s need each of these software modules can be implemented separately.
Success and Future Strategy Diegesis of Avata
Having been acknowledged by Gartner for not only their system implementation acumen, but also their process design and change management expertise is a significant differentiator for companies of similar size.
Among Avata’s many accolades over the years, the most recent was being awarded ‘the supply chain partner of the year’ by Oracle in 2012. Some of Avata’s clients have included Mattel, Logitech, Skullcandy, Emerson, Johnson & Johnson, and Decker’s Outdoor.
Avata’s has offices located in North America, Europe and Asia. They are growing offshore practice in India too. With the incredible success of the ‘Avata Business Cloud’ offering Supply chain solutions in the cloud (SaaS), Avata has significant grown in the US as well as Asia and Europe.
Company
Avata
Headquarters
Colorado, CO
Management
Duane Hardacre, Managing Partners
and Managing Partners: Ken Spigarelli, Stefan Achilles, Anil Thomas
Description
A provider of complete portfolio of services specifically focused on supply chain disciplines.