Turn Your External Network From a Black Box Into a Connected Plan
Nulogy Supplier Collaboration connects your planning system to real-time data from your external network, so you plan against what’s actually happening, not outdated spreadsheets or a guess.
- Track capacity, inventory, and production status across every co-packer and contract manufacturer in real time
- Ensure every order automatically uses the same item and BOM data
- Flow supplier commitments directly into planning platforms like Kinaxis Maestro
See how Nulogy Supplier Compliance verifies suppliers faster and reduces risk.
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brand manufacturers
Plan With Your Network, Not Around It
Enrich your planning with real-time capacity, inventory, and production data from every co-packer and contract manufacturer.
See Supplier Collaboration in Action
Colgate-Palmolive tracked its customization partners on service, cost, quality, and agility, and saw a 200 basis point boost in service levels from closer collaboration in planning.
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A global life sciences manufacturer digitally connected its contract manufacturing network, achieving 69–88% faster PO processing and cutting inventory reconciliation time from 120 minutes to just 15.
Planning Against a Black Box
Supply chain leaders and planners lose time and margin when they can't see what's really happening in their external network.
Who's available for orders?
Planners don't know which suppliers to allocate orders to, because capacity data is outdated or missing entirely.
Where's my inventory?
On-hand and in-transit materials are misrepresented by stale data, so planners overstock to avoid shortages, inflating spend and shrinking margins.
Why is this taking forever?
Planners fall back on spreadsheets to track their network, which eats up hours, goes out of date fast, and creates errors and confusion.
Source: Bridging the Gap: Nulogy & ASCM External Manufacturing Report
Nulogy + Kinaxis Maestro, Connected by LIDD
The more your network extends beyond your four walls, the harder it gets to plan with confidence. LIDD designed and manages the integration that closes that gap.
LIDD built and supports the integration between Nulogy and Kinaxis Maestro, so supplier commitments land in your plan without a custom build to maintain.
Item, BOM, and capacity data from your network flow straight into Maestro, so the plan you're working from matches what your suppliers can actually deliver.
For food & beverage brands, every plan reflects what your network can actually deliver.
Six Ways Supplier Collaboration Closes the Gap
Nulogy replaces the emails, phone calls, and spreadsheets you use to manage your external network with one connected system.
Jointly align demand and capacity with your network to create constraint-aware plans, instead of guessing at what suppliers can actually deliver.
Automated tracking of production status and shipment milestones, so you know where every order stands without a phone call.
Track in-transit and on-hand inventory across the supply ecosystem, including at-risk and expired stock, and measure demand against available materials.
Establish a shared foundation for item and BOM data across enterprises, so everyone works from the same version.
Turn shared data into insights that highlight risks and performance gaps before they cost you a shipment.
Flow supplier commitments directly into planning platforms like Kinaxis Maestro, no manual re-entry required.
What You Get With a Connected Network
Real outcomes brand manufacturers see after connecting planning to their external network.
Planners save approximately 3.5 hours per week by eliminating manual data entry and status chasing.
Up to an 88% reduction in time spent per purchase order across CMO workflows.
Greater plan feasibility reduces the need for manual overrides and post-freeze replanning.
Improved OTIF (on-time, in-full) performance and reduced escalations through standardized workflows.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Planners continue to use their existing planning tool, like Kinaxis. Supplier Collaboration simply connects them with live outside data, which makes internal planning more accurate and reliable.
Supplier Collaboration replaces scattered spreadsheets and email threads with one shared, real-time view of the same data. That cuts out miscommunication and finger-pointing, so both sides can move faster.
Static data exchange isn't the same as true collaboration. When both sides are working from the same live data instead of last week's file, communication happens faster and fewer orders fall through the cracks.
It's built for brand manufacturers managing a fragmented network of contract manufacturers or suppliers with high transaction volumes, with the strongest fit in FMCG/CPG and life sciences, including pharma and medical devices.
Yes. Supplier commitments flow directly into planning platforms like Kinaxis Maestro through Nulogy's APS integration, so every plan reflects what your network can actually deliver.
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