Blue Yonder Luminate Planning vs. LeanDNA

This is a great logistics tool. The data analytics portion of the SaaS solution is somewhat light and the out of box reporting is at times not relevant to the report. This requires heavy customization as an enhancement and can get very pricey if the reporting module is not vetted prior to implementation.

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LeanDNA allows for ease of reporting and analyzing current inventory positions at a company level. LeanDNA drives actions and results that can be easily communicated and dissected. The visual nature of the tool drives users to the most impactful tasks.

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• Attributes
• Inventory searches
• Building product information

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• Simple to use interface with high level dashboard and additional widgets for metrics.
• Project and results tracking.
• Forecast vs actuals kept track of for past 6 months to review performance and adjust if necessary.

• JDA WMS is a pricy solution compared to other WMS vendors. Perhaps they should offer "lighter" versions for smaller customers.
• JDA acquired RedPrairie a few years ago, and in doing so, has lost some of their "small company" support and customer care.
• Although integration and label printing are strong features of JDA WMS, they require expertise to set up. It would be nice if those aspects of the system were easier to manage.

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• More supplier portal capabilities (eg. ASN).
• Historical data; items show fixed if they are received. Would like to see these as not fixed, but considered something like not actioned.
• Comment capabilities should be easier. Needs to be more like Excel, able to just enter comments. You have to click too many times to enter comments.

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The support team is overseas and the time zone differences can delay reactivity. The development team appears to overturn annually causing gaps in understanding of pending deliverables. There is also a learning curve that impedes expedited delivery of requested enhancements.

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The customer support team has been in lock step in all of the implementations that we have done with them. The team is very communicative and knowledgeable in the process and platform we operate in.

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Training was minimal and actually happened before go[ing] live and should have been ongoing after new changes adapted.

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JDA WMS was a large step up from our legacy Infor solution. It filled many gaps that we couldn't fill with Infor's system. Rather than continuing to build solutions in-house to account for customer requirements, we decided to implement JDA WMS and use all of that system's capabilities to handled what we needed in our warehouses. Granted, Infor's solutions have probably improved since 2007 when we changed, but those were my experiences back when we changed WMS providers.

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For a simple, easy to implement system, LeanDNA far outpaces the larger companies with lots of "extras". LeanDNA offers a sufficient inventory optimization platform that can be used with almost any ERP system.

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• Backend Job failures- Some times failure of backend jobs cause some disruptions to business, affecting profit targets.
• Data Mart- JDA offers a special DB which captures data for data mart.
• Support - Support team needs to improve.

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• We are in beginning stage of using this for inventory management.

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