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Fostering collaboration and transparency across the Supply Chain
Built to collaborate across teams, suppliers, and customers — breaking silos at every level.
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Real-time collaboration with suppliers & customers
Empower your partners with Flowlity's portal for live forecasts and order interactions. Enhance transparency and collaboration, replacing email with instant updates.
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Real-Time Collaboration & Transparency
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Collaboration made easy
Sneak peak on our collaboration portals to build perfect plans and forecast synchronized with your suppliers.
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VMI & Co-Planning
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Real-time Alerts
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Integrated Workflow Management
Flowlity has truly redefined how we operate.
More about Flowlity’s Supplier collaboration portal
A supply chain collaboration software built for faster, real-time decisions
Flowlity’s supplier collaboration portal is designed to bring real-time collaboration, transparency, and structure to supply chain planning. Built as a true supply chain collaboration software, it enables companies to collaborate efficiently with suppliers and customers, align decisions faster, and act proactively across complex and global supply chains.
Break silos across teams, suppliers and customers
Flowlity breaks down organizational and partner silos by connecting internal teams, suppliers, and customers on a single collaboration platform. Instead of fragmented emails, spreadsheets, and disconnected tools, all stakeholders work with the same data, the same workflows, and the same objectives. This shared foundation strengthens supplier collaboration, improves alignment across planning, procurement, and operations, and supports evolving business needs.
Real-time collaboration to act faster on supply chain issues
With real-time collaboration and real-time visibility, planners can identify deviations early and respond before they turn into major issues. Changes in demand, supply constraints, or lead times are immediately visible, enabling faster decision-making and more effective responses to disruptions and market volatility. Flowlity helps teams move from reactive firefighting to proactive supply chain management.
What you can do with Flowlity’s Collaborative Planning portal
Real-time collaboration with suppliers and customers
Flowlity enables continuous collaboration with suppliers and customers through shared forecasts, order interactions, and contextual communication. Planning teams gain supply chain visibility across the network while partners stay aligned on priorities, constraints, and commitments—without heavy processes or manual follow-ups.
Supplier portals for forecast and order collaboration
Through dedicated supplier portals, Flowlity allows companies to instantly share forecasts, collect feedback, and collaborate on purchase orders. Suppliers access relevant information on demand, improving forecast collaboration, reducing misunderstandings, and strengthening long-term supplier relationships. This approach supports scalable collaboration across multiple providers and supply networks.
Joint planning and co-decision with partners
Flowlity supports joint planning by enabling planners and partners to co-build scenarios and align decisions together. Instead of sequential handoffs, teams collaborate in real time to optimize supply chain planning, reduce bottlenecks, and streamline execution. This shared planning process improves forecast accuracy and supports smoother coordination across the end-to-end supply chain.
CPFR-ready collaboration for shared forecasting and replenishment
Make CPFR practical with real-time collaboration
Flowlity makes CPFR supply chain processes operational by embedding collaboration directly into planning workflows. Rather than applying CPFR as a theoretical framework, teams use Flowlity to collaborate continuously on assumptions, constraints, and priorities—supported by real-time visibility and structured workflows.
Shared forecasting and replenishment, powered by collaboration
With collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR), Flowlity enables shared demand forecasting, aligned replenishment decisions, and transparent execution. This collaborative forecasting and replenishment approach improves CPFR accuracy, reduces stockouts, and supports more resilient inventory and supply planning.
VMI, co-planning and inventory collaboration in real time
Vendor-managed inventory and inventory collaboration
Flowlity supports vendor-managed inventory (VMI) and advanced inventory collaboration by sharing targets, constraints, and inventory levels with partners. This collaborative approach improves inventory management, helps balance service and working capital, and strengthens coordination with suppliers and contract manufacturers.
Real-time dashboards for inventory and supply performance
Integrated dashboards provide real-time insights into inventory performance, risks, and exceptions. By combining collaboration with advanced analytics, teams can monitor KPIs, anticipate shortages, and support better inventory optimization across the product lifecycle.
Integrated workflows, alerts and decision support
Integrated workflow management between partners
Flowlity includes integrated workflow management to support validations, adjustments, and structured collaboration between partners. These workflows replace informal communication with clear processes, improving accountability and reducing delays across supply chain planning and execution.
Real-time alerts and proactive issue management
With real-time alerts, Flowlity automatically highlights risks such as forecast deviations, supply constraints, or potential stockouts. Teams receive actionable notifications, enabling faster resolution, fewer bottlenecks, and improved performance across complex and multi-tier supply chains.
Why Flowlity for supply chain collaboration software
Collaboration made easy for planners and partners
Flowlity is designed for planners but built to be adopted by partners. With intuitive interfaces and simple onboarding, suppliers and customers can collaborate without heavy training or IT projects—making collaboration effective at scale.
Transparency, agility and faster decisions
By combining ai-powered planning, collaboration tools, and shared visibility, Flowlity helps organizations improve agility, respond faster to disruptions, and make better decisions across procurement, planning, and execution.
A scalable collaboration solution, fast to deploy
Flowlity is a scalable collaboration solution that integrates with existing ERP systems and grows with your supply chain. Fast deployment, flexible configuration, and seamless collaboration enable rapid time-to-value—without compromising control, governance, or sustainability objectives.
FAQ
Find everything you need to know right here.
How does Flowlity facilitate collaboration between suppliers and customers in the supply chain?
Flowlity was designed as a collaborative platform connecting the various links in the supply chain, particularly between a client (manufacturer, distributor) and its suppliers.
In concrete terms, the solution can act as a trusted third party where suppliers and customers share information transparently.
For example, suppliers can access (via a portal or dedicated interface) consumption forecasts or supply needs that concern them, and thus better anticipate upcoming orders. Similarly, Flowlity allows suppliers to track performance (on-time performance, reliability) and trigger alerts in the event of potential delays.
This shared visibility helps quickly adjust plans: if a supplier reports a capacity constraint or a longer lead time, Flowlity readjusts recommendations to avoid a disruption downstream.
In addition, the platform offers the possibility of collaborating on supply plans: online validation of order proposals, exchange of comments, jointly approved modifications, etc. This eliminates the need for multiple email and Excel file exchanges and makes supplier-customer relationships more reliable. For both B2B distribution companies and manufacturers, this improved collaboration means fewer unforeseen events and a more agile supply chain.
Because Flowlity is a cloud-based solution, your partners can easily connect—under the control of your administrators—to share this data.
Contact us to learn how to implement supplier collaboration on Flowlity in your context.
How to implement effective collaborative planning?
To implement effective collaborative planning, you should:
1) Identify strategic partners;
2) Align on common KPIs (service, stock, margin);
3) Implement a cloud platform for live data exchange;
4) Automate alerts & processes (CPFR, VMI);
5) Manage performance through regular reviews and continuous improvement.
Why implement collaborative planning with suppliers?
The benefits of implementing a collaborative planning tool include:
• End-to-end visibility of needs;
• Reduction of stockouts and overstocks;
• Optimization of transportation and production costs;
• Strengthening strategic relationships through shared objectives and improved time-to-market.
What are the best practices for successful collaborative planning?
Successful collaborative planning relies on a few essential best practices that ensure alignment, transparency, and smooth execution across partners
- Build trust and transparency (data sharing + clear rules);
- Standardize exchange formats (calendar, units, KPIs);
- Use common KPIs to measure collaborative performance;
- Invest in real-time cloud platforms for continuous plan updates;
- Regularly review agreements and adjust processes.
What tools can be used to improve collaboration with suppliers?
The most sought-after solutions offer:
- Supplier/customer portal to share forecasts, orders, and confirmations in real time;
- Integrated BI dashboards;
- Alert management (delays, shortages);
- API integration with ERP/WMS to limit IT load.
- Software such as Flowlity facilitates these exchanges while guaranteeing data security.
What is collaborative supply chain planning?
Collaborative planning involves sharing forecasts, inventory, and constraints in real time between customers, distributors, and suppliers in order to make joint decisions (quantities, dates, priorities) and reduce the “bullwhip” effect.
What is Supply Chain collaboration and why is it important?
Supply Chain collaboration refers to the close cooperation between the different actors in the supply chain (suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, customers) through shared information and aligned objectives. When partners collaborate effectively—for example, by exchanging real-time sales and inventory data—they can better anticipate needs, reduce unnecessary stock levels, and react faster to disruptions.
Strong Supply Chain collaboration improves end-to-end visibility, leading to fewer stockouts, optimized costs, and better service for the end customer.
Which supply chain collaboration software offers the best integration features?
The best tools are those that integrate seamlessly with ERP systems, procurement tools and planning platforms. Look for solutions offering API connectivity, support for EDI exchanges, and automated data synchronization with demand planning and inventory systems. Flowlity stands out with fast, lightweight integrations and the ability to merge supplier data, forecasts and constraints in a single collaborative environment.
What features should I look for in the best supply chain collaboration software?
Key capabilities include:
- A supplier portal for shared visibility and communication
- Real-time updates on forecasts, orders, stock and lead times
- Automated alerts for delays, shortages and exceptions
- AI-powered demand forecasting and inventory optimization
- Integration with ERP / WMS / procurement tools
- Scenario analysis and what-if simulation
- User-friendly dashboards to support fast decision-making
The strongest platforms, like Flowlity, combine advanced planning features with multi-party collaboration to improve service levels while reducing operational costs.
