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It is not just in the area of supply chain planning that Appian is used ; it is deployed in many other areas .
“ Customers use it across all the functional areas – planning , sourcing , manufacturing , delivering , returning ,” says Cassell , who adds : “ For example , at the platform level , Appian can identify an order at risk and then alert the order-management team . It can also make recommendations on how to solve that issue and orchestrate the solution , which might be to direct shipping from another location or supplier . This is a lot of manual work for order management representatives in most organisations .”
Customers also use Appian to automate manual or paper-driven processes , whether in the supply chain or production processes , and another major task it can handle includes orchestrating new-product introduction processes , to bring products to market faster .
“ The Appian platform can provide an end-to-end digital thread of a product , versus a partial digital thread , which is more common ,” Cassell explains .
Appian ’ s broad-based and potent functionality is the result of 25 years spent understanding , changing , testing and constantly improving enterprise processes .
“ Appian is built for the complexity , scalability and security that missioncritical apps require ,” Cassell says , and adds : “ In addition to our leading data fabric technology , process automation expertise and dedication to private AI-powered experiences , we also deliver a superior user experience across desktop and mobile devices .” supplychaindigital . com 105