Dr. Narendra Bhat, VP Business Development, SCA Technologies, LLC recently spoke on "Predictive Cost Analysis for achieveing Operational Excellence" at the Supply Chain World Conference - North America.

SCA Technologies has provided Eaton Corporation with a universal platform and the necessary decision support tools to evaluate various integration strategies. Eaton-Electrical globally manufactures electrical distribution and control equipment that focuses on providing power to a broad array of markets. Predictive Costing and Operations Modeling techniques have helped Eaton-Electrical move away from "directionally correct" choices. This capability helps managers to identify the underlying P&L impact with greater accuracy and to understand the execution detail needed to deliver the impact. How this capability is delivering better choices and decisions and how it works jointly with the Lean Manufacturing efforts of the company to enhance profitability were discussed.

SCA Technologies LLC (www.sca-tech.com) offer a unique solution enabling global organizations and manufacturing and supply chains to identify opportunities that can significantly improve their cost structure and improve the reliability and efficiency of their internal planning and decision making processes. SCA’s solutions use Operations modeling, Financial modeling using Activity Based concepts and Optimization as the basis for its predictive scenarios while using data from existing ERP or legacy systems. Applications of SCA ‘s solution include Costing, Activity Based Budgeting and Management & Decision support on a broad range of strategic and tactical business issues.