# Contract Manufacturer + Direct Material Supplier
Improve supplier visibility and tracking to ensure you have all necessary materials for on-time, predictable product manufacturing
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## Increase collaboration and control with direct material suppliers
Multienterprise Information Network Tower (MINT) solution running on the TraceLink Network enables contract manufacturers to integrate with all suppliers to digitally exchange transactions from forecast and PO to delivery and invoice payment, improving visibility and agility with your suppliers.
Ensure that you have all API, excipients, and other production materials to support on-time production start and on-time, in-full delivery of finished goods.
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Collaboratively plan and lock in material requirements with suppliers based on forecasts.
Real-time exchange of purchase orders, confirmations, and shipping notices to ensure materials arrive on-time in the required quantities.
Integration with ERP ensures all constituents are operating from a single source of the truth.
### Solutions to your challenges
Discover how TraceLink products can improve the agility of your supply chain to respond to changes in demand and supply while mitigating the impact of supply chain disruptions on your manufacturing operations.
#### Forecast sharing
#### Planning and scheduling
#### Visibility and collaboration
#### Invoicing and payment
- Electronically share expected quarterly and annual projected material requirements with key suppliers.
- Receive electronic forecast confirmations directly from suppliers to support better long-term supply planning.
- Improve alignment with all direct materials suppliers on quantities, due dates, order frequency to help ensure supply.
- Enable suppliers’ suppliers to improve planning to minimize the bullwhip effect and lower costs.
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- Confirm lead times to ensure accurate purchase order generation.
- Improve supply planning accuracy through real-time integration of supplier confirmed or updated purchase order quantities and due dates.
- Exchange purchase order updates in real-time to ensure continued supply plan accuracy.
- Enable suppliers to share real-time ASNs with manufacturing operations to improve receiving and production scheduling.
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- Collaborate with suppliers in real-time to respond to demand changes and disruptions.
- Enable suppliers with visibility to latest material requirements.
- Jointly monitor ongoing purchase order exchange and confirmation activity with suppliers.
- Simultaneous visibility on-time purchase order performance supports collaboration with suppliers on improvements.
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- Exchange invoices based on updated purchase orders to reduce extended payment processes.
- Enable electronic remittances to streamline procure-to-pay process.
- Improve supplier relationships with more prompt and accurate payments.
- Reduce inefficient email and phone call follow up to resolve invoice and payment discrepancies.
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### Products for your business
[ See all Products ](/products/product-explorer)
[ Product ](/products/product-explorer) [ Multienterprise Information Network Tower (MINT) ](/products/partner-orchestration/mint)
## The power of orchestration
TraceLink enables you to integrate and exchange critical transactions with 100% of your direct suppliers through the world’s largest life sciences and healthcare network. See the power of orchestration between contract manufacturers and their direct material suppliers.
TraceLink enables you to integrate and exchange critical transactions with 100% of your contract manufacturers through the world’s largest life sciences and healthcare network. See the power of orchestration between life sciences companies with manufacturing partners.
### 1,650+
Direct materials suppliers in the TraceLink network
### 1,000+
Contract manufacturers in the TraceLink network
### 50K+
ASNs processed daily in the TraceLink network
### $4.4B+
Point-to-point integration savings by customers
## Hear what the network is saying
See how companies have leveraged our network platform and solutions to meet critical challenges facing contract manufacturers and their material suppliers.
See how companies have leveraged our network platform and solutions to meet critical challenges facing life sciences companies and contract manufacturers.
Case study
### Manufacturer Improves OTIF Delivery Performance by 82%
Hear how a global manufacturer used TraceLink Supply Chain Issue Management (now known as Supply Chain Work Management) to resolve issues like shortages and late deliveries 65% faster and while reducing the total number of supply chain issues by 35%.
[ Read More ](/resources/resource-center/manufacturer-improves-otif-with-tracelink)
Case study
### Santen Discusses the Power of Real-Time Integration with 100% of Your CMOs
Hear Frank Binder of Santen discuss why enabling real-time exchange of business transactions with CMOs is critical to Santen Pharmaceutical's digital transformation plan.
[ Read More ](/resources/resource-center/santen-discusses-power-of-real-time-cmo-integration)
Case Study
### Proven CMO Connectivity Prompts Pharma to Switch to TraceLink
Hear Frank Binder of Santen discuss why enabling real-time exchange of business transactions with CMOs is critical to Santen Pharmaceutical's digital transformation plan.
[ Read More ](/resources/resource-center/proven-cmo-connectivity-prompts-pharma-to-switch-to-tracelink)
### Contract Manufacturer + Direct Material Supplier resources
[ See more resources ](/resources/resource-center)
##### Integrate to 100% of Your Suppliers with MINT for Direct Supply
Read how the MINT for Direct Supply solution enables the real-time exchange of the complete set of B2B transactions with direct suppliers.
[ Read More ](/resources/resource-center/mint-for-direct-supply-solution-brief)
##### Digitalize Your End-to-End Supply Chain with TraceLink Multienterprise Information Network Tower
Read how business leaders can achieve real-time supply chain intelligence through cost-effective B2B network integration with 100% of your contract manufacturers, suppliers, 3PLs, carriers, and customers
[ Read More ](/resources/resource-center/digitalize-your-end-to-end-supply-chain-with-tracelink-multienterprise-information-network-tower)
##### 18 Reasons for Material Shortages and Supply Chain Planning Exceptions
Explore some of the top issues that lead to material shortages and create exceptions to your supply chain planning processes.
[ Read More ](/resources/resource-center/18-reasons-supply-chain-planning-exceptions)
### Let’s connect
Ready to learn more about how TraceLink can help you integrate, digitalize and gain intelligence across your entire material supplier network?
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