Zumbido MCN
Collaboration Built Into Your ERP, Not Bolted On
While others try to connect systems, Zumbido was built as one system. Our Master Collaboration Network isn't an add-on—it's the native layer that connects your operations to your entire business ecosystem from day one.
Most ERPs stop at your organization’s walls. Zumbido grows beyond them.
Your ERP and Vendor Portals Aren't Enough
| Capability | The Old Way (ERP + Portals) | The Zumbido Express (Way) ERP + MCN) |
| Financials, Procurement, Inventory | ✅ | ✅ |
| Customer-Vendor Connectivity | You only see your direct (Tier 1) partners. | You see your entire network (Tier 1, 2, 3…)., many-to-many network |
| Data Integration | Complex, custom connectors | API-first, standardized onboarding |
| Data Accuracy | Data is manual, delayed, and error-prone | Data is automated, real-time, and accurate |
| Risk Visibility | None beyond Tier-1 | Tier-2, Tier-3 early warnings |
| Vendor Workload | Manage multiple logins and systems*. | One platform, one login, one truth |
*The Old Way helps the manufacturer or distributor to cut down data digitization but increases the workload of the vendors and customers.
*The vendor and customers maintain separate software for managing their business as they are not the exclusive supplier or customer.
Start with finance, inventory, and operations.
Grow into a connected multi-enterprise network without changing platforms
Your ERP, Evolved into a Network
ERP alone solves your internal challenges. But collaboration requires visibility across multiple tiers of your supply chain. That’s where Zumbido’s MCN layer comes in.
With MCN, you gain:
- Multi-Tier Connectivity → See beyond Tier-1 suppliers and customers
- Collaborative Planning → Share forecasts, inventory positions, and production data across the chain
- Risk Visibility → Identify disruptions earlier, before they impact your operations
Suppliers Network
A quantum leap from the currently available software solutions that assist in managing the supply chain, though in a disconnected manner. Zumbido Express does it in an integrated manner digitally, without any need of frequent digitization of actions performed by other partners in the supply chain.
Distribution Network
If you are into distribution of goods, there cannot be a better alternative to Zumbido Express. No need to provide user ids and incur additional costs. Simply map the customers as part of your distribution chain, define hierarchy, apply product handling rules, define pricing rules and other requirements and transact and manage the distribution digitally.
Service Repair Network
If you are trading in serviceable product of (own manufacturing or outsourced), manage your service network – owned or franchised or outsourced – linked to your sales. The integrated service and repair function of Zumbido Express assists you in evaluating the product performance and pinpointing fault rate of components enabling you to make improvement in the product.
Transportation Network
Transportation is integral part of any supply-chain management. The subscribing transportation (logistics) companies ease out the supply chain worried and tracking separately. Having transportation network on the same platform reduces communication and paper trail.
Negotiations
Finalizing negotiations cannot be simpler than when you do it on Zumbido Express. Requesting for quotes and negotiating without any paper trail is stress-free. After you finalize your negotiations with subscribing organizations, convert them into Purchase Orders.
B2B Marketplace
You get access to other subscribing organizations to transact with. These organizations may be your buyers, or you may seek supply from them for manufacturing or for trading in your distribution network. It’s a secured B2B network access assisting your process driven organization.
Unlike traditional Customer-Vendor Portals, which stop at Tier-1, Zumbido’s MCN brings everyone into the same network—without forcing vendors to maintain multiple tools.
The Zumbido MCN Advantage - Built Different, Built Better
The Zumbido Master Collaboration Network isn’t a separate product you integrate—it’s the core fabric of our platform. This fundamental difference enables capabilities that standalone collaboration tools simply cannot match.
How it Works: Your internal users experience the MCN through the same Zumbido interface they use for daily operations—no separate logins or context switching.
Your Advantage: Training time reduced by 60%, user adoption accelerated, and data consistency guaranteed.
How it Works: The MCN provides multiple connection points based on partner capability:
- Full API Integration for sophisticated partners
- Standardized Web Portal for typical partners
- Mobile-Friendly Views for field and warehouse partners
- Email-to-System Gateway for minimal-tech partners
Your Advantage: Connect your entire network, not just the tech-ready 20%.
How it Works: When a Tier-1 supplier updates their production schedule in the MCN, that information automatically flows to your planning modules with tier-relationship context intact.
Your Advantage: Understand not just what's delayed, but why and for how long—with automated impact analysis.
How it Works: Build workflows that span multiple organizations. Example: "When customer order exceeds 500 units → Check Tier-1 capacity → If insufficient → Request Tier-2 availability → Auto-update customer promise date."
Your Advantage: Automated processes that respect organizational boundaries while delivering seamless experiences.
See the Zumbido MCN Solving Critical Business Challenges
Our native MCN architecture delivers tangible value through industry-specific workflows that eliminate manual processes and create seamless multi-enterprise operations.
Manufacturing & Assembly
- Multi-Tier Production Visibility: See supplier delays weeks in advance and automatically adjust production schedules.
- Collaborative Quality Management: Share specs and automatically trigger corrective actions across your supply chain.
- Capacity Orchestration: Check and reserve production capacity across your entire contract manufacturing network.
- Real-Time Component Tracking: Monitor raw material status from Tier-2/3 suppliers directly in your production plan.
Distribution & Wholesale
- Vendor-Managed Inventory: Auto-generate replenishment orders when stock hits threshold levels.
- Cross-Dock Coordination: Instant notifications to logistics teams and customers when shipments arrive.
- Consignment Management: Track ownership and movement of consigned goods with real-time visibility.
- Multi-Channel Sync: Maintain accurate inventory levels across all sales channels and locations.
Retail & E-Commerce
- Drop-Ship Automation: Orders automatically create supplier POs with real-time tracking updates.
- Supplier Performance Scoring: Live tracking of delivery, accuracy, and quality metrics.
- Promotional Collaboration: Share promotion plans with suppliers to ensure adequate stock positioning.
- Returns Management: Streamline return authorization and processing across multiple suppliers.
Capabilities That Set Zumbido MCN Apart
Unified User Experience
Your team manages both internal operations and external collaboration through the same Zumbido interface. No separate logins, no context switching, and no duplicate data entry.
Progressive Partner Connectivity
Connect with any partner, regardless of their technical sophistication. From full API integration for advanced partners to simple web portals for others—the MCN meets everyone where they are.
Inherited Multi-Tier Intelligence
When your supplier updates their production status, that information automatically flows through the network with full context. Understand not just what's happening, but why it matters to your operations.
Cross-Organizational Process Automation
Build workflows that span multiple companies. Automate complex processes like vendor-managed inventory, collaborative forecasting, and quality management while maintaining clear organizational boundaries.
Real-Time Ecosystem Monitoring
Monitor the health and performance of your entire partner network from a single dashboard. Track performance metrics, identify bottlenecks, and measure collaboration effectiveness across your ecosystem.
Zero-Integration Data Flow
Because the MCN is native to our platform, there's no integration work required between your ERP and collaboration tools. Everything works together seamlessly from day one.
These aren’t just features—they’re fundamental advantages that come from having collaboration built into your operational DNA, not bolted on as an afterthought.
Prevent Production Stoppages
Know your supplier’s supplier stock levels—before they impact your production
Quickly onboard new partners and create a flexible, transparent network that can withstand disruptions and meet changing demand.
See live inventory and production status from all your suppliers, not just your first-tier ones. Get early warnings of delays before they halt your assembly line.
No more blind spots in your distribution chain
Know your unsold inventory in the network before you procure or manufacture
Find which one of your products is not moving down the distribution chain, which product is performing well in a region, find performing retailers to design promotional strategies – all in real time.
Why should be dependent on the delayed information of your sales executives, delayed response and waste time in compilation of data when you can act in real-time.
Right Product in Right Location at Right Time
Ready to Turn Your Supply Chain into a Competitive Advantage?
Stop managing surprises and start managing your business. Schedule a personalized demo to see how Zumbido Exp can bring total visibility to your unique operations.
“Analysts estimate that 70% of supply chain disruptions are caused by lack of visibility beyond Tier-1 suppliers.”