FusionOps Corporation, founded in 2000, was the first company to develop rules-based Collaborative Manufacturing Solutions to improve the responsiveness and compliance of key manufacturing processes such as material supply, outsourced manufacturing and product distribution. The solutions, FusionOps Adaptive Material Supply (AMS) and Adaptive Outsourced Manufacturing products, part of a new breed of rules-based Collaborative Manufacturing Solutions, enable manufacturers to respond faster to customer and suppliers, reduce inventory liability and material acquisition costs and ensure 100 per cent operations compliance. The FusionOps applications enable automated, rules-based execution of Pos and MRP recommendations, supplier collaboration, escalations/approvals, and in-context analytics for quick decision-making. Additionally, rules may also be defined to configure the look-and-feel of the deployed system. Automation of many collaborative manufacturing activities allows planners to manage by exception and focus on more important relationship issues.