TAKE Supply Chain (formerly ClearOrbit), provider of supply chain solutions announced the release of a new product version called Xtended Process Control (X.PC) 5.7d, an upgrade to the company’s software that accelerates and streamlines supplier collaboration and extends lean processes by connecting manufacturers and distributors with supply chain partners to procure goods and services.

According to Business Wire, the new version includes a variety of new features including:

- Web labels, which enable the printing of package tracking numbers (PTN) and advance shipment notice (ASN) labels without a dedicated label printer;
- A quick search toolbar, which quickly finds and jumps to POs, invoices, shipments, or quality documents by displaying a dynamic list of search results, eliminating the need to execute multiple queries;
- An Engineering Quality Collaboration module, which manages the workflow of supplier deviation requests and corrective actions;
- An expanded Accounts Payable module that allows suppliers to create credits as well as invoices, print Invoice PDFs, and view invoice holds; and
- Additional enhancements to existing purchase order and ASN functionality.

“As many corporations turn to collaboration to gain supply chain efficiencies, the speed at which a solution can be used to on-board external entities becomes an important factor,” said Dusty Knight, TAKE Supply Chain vice president of professional services. “This release of X.PC enables the rapid on-boarding of suppliers, contract manufacturers and other critical supply chain partners so that corporations can see faster time-to-value for the solution.”