The end-to-end collaborative demand and supply planning process

brings all stakeholders together, and aligns them so that they are

able to work efficiently and effectively toward the common goal.

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Sales forecast collaboration improves productivity and enhances decision-making. Stakeholders across the supply network enjoy a Microsoft Excel user interface, so that they can contribute to planning efforts without having to master unfamiliar applications.

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Demand planning and forecasting leverages state-of the-art forecasting algorithms to anticipate demand for products while supporting close collaboration with customers to exchange and enhance demand data. The stakeholder team can improve forecast quality with a consolidated demand plan across geographies, companies, and departments.

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Vendor-managed inventory and responsive replenishment improve inventory and service levels through state-of-the art vendor-managed inventory functionality. True demand-driven replenishment based on forecasting, replenishment planning and truckload building, with or without promotion management, is enabled.

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Trade promotion planning increases sales and solidifies retailer relationships with integrated headquarters and field planning, customer sell-in and negotiation, execution, validation, and evaluation of trade promotions.

SUPPLY PLANNING

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Safety-stock planning enables the stakeholder team to determine the optimal levels of safety stock to satisfy unexpected demand, and then allocate these levels across the entire supply network to reduce inventory costs.

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Supply network planning increases visibility across the supply chain by integrating purchasing, manufacturing, distribution, and transportation plans into an overall supply picture. The team can simulate different market conditions and implement sourcing decisions based on a single globally-consistent model.

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Multi-echelon inventory optimization reduces inventory costs by enabling the team to calculate how much of each item the company should carry when and where.

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Rough-cut production planning improves medium-to short-term planning, enabling stakeholders to maximize the product mix per time period and determine the amount of capacity to be used.

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Procurement planning leverages the results of rough-cut production planning to optimize purchasing of direct materials, consolidate purchasing activities, and determine volumes for mid- to long-term contracts with suppliers.

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Supplier and subcontractor collaboration is facilitated with direct interaction and data exchange.

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Distribution planning capabilities enable the team to determine which demands can be fulfilled using existing resources, and calculate optimal strategies for allocating supply and replenishing stock.

SALES AND OPERATIONS PLANNING

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Cross-company and departmental data analysis transforms information into insight. A comprehensive

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