Demand Planning Optimization

Develop accurate demand forecasts leveraging advanced analytics, the latest market trends, and proven best practices.

Demand Planning

We have effectively enhanced demand planning processes for all business types including CPG, Ecom, Retail and BTB.  Our process is not to just turn on a system and hope the base model provides better forecasts.  We will optimize any forecasting system’s forecasting performance, but we also use other methods to improve the process through better exception management, better integration of key demand drivers into models, and better reporting insights. Most importantly we will train your team to build their business acumen and ensure they can successfully drive and sustain a best-in-class demand planning process.

Demand Planning should drive so much more value than simply developing a forecast. Better demand plans help businesses to drive effective inventory management, reduce waste, enable scenario planning to guide strategic decisions, and will ultimately improve profitability at all points in the business. This is also a critical step to shift from reacting to the market to driving how your business chooses to go to market. Before making the decision to invest in expensive software, contact us to learn about how we can transform your demand planning process.

FAQs

  • Our approach is to evaluate the forecasting process to enhance the forecast accuracy of your current system, incorporate exception management to ensure your planners are driving the most value for the business, and equip your team with the right data to help your business make effective and informed decisions. No matter which system you are using to drive your forecasts, implementing our proven processes and best practices will improve your demand planning accuracy.

    One of the biggest challenges companies struggle with is understanding what is driving their demand. We can help to analyze your internal data as well as external demand drivers to keep you informed of emerging risks and opportunities in your business.

  • Our demand optimization processes are effective in all business settings. We have decades of real business experience leading demand teams in CPG, Retail, Ecom and BTB industries. The principles we apply have been highly effective in each of these business models and we always see a significant benefit to forecast accuracy and all of the downstream processes that utilize the forecast for guidance.

  • We are not affiliated with any software providers. We will work with your existing tools and software to improve your forecast accuracy, enhance your demand related reporting and drive a stronger understanding of the key drivers in your business.

  • The demand plan is the heart of a business. Decisions from high level financial alignments to inventory and operational plans are dependent on having the best possible data to guide all of the downstream processes that rely on these signals.

    Inventory is expensive and the hidden costs of poor planning have a compounding impact over time. Having a high confidence demand plan also allows your teams to execute and strategize rather than having to spend valuable time over-analyzing the plan. Tying a reliable forecast to a robust and data-driven replenishment strategy is truly the key to success.