Unbiased Prediction

Realistic demand projection drives better planning, no controversy. More important than accurate prediction of demand, achieving a concensus across all relevant organizations of a corporation on a single demand plan will enable superior overall corporate efficiency.

In today's dynamic business environment, statistical forecasting delivers insufficent precision; resulting in the requirement for incorporating qualitative market and business intelligence in the forecast for a realistic demand plan.

planLM Demand Planning solution enables you to gain intelligence on future demand for your products. It manages incorporation of promotions, macroeconomic influences, and your business intelligence through managerial overrides.

Key Benefits

• Improve accuracy in demand projection, providing realistic planning and reduced inventory
• Identify trend changes in the market place, and react fast with accurate planning
• Deliver on-time, minimize backorder, lost sales
• Provide a common demand plan across multiple organizations

Key Features

planLM Inventory Strategy solution is specifically designed for rapid execution of our planning systems implementation methodology. Key features are as follows:

• Forecast accuracy; utilizes cutting edge statistical methods for statistical forecasting, with optimal method selection and parameterization capabilities
• On-the-fly aggregation/disaggregation; enhances forecasting accuracy with creating aggregated forecasts, features disaggregation capability with accurate unitization algorithms
• "What if" capability; support multiple demand plan scenarios with side-by-side comparison utility
• Flexible override capability; features fully customizable forecast override ability, with audit capability
• OnDemand deployment option; enables you to start your demand planning system implementation right away, without acquiring any software license or hardware. Contact us for a quick start guide.