Forecasting for CPG/FMCG suppliers <br>CPG/FMCG companies are faced with a changing retail landscape dominated by a few large retailers – Wal-Mart, Target, Costco, Food and Grocery and Drug – and higher uncertainty from consumer preferences and retail promotional policies. <br> <br>Demand Planning provides application oriented consulting that will set up a Forecasting and Planning Tool and deliver a customized template that will help you hit the ground running in just 3 Weeks! <br> <br>To know More, Visit Us: <br>[a]https%3A%2F%2Fdemandplanning.net%2F[/a]

Forecasting for CPG/FMCG suppliers: <br> <br>CPG/FMCG companies are faced with a changing retail landscape dominated by a few large retailers – Wal-Mart, Target, Costco, Food and Grocery and Drug – and higher uncertainty from consumer preferences and retail promotional policies. <br> <br>Demand Planning provides application oriented consulting that will set up a Forecasting and Planning Tool and deliver a customized template that will help you hit the ground running in just 3 Weeks! <br> <br>To know More, Visit Us: <br>[a]https%3A%2F%2Fdemandplanning.net%2F[/a]

Forecast Pro TRAC <br>Demand Planning LLC partners with Business Forecast Systems to offer you their premier stat modeling tool Forecast PRO TRAC to help you develop a quick process for any industry that will help you roll-out solid baseline forecasts. <br> <br>If you are a small company, then our customized Forecast PRO solution will provide very quick benefits with a small capital investment. <br> <br>For a sample implementation, it will be two to five weeks to get your company up and running on a Forecast Pro driven demand planning process. <br> <br>To know More, Visit Us: <br>[a]https%3A%2F%2Fdemandplanning.net%2F[/a]

Demand Planning Net offers a unique Sales Forecasting solution that will leverage both <br> <br>Statistical modeling and <br>the customer Intelligence embedded in your sales organization. <br>Leverage your POS data, Customer Activity, and Account Intelligence to drive better demand forecasts, Sales Plans, Annual Budgets, and Financial LEs. <br> <br>Our solution will allow you to engage your entire Sales Force in developing a customer-based Sales Forecast. <br> <br>To know More, Visit Us: <br>[a]https%3A%2F%2Fdemandplanning.net%2F[/a]

Usability Consulting helps you leverage the full power of your software application including optimally tuned Statistical Models. We make the tool usable and fully customized to your planning environment. <br> <br>demand planning solutions, demand planning net <br>Demand Planning LLC will help you with Model tuning, forecast classification/segmentation, model matching, and Exception management. This project will finally conclude with detailed training for your planners and a lab-style modeling session where they will be developing and testing models on their products in a live environment under our supervision. More on Usability Consulting… <br> <br>We offer this service for many leading applications – SAP APO, Oracle Demantra, JDA Manugistics, JDA i2, Logility etc. <br> <br>Read more on our Model Tuning service for SAP APO DP. We are continuing to support our clients who have a thriving SAP APO landscape. DPLLC is one of a few boutiques that has capabilities and offerings in SAP APO. <br> <br>To know More, Visit Us: <br>[a]https%3A%2F%2Fdemandplanning.net%2F[/a]

The sales and Operations Planning Process thrives on collaboration and honest communication between key organizational players. <br> <br>Our process design approach is driven by the understanding of key touch points in the organization and how effective demand and supply communication among these touch points can be improved. <br> <br>This is a unique process embodying several information-sharing sessions and decision forums, with the final intent to generate an organizational Plan and key Sales and Operations issues for the top organizational manager to decide on. <br> <br>S&amp;OP, sales and operations planning, demand planning net <br> <br>Our Engagement will start with a quick Diagnostic of the current planning process that will study the financial planning, demand forecasting, and management, rough cut and finished goods planning, and constraints management. We will also analyze the current scorecard and metrics process. <br> <br>This will be followed by the design and implementation of a customized S&amp;OP process that will be a cross-functional effort with commitment from all players.

Exception Analysis <br>Exception analysis is a method used to identify and examine anomalies or deviations from the usual patterns in data, operations, or processes. It involves closely examining data sets to identify unusual patterns, errors, or outliers that may need special attention or action. By analyzing exceptions, businesses can gain valuable insights, detect potential issues, and make informed decisions to enhance overall efficiency and performance. <br> <br>“80% of your supply chain errors derive from 20% of your products” <br> <br>Design, Analysis, and implementation of an exception management approach have helped companies to <br> <br>exception analysis, demand planning net <br> <br>Streamline the planning process <br>Improve forecast accuracy significantly and <br>Focus on the major supply chain drivers that improve the bottom line <br>Exception management leverages the 80/20 rule. <br> <br>We evaluate the end-to-end chain to capture valuable information clusters that drive the underlying business process. <br> <br>Through our unique methodology and solution, we help clients institutionalize an exception management mentality to improve focus and create value through the planning process. Through this exception management approach, we have achieved impressive results with major corporate supply chains.

Demand Planning &amp; Sales Forecasting Consulting: Design and Development of a Sales Forecasting and Demand Planning program <br> <br>Utilizing our proficiency enables enterprises to elevate their decision-making, fine-tune inventory management, and swiftly adapt to market changes. Our programs for Sales Forecasting and Demand Planning empower companies to maintain competitiveness, enhance supply chain performance, and foster enduring growth in the contemporary business environment. <br> <br>Our approach to process design is consensus and customer driven! <br> <br>Before designing a demand planning program, you should ask the Forecast customer about the content and characteristics of the demand plan. Since Demand planning is customer-driven, a Sales Forecasting Process is an integral part of this initiative. <br> <br>demand planning design, demand planning net <br> <br>The demand planning process should be designed to deliver an accurate forecast – the right product, the right time, and the right location! The demand plan should have consensus from all organizational functions on the demand side. <br> <br>This is only possible if Sales Forecast intelligence can be obtained without much interruption to the Sales Force. <br> <br>Our guiding objective is to design a best-in-class process to deliver an accurate, one-number plan to the Supply Chain! <br> <br>To know More, Visit Us: <br>[a]https%3A%2F%2Fdemandplanning.net%2F[/a]

Analyze and Benchmark your Demand Planning process with industry standards and recommend key areas for improvement: <br>-Measure – measure the current accuracy of the forecasts using robust demand metrics <br>-Map – Map the planning process using interviews and metrics analysis <br>-Gaps – Benchmark and Highlight key areas of opportunity <br>-Value – Quantify the benefits of re-engineering the demand management process <br> <br> <br>The Discovery will generally proceed using the following outline: <br>-Assess the forecast need of the down stream customer <br>-Identify Roles and responsibilities of the Demand Side players including Sales and Marketing, Category Development and Trade -Marketing <br>-Map Historical Data volatility <br>-What is the sub-process for Promotional and Event planning and how is it integrated through the CRM or other processes? <br>-What is the consensus process? <br>-Are different forecasts reconciled? <br>-Communication between Demand and supply side other than during forecast hand-offs <br>-Are the demand forecasting and supply planning processes managed by exception?

Demand planning is one of the most fundamental operations in supply chain. While planning for the future is already a challenge, assertiveness of the forecast contributes to a major part of it. <br> <br>There are many factors that contribute to low assertiveness of the forecast. Below are some of the most common pain points of demand planning process – <br> <br>1. Information Technology – Organization’s resistance to change to a newer tool due to complexity of tools or lack of resources to acquire the same is one of the most common reason we hear from Demand Planers. The other side of the coin is one where the management or the organization have moved to a newer tool but are not able to tap the usability of the tool. Speed of they planning tool is another important factor. Accuracy and Speed are the driving factors that a demand planner looks for in a Planning System. Slow demand planning system, old hardware, system integration very painful and ultimately disturb the whole supply chain management process. <br> <br>2. Data – Too much data or too little data is the main concern for any demand planner. No matter how fancy or expensive your systems are, if you are holding onto data rather than making sure it&#039;s in those systems, you’re still going to hit a pitfall on data flow resulting in poor accuracy. Also, poor dashboards, collaboration and double counting of promotions leads to more noise in data. Identifying Demand signal in the midst of chaotic Market has become more and common. It increases the burden on the forecasting system. <br> <br>3. Demand Variability – One of the most common issue we hear from our clients are about demand variability of products or what we address as bullwhip effect which became more evident across the industries during COVID. An unexpected spike in Demand due to panic buying which result in empty shelves causing a domino effect leading to loss of sales for the retailers, confusion on procurement strategy for distributors &amp; over swamped Manufacturing Plants. <br> <br>4. Resource – Demand planners are the key resources in demand planning. Budgeting problems, depthless Hierarchies, right system is not available (Are you still using excel). As the world changes and technological upgrades, your planning system should robust and efficient. <br> <br>5. Process and Communication gaps - There is no one size fits all scenario when it comes to demand planning, every industry, every company, every product has a different demand depending on changing times and market scenarios. Should one adopt a Demand planning strategy that is faster or something that is slow or accurate? Is your forecast plan catering to the right channels? <br> <br> <br>To thrive in today’s competitive markets, you must anticipate the unexpected while keeping check on inventory and demand. Our Cloud-based SCM suite puts you on a fast track to a custom tailored Demand Planning Process.

Improve your Supply chain Collaboration – presented by Mark Chockalingam, Ph. D. <br> <br>Web Workshop, on-site workshop at your location, or as a public training course. <br> <br>You Will Learn to… <br> <br>Appreciate the importance of supply chain collaboration <br>Quantify the benefits of internal &amp; external supply chain collaboration <br>Set up a collaboration process with your trading partners <br>Utilize the various collaboration methods &amp; understand the pros and cons of each <br>Understand the key building blocks &amp; challenges in creating a collaborative value chain <br>Calculate, Use &amp; Interpret collaboration metrics &amp; the partner collaboration scorecard <br>Whether you are a Supplier, manufacturer, or distributor in the Global Value Chain, an integrated supply chain planning process with partner collaboration is a key requirement to… <br> <br>Increase customer satisfaction, <br>Speed up the time to market, and <br>Improve profitability. <br>Integrated supply chain planning starts with a plan for customer demand, which then gets translated into a production and manufacturing plan, complemented by effective inventory management, and network optimization for improved supply chain efficiencies in the long run. <br> <br>Traditional supply chains are driven by a halo mentality where one function receives information from another and reacts with goods and service transfers or with more information. However, collaborative supply chains work on the basis of collective inputs from various supply chain participants including even the customer (CPFR) and the vendor (Comanaged Inventory, VMI, or Supplier Managed inventory). <br> <br>In this workshop, we will review and illustrate the various partner collaboration initiatives including VMI, CMI, ECR, and CPFR, and their key benefits to an extended value chain. We will illustrate the mechanics of the different collaborative initiatives and show you how to set up a collaboration process with your partners. We will also discuss the key building blocks of Supply chain collaboration including Demand Planning, New Product Development process, order fulfillment, and integrated business planning (S&amp;OP).

Improve your Supply chain Performance with an effective Metrics Process – presented by Mark Chockalingam, Ph. D. <br> <br>Web Workshop, on-site workshop at your location, or as a public training course. <br> <br>The objective of this workshop is to review the inter-relationship between the various supply chain metrics – customer service metrics, inventory metrics and forecast accuracy. The workshop will also look at the mechanics behind the various metrics and how designing holistic metrics will help you to align incentives and address different behavioral biases. <br> <br>You Will Learn: <br> <br>Understand the importance of a balanced Value Chain <br>Key components of a Performance Measurement process <br>Understand the mechanics and calculation of Customer Service and Inventory Metrics including First Time Fill Rates, Order complete, Inventory Turns and Obsolete Inventory <br>How to Measure and use forecast Metrics in improving Value Chain Performance? <br>How to understand and address organizational bias? <br>How Demand Volatility affects behavior of Demand and Supply functions? <br>How to set up a balanced Metrics system and align Incentives <br>Topics Covered: <br> <br>Value Chain Balance – Overview <br>Performance Metrics and Incentive Alignment <br>Review of Customer Service Metrics <br>Inventory Metrics <br>Forecast Performance Metrics <br>Incentive effects of Demand Volatility <br>Goal Alignment using Metrics