Use Collaborative Demand Planning When History Falls Short
Either due to necessity or the real opportunity to drive a breakthrough strategy, it may be advantageous or necessary to holistically take on all three dimensions. The starting points may vary depending on where symptoms exist and where you can build on good practices.
An example is collaborative demand planning where historical demand proves not to be the best predictor of future demand. Often, different stakeholders have different perspectives. Collaborative Demand Planning & Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) — greatly improves the quality of the forecast, which in turn improves downstream supply chain planning and decision-making.
We typically conduct the following analytics to get to the root cause issues that need to be addressed in the Service | Cost | Capital dimension:
- Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP)
- Collaborative Demand Planning
- End-to-End Integrated Planning
- Distribution Network Design
- Value Chain Assessment
- Operational Performance Analysis
