Demand Planning.Net is an educational and industry resource for forecasting and supply chain professionals provided by Demand Planning, LLC. We provide specialized consulting in Demand Planning, Sales Forecasting and S&OP.

Are you leveraging the full functionality of modeling and exception management in APO DP (SCM 5.0 and 7.0)? We can help you develop consistent processes to leverage the modeling power from basic time series to multiple linear regression models. We will work with you to re-engineer your APO DP modeling methods and create a more streamlined demand planning process. This should greatly increase the usability of the tool for your business. Learn More...

Join us for our Demand Forecasting 2-day seminar in Boston, MA on July 7-8, 2010.

Early bird pricing expires June 25. You can register for this workshop here!

Is calculating and reporting forecast accuracy becoming a daunting task every month?

DemandPlanning.Net provides a user-friendly tool that is highly customizable to your data model and creates analyzable reports in Excel spreadsheets with pivot capabilities. All the metrics required are already built into this software. It also comes with a rich set of exception management reports. Please contact us or email info@demandplanning.net!

Demand Forecasting is the lifeblood of any business. It is an important building block for market forecasting, business planning, industry modeling, supply chain management, and long-range strategic planning.

Demand Planning starts with a solid statistical forecast and adds intelligence through consensus management of the demand information process to develop an accurate demand forecast.

Business Planning is a process that primarily relies on a statistical demand forecast and business strategy and priorities for the Plan year to build a to-be plan. This is normative and directional for the organization to achieve over the medium-term to long-term. Typically the very long-term plans are labeled Strategic Plans

What is your market share?

Do you expect share to increase over time? Why should the supply chain care about market planning and share analysis? More...

Top-down, Bottom-up or Middle out?

Learn more about forecast reconciliation.

Know the popular acronyms in demand planning and supply chain management.

Recent Q&A

Is there a profile of Safety Stock Coverage required for different Customer Service levels?

Yes. Here is a profile of inventory coverage at various required service levels. More.

How do lead times factor in safety stock calculations?

Lead times are an important factor in deciding inventory levels at the receiving point. More.

Consulting

Diagnostic |  DP Design |  Exception Management |  S&OP |  Solutions

Training

Demand Planning |  S&OP |  Retail Forecasting |  Supply Chain Analysis:  » Value Chain Metrics  » Inventory Optimization |  Supply Chain Collaboration

Industry

CPG/FMCG |  Food and Beverage |  Retail |  Pharma |  High Tech |  Other

Knowledge Base

Planning:  » Budgeting » S&OP |  Metrics: » Demand Metrics » Inventory  » Customer Service |  Collaboration:  » VMI & CMI » Account Based Forecasting
Forecasting:  » Causal Modeling  » Market Modeling  » Ship to Share |  For Students