SAP IBP for Demand
Demanding customers. Seasonal fluctuations. Flexible product range. Make your demand planning robust and fit for the future! Demanding customers. Seasonal fluctuations. Flexible product range. Make your demand planning robust and fit for the future!
A precise demand forecast is essential for all further planning steps. But which statistical methods should be used? How can statistical forecasts and customer forecasts be combined? How can local and global planning be reconciled? And how can a precise short-term forecast be created with the help of demand sensing?
CONSILIO works with you to develop solutions for these and other questions related to your situation. We support you with our process, IT and statistical expertise to sustainably improve your demand planning. This also includes the consideration of predecessor-successor relationships (PLM) and promotions as well as dedicated risk management.
Your demand planning process
Benefits for your demand planning process
- Medium to long-term forecast
- Extensive statistical forecasting models
- Role-based local or central planning functions
- Manual demand planning
- Transparency in determining demand quantities through a combination of statistical forecasting models
- Integration of external information and collaboration in a global planning team
Semi-automated demand planning
Demand Sensing
Demand Sensing is the further development of forecasting in order to specify the determined demand situation in the short-term horizon. It is based on your current sales figures and trend analyses of the near past.
Process improvements for:
- Deployment
- Transport planning
- Sequence planning for production and packaging processes
- Inventory optimization
Especially for:
- Fast moving products
- Short life cycles
- Short lead times
- Short shelf life
- Make-to-stock production
- Existing sales signals (relevant weather data,
- current customer inventories, etc.)
Realization:
- Full demand sensing job at the beginning of the week.
- If necessary, demand sensing updates during the week to include new data
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
SAP IBP allows flexible consideration of predecessor-successor relationships for demand quantity forecasting.
Promotion Planning
SAP IBP allows you to analyze historical promotion actions and integrate them with your CRM. The statistical
demand forecast of promotions is decoupled ("promotion elimination").
CONSILIO is happy to support your company with the necessary process, IT and statistical expertise. We ensure that you can sustainably improve your demand planning and respond to demanding customer requirements and seasonal fluctuations.
Our services
- Analysis of sales and distribution planning as a basis for corporate planning
- Determination of planning levels, responsibilities, forecasting algorithms and planning rhythms
- Design and implementation of a sales planning solution based on SAP standard software
- Supporting the organisational structure of sales planning and setting up workflows
