Demand-Production-Procurement-Supply

For any organization, demand planning plays a strategic role in Production planning & scheduling as well as Supply planning and is a key to the following organization’s objectives

Increasing customer satisfaction | Reducing inventory stock-outs | Scheduling production plans effectively | Lowering safety stock requirements| Reduce product obsolescence cost | Improving pricing and promotion management | Negotiating superior terms with suppliers

Increased competition, more frequent product launches and shorter product life cycles have made demand planning increasingly important. The need to improve order fill rates and reduce inventory are the key drivers to invest in forecasting and demand planning process.

The objective of production planning is to maintain the flow. It covers all aspects of operations, from workflow activities to product delivery. Production scheduling captures a number of variables from different elements of the organization such as customer demand, capacity, inventory levels, material flows etc. It describes which parts the organization will manufacture and at what frequency.

Supply planning is all about planning and managing the inventory to meet customer demand. Supply planning minimizes the variability in production and integrates seamlessly with operational plans.

We help create a complete supply chain from customer demand to production to purchase of raw materials. Optimization of customer orders is carried out based on demand, current inventory and production capacity.

Supply planning includes

• Demand prioritization
• Capacity planning
• Procurement
• Supplier management
• Order scheduling
• Stockyard planning
• Replenishment planning