Enabling Integrated Business Planning

In manufacturing integrated business planning is critical in order to compete in a global supply chain. Global sourcing not only extends the supply chain, but creates challenges around linking supply and demand effectively.

In order to compete effectively, manufacturers need to:

• Provide the best and most relevant products at the lowest cost
• Ensure availability without increasing inventory
• Maximise the use of current assets
• Manage Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) effectively to ensure strategy, plans and execution are all aligned internally across all departments.
  

Increasing margins while improving customer service is critical - leading Manufacturing companies such as Hozelock, Vickers and Pirelli use Exceedra to deliver improved demand forecasting and supply planning to information to achieve:

• Increased sales and better availability
• Reduced inventory
• Lower overall supply chain costs
• Higher productivity
  

• Commercial Insight and Planning
• Support real-time insight into sales information to enable faster responses to demand fluctuations. Saves days of time in data analysis and planning and leads to optimal sales performance.  
• Supply Chain Insights and Planning
• Provides a single view of forward demand forecasts and constrained supply requirements. Improves speed of corrective actions, as well as improved planning capabilities. Fully supporting the S&OP process.
• Supply Chain Insights and Planning
• Improve services to customers via real-time demand data distilled into useful, actionable information. Leads to maximised availability and responsiveness.