This manufacturer of plastic pipes distributes its products through
various channels including utilities, building and
industrial.
The company recently adopted the principles of sales and operations
planning and needed the forecasting system to fit in with and enhance
the S&OP process.
Forecast Solutions worked alongside company analysts to design and
introduce an effective set of demand
forecasting
procedures to operate within sales and operations planning.
It
proved possible to retain the existing demand forecasting software,
making full use of the multi-level forecasting capability and the
ability to retain and archive both unadjusted and adjusted forecasts.
Analysis and reporting was made possible for the purposes of both
detailed short-term demand planning and a more aggregated view for sales and
operations planning over an eighteen month forecast
horizon.
