A focused independent assessment of your forecasting, inventory, planning processes, KPIs and decision routines.
Inventory may be increasing while service deteriorates. Forecasts may be unreliable. Planners may spend hours manipulating spreadsheets.
Management may receive dozens of KPIs without having a clear view of where action is actually required.
The temptation is often to immediately change the tool. But the real issue may sit somewhere else: data, parameters, process, governance or decision-making.
Forecast accuracy
Forecast bias
Volatility
Forecast methodology
Commercial inputs
Inventory profile
Excess stock
Slow movers
Stockout exposure
Safety stock
SKU segmentation
Planning calendar
Roles & responsibilities
S&OP
Exception management
Decision routines
ERP
Excel
Power BI
Master data
Manual processes
Reporting
A clear view of what works, what doesn't and where the most important gaps are.
A fact-based view of forecast, inventory and planning performance.
Identification of the areas where improvement can generate the greatest operational value.
What to fix first, what can wait and what probably doesn't need changing.
A new dashboard will not fix a broken planning process. A new forecasting model will not fix poor master data. And a new ERP will not automatically create better decisions.
The diagnostic is designed to separate symptoms from root causes before committing time and money to a larger solution.
Let's discuss the problem before discussing the solution.
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