To have an agile supply chain an organization must be customer driven and to be customer driven, an organization needs an accurate picture of customer demand which is then used to plan sourcing, production and distribution. Predicting demand is becoming a more complicated task due to proliferation of products, channels and changing customer requirements. Also if planning is done in silos by each department a lag is introduced in the supply chain commonly known as bull-whip effect.

Harapa’s Demand Planning solution leverages advanced statistical modelling to accurately forecast demand and at the same time reduce forecast error. Harapa Demand Planning uses the collaboration platform to facilitate seamless sharing of demand forecasts to various stakeholders to get their feedback.

This ensures that the organization is in harmony regarding expected demand. It also let’s organizations test optimize promotions on certain products by analysing the effect of such activities on other products.

Benefits of Harapa Demand Planning:

• Improved production asset utilisation
• Improved service levels
• Improved purchasing decisions
• Support for consensus demand planning