Supply Chain Planning
Sales and Operations Planning | Demand Planning | Inventory Planning | Supply Planning | Service Parts Planning
Sales and Operations Planning
ketteQ’s Sales and Operations Planning solution provides a workflow platform that manages the tasks, artifacts, communications, notes and decisions of the different stages of the S&OP process to coordinate all participants. S&OP decisions and results are recorded for future learning and process improvements.
Configurable setup with stages, tasks and roles
Tasks, notifications, notes and communication log
Linked to analytics and scenario modelling in planning
Decisions and approval workflow process
Can be deployed on Salesforce, with easy collaboration with sales and pipeline data
Improved decision making and collaboration
Better productivity
More mature and rigorous S&OP process
Better coordination across sales, operations and finance
Demand Planning
ketteQ's Demand Planning solution automatically chooses the best forecast method for each product or part from a large number of advanced forecasting techniques. By incorporating aggregation/disaggregation, managing outliers, and facilitating input/consensus workflows from key stakeholders, the solution significantly enhances forecast accuracy.
Statistical forecasting with best-fit analytics
Forecast uploads, adjustments and consensus building
Demand planning alerts & dashboards
Promotion planning
Forecast error tracking
Demand sensing and shaping
Opportunity based forecasting using pipeline data correlations
Causal factor forecasting with governmental, economic or industry data library
Automated AI/ML forecasting
New product launch demand planning
Improved forecast accuracy
Higher fill rates & revenue
Lower inventory & obsolescence costs
Increased planner productivity
Increased revenue
Reduced inventory
Better capacity utilization
Inventory Planning
ketteQ’s Inventory Planning solution optimizes inventory levels to align with sales and service expectations. Scenarios tailored for specific product/part segments and channel/locations are evaluated and chosen to ensure the most effective inventory strategies are implemented.
Inventory level setting across the network
Scenario modeling management
Levels set on days of supply and calculated levels
Inventory monitoring and configurable alerts
Multi-Echelon and Multi-Item Optimization (MEIO)
Improved order fulfillment
Higher fill rates
Increased sales
Lower expediting costs
Reduced obsolescence
Increased productivity
Lower inventory costs
Supply Planning
ketteQ’s Supply Planning solution maximizes manufacturing and distribution efficiency and productivity with real-time company-wide visibility of inventory, production capacity, and raw material constraints along with material requirements planning (MRP) functionality. Available and Capable-To-Promise (ATP/CTP) logic anticipates and manages order delivery commitments.
Multi-Level Bill of Material (BOM) Supported
Support of multiple units of measurement
Constraint-based replenishment order planning/DRP
Supply solver with automated scenario analysis or score carding
Supply solution confidence scoring
Weekly planning buckets and production plan dashboards
Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)
Capacity Planning
Available and Capable To Promise (ATP/CTP)
Increased sales revenue
Reduced obsolescence
Increased planner productivity
Increase manufacturing efficiency
Service Parts Planning
ketteQ’s Service Parts Planning solution predicts part demand and plans inventory at all locations across the network, from DCs to field/remote locations such as trucks, dealers and 3PLs. Inventory ordering, return/repair, replenishment and balancing plans are trigger point decisions or time phased plans.
Demand forecasts by part and location
Install-Base Forecasting /Causal Forecasting
Part transfer and replenishment orders
Scenario modeling management
New product and end-of-life planning
Stocking list recommendations
Inventory level setting across the network
Trigger point and time phased order plans
Inventory monitoring and configurable alerts
Distribution Center (DC) inventory planning
Field Stocking Location (FSL) & Truck stock planning
Complex part chaining
Buy versus repair order planning
Multi-Echelon and Multi-Item Inventory Optimization (MEIO)
Improved part availability and fill rates
Increased customer satisfaction and sales
Lower expediting costs
Reduced obsolescence
Increased productivity
Lower inventory costs