Arkieva Collaborative Demand Planning Solutions
By design the forecasting process requires the involvement of many players including management, planning teams, as well as, sales and marketing. Collaborative forecasting involves collecting and reconciling information from diverse sources inside and outside the company; to create a single, unified demand plan. Naturally, this multifaceted process makes collaboration and information control quite cumbersome.
The Arkieva Demand Planner comes with a collaborate workbench feature that makes it easy for different users to share updates and create a standardized collaborative demand planning process.
Arkieva Collaborative Forecasting Process
You are constantly on the go. Arkieva gives you the freedom to collaborate on-the-go without been tethered to a specific location or device. Work offline or online using offline and online Excel collaboration or the Arkieva Insights mobile application.
Don’t spend time manually reconciling inputs. Gain access to one-centralized database and repository to reconcile and manage multiple users working on demand planning data. Automate and standardize process flows and procedures.
Use Arkieva to easily get a visual tree of forecasting changes that are made throughout the forecasting process. Quickly troubleshoot forecasting errors and value add during the forecast input process.
Track helpful metrics for each level of input including, forecasting bias, MAPE, Time-Phase Forecast Value Add (TPFVA) and Forecast Value Add. Determine how good your forecast inputs are; easily compare your statistical forecasts with sales forecasts and consensus forecasts.
Arkieva’s collaborative features allow forecast conversion from one view to another. With one-click aggregation and drill down features, you can easily slice and dice your data as you need it. For instance, you can seamlessly drill down on your regional forecast by volume to reveal specific industry, customer or product volumes.
Arkieva simplifies standardization of processes for collaboration. With enhanced visibility and access to one centralized database and solution for demand planning, you create a globally scalable process that can be easily replicated and controlled.
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