Accelerator Synopsis
Integrated Sales & Operations Planning (IS&OP) accelerator is a strategy and operations planning tool that provides a highly customizable and configurable user space. IS&OP is a platform for the supply chain teams to reach a consensus on meeting demand. Users can compare various versions of the demand, generate an independent demand estimate to corroborate the various versions of the truth, and set a benchmark through a consensus-building exercise. IS&OP also provides levers for estimating the impact of demand on operations (labor & transportation) and the gap between demand & supply, and a forum for planning and scheduling operations.
Value Addition
One-stop platform
- Single platform for all planners and stakeholders, providing them the same versions of truth (demand, capacity, and supply).
- Interconnected to every other supply chain planning system.
Consistent & Efficient Planning
- Consensus between demand estimates and between demand & supply.
- Detailed operation planning and scheduling.
Flexible & Customizable Solution
- Ideal mix of Configurability and Customizability to cater to different processes.
- Best-in-class ML algorithms that are constantly refreshed and refined.
Features
Consensus Building
The ‘Replenishment Consensus’ equips Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Managers to drive consensus between various demand versions and then between demand & supply factors
Demand Forecast
Bottom-up demand forecast using champion modeling and top-down forecast provides a continuous sales rate, including its effects on promotions.
Anomaly Detection
The module highlights operation roadblocks through levels of dollar impact and priority depending on the time availability and scale of impact, helping DC/operations manager to plan better.
Operations Planning
The ‘Carrier Scheduling’ and ‘Labor Planning’ integrated with the overall system help plan operations based on past capacity and forecasted demand, allowing user consensus on the final plan based on capacity learnings.
Sparking AI Innovation at the Intersection of Business Analytics, Data Science, and Engineering.
FAQs
Primary Users – Supply Chain S&OP Planner, Transportation & Fulfilment Planner, FC Manager, Warehouse Manager, etc.
Secondary Users – Merchants, Vendor Management teams, etc.
Yes. The current application allows uploading plans in the form of external files. This feature is available for demand plans, carrier plans, and labor plans.
Yes, this application can be customized. The pipeline can be set up where IS&OP uses other applications as a source, or the plans finalized on IS&OP can be used as input for other applications.