Fully supported, integrated
within application |
Partial support and heavy
manual effort required |
Not supported |
Spreadsheet-based solutions |
Traditional planning solutions |
Alloy Planning |
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Core Planning Functionality | |||
Automatic, POS-driven demand forecasts and plans | |||
Near-term and long-term inventory plans | |||
Linked demand-inventory plans | |||
Continuous planning with up-to-date sell-in and sell-through data | |||
Weekly order recommendations, optimized for supply targets, minimum order quantities, and lead times | |||
Plan Management | |||
New Product Introduction (NPI) and Product End of Life (EOL) planning | |||
Promotion and events planning | |||
Annual operating plan and internal forecast comparison | |||
Visibility into granular demand data | |||
Easy plan overrides that automatically update connected data flows | |||
Implementation | |||
Out-of-the box forecast models | |||
Default planning hierarchy selection | |||
Customizable forecast model selection down to a partner SKU | |||
Pre-built connectors to hundreds of retailers | |||
Usability | |||
Sense and adjust quickly to market and supply chain changes | |||
Build trust by aligning teams on a single source of information | |||
Maximize planner impact by freeing time from manual, low-value tasks | |||
Cross-functional alignment and consensus on plans | |||
Complete visibility to up-to-date information | |||
View and analyze plans at any level of granularity | |||
Automatically export plans | |||
Automated data collection (supported sources) | |||
Retailer portals | |||
DTC channels (E-commerce and brick & mortar) | |||
Distributors | |||
EDI 852 (Product Activity Report) and EDI 846 (Inventory Report) | |||
EDI 856 (Shipment Notification) and EDI 860 (PO Change) | |||
Historical data files | |||
ERP (master data, orders, shipments, inventory, forecast, plans, network map) | |||
Data harmonization | |||
Product master management customized to reflect your hierarchy | |||
Product ID matching across internal and retailer codes | |||
Cross-retailer POS and inventory analytics | |||
Flexibly model different time granularities and fiscal calendars | |||
Comprehensive network mapping, including location coding, shipment lanes, lead times and more | |||
Platform | |||
Connected planning and execution experience | |||
Cloud-based | |||
Unlimited user seats included | |||
Single source of truth for sales, marketing, supply chain operations and planning | |||
Included Client Solutions support and training | |||
Innovative product roadmap with continuous upgrades |