Demand-Driven Supply Chain Planning for Wholesale Distribution

High customer service levels are critically important to wholesale distributors. Because unserved orders usually mean lost sales, service level shortfalls directly reduce the top line. Recent trends exacerbate the challenges. Offshore supplies create longer, less flexible lead times. Shorter product life cycles increase the number of SKUs and obsolescence risk.

We help our customers achieve reliable and very high service levels. By offering demand-driven supply chain planning, we help wholesale distributors achieve sustainable fill rates as high as 99+%, yet with 20-25% less global inventory.

Our solution starts with best-of-breed forecasting. It features powerful planning models that incorporate internal and external elements such as: market trends, seasonal demand profiles, and promotion forecasting. Demand collaboration brings together demand and forecast data from multiple sources in a web-based consensus platform. Inventory optimization and purchasing/replenishment calculates safety stocks and other inventory parameters for a globally optimal inventory mix across up to millions of SKU-Locations. It also addresses product expiration and substitution, new product launches, transportation constraints such as minimum order quantities, and SIOP.

For a complete description of our wholesale distribution solution and our customer experience, please contact the ToolsGroup office nearest you.