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Forecasting Intermittent Demand 101

Everything you need to know about forecasting intermittent demand and slow-movers

Consumers demand more and more different product options, which means more intermittent demand and slow-moving inventory. Forecasting and inventory management for intermittent demand and unpredictable demand patterns can be a headache for demand planners--and is resulting in unbalanced inventory mixes. Download our white paper to learn:

What’s causing the growth of intermittent demand and demand and inventory planning problems it causes
How to use demand and inventory modeling to combat the challenges of intermittent demand
Surprising differences in intermittent demand by industry
How accurately predicting slow-moving inventory can improve both your top and bottom lines

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Forecasting Intermittent Demand 101

Demand Sensing reduces demand variability by extracting signals out of noisy demand, provides earlier demand insights, and enables more accurate short-term plans and faster reactions to market changes.

ToolsGroup’s Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) solution helps companies achieve both higher levels of S&OP maturity and better business outcomes by bridging the gap between strategic planning and operational execution.

Promotions Planning gives cross-functional teams the visibility to synchronize demand shaping campaigns and promotions with supply chain operations ensuring that inventory is in the right place to meet demand on a daily basis, right down to the store level.

Allocation and Replenishment automatically calculates optimal inventory levels for both existing and new items to create a time-series plan that achieves target service levels even in the face of demand variability and distribution complexity.

Supply Planning provides visibility across vendors and warehouses, simplifies collaboration with suppliers, optimizes the supply network and leverages machine learning to continually improve planning by analyzing a wide range of variables and data across the supply chain.