Forecasting and Planning can be as simple or complex as you need them to be, and extend from publishing a basic production schedule to running a complete CPFR system.

Supply chains run more smoothly when best practice Forecasting and Planning procedures are in place as you will find it easier to analyse real-time information about, inventory, sales, forward orders and trends, easier to implement a just-in-time (JIT) strategy and easier to replenish stocks and meet orders.

Forecasting Data
Sales forecasting is a vital information resource which is critical to the efficiency of your business and if customers insist on being volatile your supply chain must adapt.

RESCU Solutions see improved forecasting and a more responsive supply chain as the key ingredients to a virtuous circle of improvement in customer service. Good forecasting reduces the need for instantly responsive supply chain: responsive supply chains reduce the need for clairvoyance in forecasts. RESCU Solutions focus on both aspects as together they increase your ability to guarantee levels of service.

Be aware!! In order to reap the rewards of good forecasting data, your information needs to flow efficiently to your supply base. RESCU Solutions will gladly provide you with new forecasting techniques and process improvements to increase your forecast accuracy, but in many businesses the data is already accessible, it is simply poor internal communication processes and compartmentalised systems which restrict the information flow through the business.

RESCU Solutions can provide substantial internal and external communication improvements through e-enablement of internal processes or relationships with both customers and suppliers.