The moment the Sale was lost. Sales Planning
The moment the sale was lost.
The author was standing around the streets of London during the week finally he decided was going to buy a long coveted speaker set. About £600 worth, not the best but really good speakers none the less. The research was done, read the magazine, checked the web, learnt what would suit. But the store said it was going to be 6 weeks before the next boat from China arrived. And it wasn’t the first time either. Central London, sales signs everywhere, but no speakers, no sale.
Mind the Gap - Spreadsheet & Business Intelligence
Reducing costs and being ready
Sales and Operation Planning isn’t the most glamorous job in the Company. But in an effort to reduce cost, take advantage of lower cost sourcing in the Far East, demand management is the order of the day. In a nutshell demand planning is matching customer demand patterns, organising production and shipping. Then 9 weeks later it might be in front of the customer. 50 years building the brand, business, being better than the competition all wasted at the point of transaction.
FMCG or Fast moving consumer goods is competitive territory, every day brings a new challenge and the most important thing is not to miss the customer when they are ready to buy.
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That’s where FORECAST PRO helps companies improve their accuracy in planning every day. There are 50,000 users everyday improving their supply chain, getting product onto the shelf “just in time”. Forecasting methodologies such as exponential smoothing read seasonal patterns. Forecast PRO starts with XE with its recently improved New Product Launch option. Forecast PRO unlimited and the latest version TRAC.
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