QAD Demand Management
Seasonal sales and promotions significantly increase the sales of goods. It is necessary to plan ahead to ensure sufficient stock levels are available. If you plan promotional sales of your products in a variety of chain stores, it is crucial to get the timing right to ensure availability of goods at every store. QAD Demand Management contains statistical and planning tools to generate sales forecasts by product and group in line with historical data as well the ability to simulate different scenarios.
With QAD Demand Management, you get:
- Product sales forecasts consistent with projected market behaviours
- Reduced inventory by interconnecting sales forecasting and production planning
- Increased revenue by minimising situations where stocks fail to cover demand
Features
- QAD enables sales history analysis, including filtering out any non-standard situations
- QAD supports replacements of discontinued products with new ones
- QAD uses sales history to prepare sales forecast models. It enables you to plan for promotions and seasons and prepare aggregations for product groups
- QAD proposes the optimal inventory levels and combines them with the sales forecasts for production and purchasing planning on an ongoing basis
