Brochures
Breaking down barriers to efficiency in the supply chain. To remain competitive, businesses should seriously consider making supply chain planning into a shared service, says Capgemini, who also guide readers though some of the decisions to be made in setting up a Planning Service Centre.
Thought Leadership
Enjoy the View: Successful Forecasting & Demand Planning
Capgemini has long helped our clients get this critical component of the planning process “right”. Purists advocate ever increasing forecast accuracy, but with a perfect forecast unattainable, agility in response and pragmatism is still the watchword.
Planning
Our Planning services are geared to orchestrate supply chains more effectively by implementing planning and visibility solutions to optimise profit and revenue growth.
The traditional focus has been on forecasting demand or accessing demand signals as consumption occurs, then synchronising with purchasing and production. Now the focus is on influencing demand based on upstream supply chain visibility. This means management processes and technologies must be better aligned. Strong collaboration with customers and trading partners is critical.
What we do
Our Supply Chain Management - Planning services range from strategy development to design and implementation of new business models based on advanced technologies. We take a holistic view of planning across your business, understand what drives planning complexity and then align capabilities and technology to deliver substantial improvements in customer service and working capital efficiency.
Capgemini is a recognised leader in demand and supply management, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and advanced planning systems. Combined with project and collaborative approach we leave behind a strong planning capability, enhanced workforce, tools for continuous improvement and sustainable business improvements.
