Demand Planning & Forecasting

The demand planner role is well established.

Daan Majoor, Slimstock´s CTO with over 25 years at the helm of our product development, is responsible for advancing the Slimstock platform to help businesses conquer their supply chain challenges and forge a competitive advantage.

We are probably all familiar with Schrödinger´s famous thought experiment, where he imagines a cat in a closed box with a flask of poison, which is broken at a random moment.

In today´s complex environment, there are a number of challenges that threaten business performance.

The objectives of production planning are clear: to maximise productivity and plan manufacturing to meet customer expectations while minimising excesses or stock-outs.

Risk management is one of the main tasks of supply chain managers.

What is the worst-kept secret in any business? The answer is that different departments have different goals. And as anyone in the Supply Chain Team knows, these goals often conflict.

Seasonality can have a huge impact on demand patterns for certain products.

Let´s kick off with a hard-hitting statistic: 77% of businesses are investing in technology to create better supply chain visibility.

What is a Bill of Materials (BOM), and how can it help you unlock efficiency gains throughout your manufacturing process? In today´s dynamic manufacturing landscape, where precision, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness are paramount, it´s crucial to grasp the fundamental building blocks of production.