sofco has been providing End-To-End Planning Solutions globally for over 20 years, in a multitude of industries. Our experience is well known and evidenced by hundreds of users worldwide. The integrated product suite covers Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Scheduling , S&OP/IBP, Trade Promotions, Collaborative Forecasting, Replenishment Planning… the list goes on, creating solutions across your Supply Chain so that you can keep customers happy, create efficiencies and save money.
Strategically, you can integrate your plans so teams can see the bigger picture to make strategic decisions and use this data to achieve the best possible outcomes with Scenario Planning. Things can go wrong but sofco will summarise exceptions by priority and get you straight to the detail for information and action.
sofco Planning Suite calculates a feasible distribution, production, purchase and inventory plan based on forecasts from demand plan and real demand to gain accurate future predictions and minimise inefficiencies in resource allocation.
All constraints are considered including lead times, lot sizing, distribution capacity, production capacity, labour requirements, materials availability, shelf life and inventory targets … to facilitate impeccable supply at all times. The solution also boasts priority rules and notifies users concerning the service level, inventory and capacity violations in cases where constraints cannot be overcome leveraging ML to improve the accuracy of data consolidation and enhance the overall feasibility of the plan.
At every stage of the process, challenges are being anticipated, analysed and overcome dynamically which would be difficult for users to perform otherwise.
The final feasible plan can be output to sofco scheduling which works at the lowest level of detail and in hours/minutes with a full chart interface, gathering data from production orders and sequences them based on due dates, available capacity, sequencing rules and availability of materials from previous operations.
Everything, end-to-end, is optimised. The solution is integrated and collects both dynamic and master data from ERP systems and Information is free flowing. Planners are fully supported and assisted. Executive overviews are clear and informative.
Couple all this with a vibrant R&D program of continuous improvement and sofco are the ideal partner for your Planning needs.
