Comp. Advantages
We increase your competitiveness through an agile supply chain that enables you to react quickly to market changes and seize new business opportunities.
Delivery flexibility
We optimise your supply chains so that you achieve shorter delivery times and thereby improve customer service and strengthen customer loyalty.
Demand sensors
We improve your demand forecasts in ERP and add-on systems to relieve your sales department of sales planning.
Technology
We use innovative technologies to automate demand planning and simplify sales planning to improve the quality of your sales forecasts while reducing the burden on your sales department.
Correlation
We use our approaches to simplify collaboration between your demand and supply sides to proactively avoid bottlenecks, improve your customer service and increase your sales.
Solutions for critical challenges
We develop sophisticated but pragmatic supply chain solutions to some of the most pressing and complex supply chain management issues facing companies today.
Our aim in working with you is to find sustainable solutions to the challenges you face in managing your supply chains. We rely on an analytical approach, digital methods, proven skills and – what is very important to us – many years of practical experience.
Answers to complexity
- Development of strategies for optimal safety stocks in order to be able to react flexibly to markets
- Ensuring delivery capability in growing markets, in the event of material or capacity bottlenecks
- Reduction in planning effort through automation of planning processes
- Development of postponed manufacturing and postponed logistics strategies to ensure delivery capability with low inventories in the distribution chains
Services in detail
- All
- Finance & Controlling
- IT
- Purchasing & Procurement
- S&OP
Value chain update
Strategic potential analysis and feasibility assessment
Inventory and delivery readiness management
Forecast optimization and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)
Logistics product portfolio analysis and optimization
ERP and APS Optimization
Integrated planning and control model
Logistics controlling and data quality
Optimisation of the supply chain through the use of a digital twin
Simulation has proven to be an excellent tool for uncovering potential in your supply chain, identifying improvement measures and testing and optimising them in advance before they are implemented in ongoing operations:
Using empirical simulation, we bring the optimisation potential of your supply chain management to light and replace the fog of gut feeling with clear facts and benefits.
FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
How does supply chain optimization support sales?
Supply chain optimization connects demand planning, material supply and production capacity. It gives sales teams a more reliable basis for delivery commitments and helps align customer requirements with operational capabilities. Coordinated inventory and planning strategies also help improve product availability and enable a faster response to changes in demand.
How can demand planning and sales forecasts be improved?
Better demand planning combines suitable forecasting methods with targeted sales input, such as information about promotions, new customers or market developments. We assess the available data and structure how this knowledge is incorporated. Regular evaluation of forecast quality reveals which adjustments improve planning and where additional effort provides little benefit.
How can product availability be maintained as demand grows?
Growing demand needs to be aligned early with material availability, inventory and production capacity. This requires visibility of demand, realistic lead times and agreed priorities. We assess suitable inventory and control strategies and compare alternative scenarios so that bottlenecks can be identified earlier and measures to maintain product availability can be planned.
How can planning effort be reduced for sales teams?
Automated baseline forecasts can relieve sales teams of recurring planning tasks. Instead of manually planning every product, they can focus on significant deviations and additional market information. Clear workflows and suitable ERP or APS functions help capture information systematically and reduce duplicate data entry across different planning spreadsheets.
How does S&OP improve collaboration between sales and supply chain teams?
Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) provides a regular process for discussing expected demand, available capacity and supply risks. Sales, supply chain and production teams align their assumptions and make joint decisions. This helps address competing objectives early and translate customer requirements into a realistic plan supported by everyone involved.
How does postponement support short delivery times with low inventory?
Postponement delays customer-specific product completion or allocation until a later stage in the process. For example, common components are held in stock instead of every finished variant. This can reduce variant inventory while still enabling fast delivery. Suitability depends on product structure, demand and the time required for final completion.