Demand planning software that turns the forecast into what to order.

The Demand Planner holds your forecast by customer and SKU, projects inventory, works out material requirements and recommends what to order. A person converts each one to an order.

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  • pad Customer A by 10% in Q4
  • Rule check Customer A, Q4 Applied Overlaps rule 3 Conflict

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  • Projected on-hand, SKU 1042 340 short
  • Shortfall in 9 days, SKU 1042

A line stopped at 10 a.m. because a part ran out. The shortage was in the forecast three weeks ago.

Forecast by customer and SKU, in one worksheet.

Old way

sales keeps the forecast, purchasing keeps the order list, and the two meet when material runs short.

New way

the forecast, projected stock and material requirements sit together, by customer and SKU.

  • Write a rule in plain words, like padding Customer A by 10% in Q4, and the Demand Planner turns it into a forecast rule and flags any conflict.

The Modules behind the forecast and the order

How a forecast becomes an order recommendation

Each Module does one job, in this order.

1 It connects

  • ERP
  • Forecast spreadsheet
  • Supplier list

2 What runs, and what it does

  1. Integration HubKeeps your ERP connected and logs every message, so demand and sales orders come in from where they sit.
  2. Demand PlannerHolds the forecast by customer and SKU, projects stock, works out material requirements and recommends what to order.
  3. Supplier RegistryHolds one record per supplier, so every order picks from the same list.

3 What you get

  • Order recommendation, SKU 1042Waiting for a person to convert it

In customer plants, downtime fell 86% and shorts went from 50 a month to 12.

Real plants, real numbers, first in manufacturing.

  • less downtimeacross seven production facilities 86%
  • customer shorts a monthwithin six months 50 to 12
  • longer planning horizonin a customer deployment 50%
  • facilities on one installationrun by one customer 19
Where these numbers come from

These numbers come from customer deployments, first in manufacturing. We don’t name customers without asking them first. If you want to talk to a customer, ask us and we’ll ask them.

  • Finished goods cover 8.2 days
  • Needs ordering Convert to PO Dismiss

Turn a shortage into a purchase order

The Demand Planner works from demand and your inventory policy. A person converts each recommendation, so nothing is ordered on its own. mode40 was started by people who ran plants before they wrote any software.

  • Projected on-hand, so a shortfall shows up before it stops a line
  • Reorder point, safety stock and lot size held as inventory policy
  • Material requirements calculated from demand
  • Recommendations convert to purchase orders
  • Forecast snapshots show how the forecast changed over time
  • Scenario demand lets you ask what-if before you change the plan

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FAQ

Bring the forecast you don't trust.

30 minutes on one product family: its forecast, its stock and what you ordered last time.

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