Budgeting & Joint Business Planning

Forecast more accurately with machine learning and collaborative planning that aligns your entire organization

What is Demand Planning?

Demand planning is the process of predicting what customers will buy, when and where. It helps businesses align sales, supply and finance by turning real market demand into a clear, reliable forecast that everyone can execute against.

At Blueshift, we take a demand-driven approach. We start with what the market is actually buying and translate that demand into an executable ex-factory (sell in)forecast.

Key Benefits

  • +7% average forecast accuracy improvement
  • One number providing trusted numbers to all parts of the business
  • Reduced inventory holding costs
  • Fewer stockouts and write-offs
  • Improved service levels
  • Cross-functional alignment and faster consensus alignment

Core Features

Advanced tools for accurate demand forecasting

Baseline & Incremental Forecasting

Separate base demand from promotional uplift so sales teams know what volume they are really driving.

Multi-Source Statistical Forecasting

Build credible forecasts using ex-factory (sell in), distributor (sell through) and scan (sell out) sales data.

AI Forecasting

Machine learning models automatically generate accurate baseline forecasts and promotional uplift predictions using hsitorical causal data.

Scan to Ex-Factory Phasing

Automatically phase scan promotional uplifts into ex-factory volumes to provide a more accurate forecast.

Stream Sales

Forecast sales for customers who purchase both directly and indirectly without doubling your forecast.

Daily Forecasting

Produce a forecast at daily level for short shelf life products. Weekly and monthly forecasts are also available.

DC/Plant/Warehouse Forecasting

Automatically forecast where stock will be invoiced from so the right stock is available at the right time.

Forecast Accuracy & Change Reporting

Report on forecast accuracy and changes to the forecast so you can track performance and learn from variances.

Top Down Forecasting

Forecast for medium to long term horizons using a top down approach. Great for long term capacity planning and strategic forecasting.

Customer Order Plans

Import customer order plans and overlay with your forecast to identify potential shortfalls and opportunities.

Customer Forecasts

Import customer forecasts which will automatically apply to customer forecast - great for export and made to order customers.

Inventory Reporting

Report on both internal and customer inventory levels.

The Demand Planning Cycle

A structured approach to collaborative forecasting

1

Statistical Forecasting

Statistical baseline forecast generated from historical data and trends and tweaked by AI and Demand Planners for a stable and accurate baseline forecast.

2

Sales Planning

Sales teams review and adjust based on customer intelligence and Blueshift AI (where available).

3

Demand Consensus Review

Cross-functional team aligns on final forecast and make adjustments as needed.

4

Performance Review

Track accuracy, learn insights and apply findings to improve future forecasts.

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