With both demand-side and supply-side being unpredictable, it is critical to balance supply with the consensus demand forecast to prioritize demand orders and appropriately meet customer expectations and achieve financial goals. S & OP synchronizes the supply chain across the entire organization and helps it driving smarter decision-making.

RetailDriver™ S & OP solution integrates sales, marketing, and supply chain planning in one collaborative platform that aligns all the entities in the company with one-number. It leverages a collaborative environment in which cross-functional teams can simultaneously review past performance and current data on sales forecasts, manufacturing plans, distribution plans, and shipping capacity. It also tries to achieve balance of several other key elements like cost to serve vs. service level requirements, frequent shipments vs. high target inventories, supply plan vs. actual shipment. The solution tries to achieve optimum levels to maximize profits.

RetailDriver™ S & OP solution offers the following features:

• Profit-optimized sales & operations planning
• Visibility of actual to plan performance and historical trend analysis
• Supply chain scenario management
• Market Gap Analysis
• Metrics and Key Performance Indicators

The solution combines demand forecasting and fulfillment applications with advanced reporting and strategic decision-support tools to enable participants to interactively evaluate scenarios, adjust forecasts, and update production and distribution plans. Real-time decisions on what to make and when and how to deliver finished goods can be made and executed based on the scenarios that best meet business objectives - factoring in customer service levels, profit targets, and production constraints.