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Netstock Extended Planning Horizon

  • Are your suppliers quoting longer and longer lead times?
  • Do you have seasonal items and would benefit from a two-year forecast perspective?
  • Are you ordering some items for a year ahead?
  • Do you use look forward days to fill containers or to plan supplier shut-downs that extend your planning horizon beyond 12 months?

The extended 24-month planning horizon functionality has been designed to address these issues.

1. Forecasting – item and macro level

The forecast engine generates forecasts over a 24-month horizon which are visible for individual items and at a macro level.

Item level:

24-months of forecasts are displayed in both the line chart and table of the stock enquiry’s forecast tab.

These can be seen on the Forecast tab of the item Enquiry menu option.

Changes can be made to the monthly forecasts by clicking the Amend forecast button.

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Item level:

24-months of forecasts are displayed in both the line chart and table of the stock enquiry’s forecast tab.

These can be seen on the Forecast tab of the item Enquiry menu option.

Changes can be made to the monthly forecasts by clicking the Amend forecast button.

Macro forecast level:

24 months of forecast are displayed in both the Summary view and the year-on-year Comparison.

To see this view, click the Forecast menu option.

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Macro forecast level:

24 months of forecast are displayed in both the Summary view and the year-on-year Comparison.

To see this view, click the Forecast menu option.

Both the Adjust items and Adjust totals features display and allow changes to be made to forecasts in the extended horizon. 

Adjust totals allows for macro-level forecast modeling and changing.

The Adjust items functionality is a feature of the Advanced forecasting module which allows for multi-item forecast amendment.

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Both the Adjust items and Adjust totals features display and allow changes to be made to forecasts in the extended horizon. 

Adjust totals allows for macro-level forecast modeling and changing.

The Adjust items functionality is a feature of the Advanced forecasting module which allows for multi-item forecast amendment.

2. Item stock projection

The impact of the extended planning horizon on stock levels can be seen on the item stock projection.

The Projection tab on the item Enquiry screen shows the stock levels of this seasonal item for 24 months.



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The impact of the extended planning horizon on stock levels can be seen on the item stock projection.

The Projection tab on the item Enquiry screen shows the stock levels of this seasonal item for 24 months.



3. Central warehouse – item enquiry

The extended horizon of planned distribution requirements allows optimal planning in the central warehouse where items have long lead times from suppliers. This planning horizon will facilitate meeting branch requirements.

The central warehouse (CW) tab on the item Enquiry screen displays planned distribution requirements on the central warehouse for 24 months. Scrolling to the right displays the totals for each branch.

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The central warehouse (CW) tab on the item Enquiry screen displays planned distribution requirements on the central warehouse for 24 months. Scrolling to the right displays the totals for each branch.

4. Raw material – item enquiry

Click the Table button on the BOM tab to display the extended requirements of each finished good that uses this raw material.

The table view displays 24 months of BOM forecasts, so that long term planning of raw materials with extended lead times is possible.

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Click the Table button on the BOM tab to display the extended requirements of each finished good that uses this raw material.

The table view displays 24 months of BOM forecasts, so that long term planning of raw materials with extended lead times is possible.

This image shows the Table button on the bill of materials (BOM) tab to display the BOM demand

 

 

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This image shows the Table button on the bill of materials (BOM) tab to display the BOM demand

 

 

This image shows the BOM demand. The info button displays further information:

 

 

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This image shows the BOM demand. The info button displays further information:

 

 

5. Projection module

The add-on Stock Projection module shows summary information as well as more detailed information concerning the projected value of the composition of inventory, projected fill rates, projected replenishment values and projected demand values.

Each of the tabs in this module will display the associated projection over 24 months.

Summary tab:

Each of the six panels on the Summary tab show 24 months of information.

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Summary tab:

Each of the six panels on the Summary tab show 24 months of information.

Inventory tab:

The value of:

  • Excess stock

  • Closing stock

  • “OK” stock

  • and projected and firm receipts

are extrapolated for the 24 month horizon

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Inventory tab:

The value of:

  • Excess stock

  • Closing stock

  • “OK” stock

  • and projected and firm receipts

are extrapolated for the 24 month horizon

6. Supplier module

The add-on Supplier Performance module shows the impact of the extended planning horizon on future purchase orders.

Click the Future tab. The bar chart displays the projected orders for 24 months.

Select the Table button to see the details of all the orders or summarised by month.

 

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Click the Future tab. The bar chart displays the projected orders for 24 months.

Select the Table button to see the details of all the orders or summarised by month.

 

Activate the extended planning horizon module

Please complete the form if you would like us to contact you regarding activating the Extended planning horizon functionality in your environment.

Please note: The extended planning horizon module is an optional module, which can be enabled with a small increase to your monthly subscription fee.

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