Pharma & Life Sciences · Anonymous use case
From distributor demand to ingredient and packaging requirements
A pharmaceutical planning use case connecting market demand, inventory and material needs.
The situation
The decision behind the challenge.
Commercial forecasts, annual targets and moving-average estimates served different purposes but were being compared as if they described the same demand. Stock at multiple points in the channel, long procurement lead times and production lot sizes complicated the buying decision.
The approach
Connect the decisions, data and operating process.
- Separate the budget from the unconstrained demand forecast and retain forecast snapshots at meaningful lags.
- Connect product and pack forecasts to common ingredient and packaging requirements.
- Include distributor stock, transit, plant inventory and lot-size effects in replenishment decisions.
- Segment demand patterns and review exceptions with commercial and supply teams.
Measures that matter
Define what a better result means.
- Forecast error and bias at the procurement lag
- Service and material availability
- Inventory coverage, excess and expiry exposure
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