CPFR
Events planned with the replenishment team so the inventory is there for them.
Primary services / Forecasting
The forecast the system actually uses.
Finelines, CPFR, POS projected to 52-week forecasts, and the NIFE, GRS and Inforem work behind them.
Walmart forecasts your item with or without you.
Inforem will order to its own numbers unless somebody maintains them. We manage forecast accuracy, CPFR events and the replenishment settings that decide what the system orders and when.
Part of the same account team, not a separate engagement. Everything below is included in the account management we already run.
- 01 POS projected to a 52-week forecast by fineline
- 02 Forecast accuracy managed inside Retail Link
- 03 CPFR events planned and loaded
- 04 NIFE, GRS and Inforem settings maintained
What it covers.
The parts of forecasting that take the time, and the ones an account quietly loses money on when nobody owns them.
52-week
POS projected forward by fineline, not a flat repeat of last year.
Inforem
Lead times, DD adjustments and the settings the ordering system runs on.
New stores
New store instocks handled so an opening does not start out of stock.
The other seven.
Suppliers rarely need one of these on its own. See them together on Primary Services, or read about account management.
Talk to the people who do the work.
Tell us where forecasting is costing you time or margin today, and we will come back with what we would do about it. No call centre, no account executive in between.