CAUSE

Inaccurate demand forecasts

High Inventories, stock-outs, unsatisfactory customer service, regular expediting, high costs

Forecast Pro only or

Forecast Pro and StrataView (where large scale collaborative forecasting is required)

Unstable and / or unreliable production schedules, poor on time production schedule performance, poor visibility of production schedules

High Inventories, stock-outs, unsatisfactory customer service, regular expediting, low productivity, frequent changes to production schedules,  frequent change-overs, high manufacturing costs

Preactor Advanced Planning and Scheduling System

Lack of or unreliable material planning system

High Inventories, stock-outs, unsatisfactory customer service, regular expediting, low productivity

Supply Chain Planning (SCP) 4.0

Large Purchasing  Lot size, Long Purchasing Lead Times, unreliable suppliers

High Inventories of materials

Supply Chain Planning for implementing Vendor Scheduling but management issues need to be addressed as well

Large Manufacturing Lot Size, relatively long manufacturing cycle times

High Inventories of manufactured items and manufactured finished goods; higher work in progress inventories

Preactor Advanced Planning and Scheduling System (for schedule optimisation and intelligent scheduling to minimise changeovers)

Poor Data Integrity (Inventory Records, Bills of Materials and more)

High Inventories, stock-outs, unsatisfactory customer service, regular expediting, low productivity, quality issues, frequent change-overs, high manufacturing costs

Mainly a management issue; no software solution

Lack of or poor teamwork, lack of or poor internal communication and Lack of accountability

All the above and perhaps more

Mainly management issues; no software solution but formal systems such as our solutions may help improve  teamwork and communications and establish accountability

Poor Quality

All the above and perhaps more

Mainly a management issue