Demand Forecasting, Planning, and Management
[Pages:39]Demand Forecasting, Planning, and Management
Lecture to 2007 MLOG Class September 27, 2006
Larry Lapide, Ph.D. Research Director, MIT-CTL
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What Are Demand Forecasting, Planning, and Management?
What should we do to shape and create demand?
Demand Planning
What will demand be for a given demand plan?
Demand Forecasting
How do we prepare for and act on demand when
it comes in?
Demand Management
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Agenda
? Industry Trends ? Demand forecasting
? Process ? Methods ? Demand planning (with supply in mind) ? Demand management
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Industry Trends ? Movement From Push to Pull Manufacturing
Suppliers
Manufacturers
Distributors/ Wholesalers
Retailers
Consumers
Suppliers
Manufacturers
Distributors/ Wholesalers
Retailers
Consumers
Make what we will sell, not sell what we make! Figure by MIT OCW.
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Now Moving to Demand-Driven and "Commercialized" Supply Chains
Aligning supply and demand plans to helps ensure optimized profitability
Demand Planning
Inventory Planning
Production/ Planning
Production/ Scheduling
Procurement Planning
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Agenda
? Industry Trends ? Demand forecasting
? Process ? Methods ? Demand planning (with supply in mind) ? Demand management
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A Business Needs a Forecast of What Might Happen, Not Just a Real-time View
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Why Do Companies Need to Forecast?
Demand forecasting supports corporate-wide planning activities
Level of Forecast Strategic( years)
Tactical ( quarterly)
Purposes
Business planning Capacity planning
Brand plans Financial planning/budgeting Sales planning Manpower planning
Tactical (months/weeks) Operational( days/hours)
Short-term capacity planning Master planning Inventory planning
Transportation planning Production scheduling Inventory deployment
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Operational Forecasts
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