Infor has announced the release of Infor SCM Demand Planning 6.4, part of the complete Infor Supply Chain Management suite, for demand planners. Built to provide visibility into downstream demand, Infor says that Demand Planning 6.4 helps businesses increase forecasting accuracy and feed more information into the demand planning process.
The business software vendor says that new features in Demand Planning 6.4 help planners better engage sales and marketing in the forecasting process, and suppliers in the ordering process, leading to more accurate and predictable demand and supply plans. New features include; “High Volume Forecast Coordination” – an EditGrid that gives demand planners the ability to edit many forecasts quickly in daily, weekly or monthly buckets based on input from key stakeholders and “Data Visibility and Collaboration” options which leverage new Excel features and encourage continuous collaboration throughout the requirements planning process. For example, this allows companies to provide current orders to suppliers who update critical information, and these changes are fed back into the system for more accurate supply plans.
Brian Johnson, inventory planning manager, Quality Bicycle Products says, “We are thrilled with Demand Planning 6.4, as new functionality is allowing us to quickly and easily transfer data throughout the requirements planning process and get visibility into relevant information through multiple workstreams. This has led to increased communication between suppliers and partners that is continuously improving our business productivity.”
