Solutions
“With the recession, all bets are off. Traditional supply chain processes that rely on historic orders can be thrown out the window.” – Lora Cecere, Vice President, Value Chain Services, AMR Research, May 12, 2009.
Most forecasting solutions use sales history to predict future trends. Terra’s solutions are significantly more accurate because our solutions apply better math to more data. Learn more about how Terra’s solutions are helping consumer products companies to improve supply chain planning, decrease costs and increase profits.
Demand Sensing
Demand Sensing decreases forecast error by 40 percent or more for all of our customers, enabling a significant reduction in inventory and cost savings. Terra’s solutions have helped Procter & Gamble, Unilever and Kraft decrease forecast error and reduce inventory.
Inventory Optimization
Inventory Optimization software optimizes inventory across all echelons of the supply chain, from raw materials to warehouses to retailers, enabling reductions in safety stock and stock outs. Using Terra’s solutions, Campbell Soup cut safety stock by more than 20%.
Transportation Forecasting
Transportation Forecasting predicts future shipments by lane/mode/carrier/day. Transportation Forecasting provides visbility into promotions, the ability to procactively identify capacity issues and the means to improve strategic sourcing processes, carrier collaboration and intermodal use. Transportation forecasts are synchronized with the S&OP forecast ensuring that the entire company executes against the same demand plan.
