Demand Planning Solution

Demand Planning Solution

Enhance Forecast Accuracy – Elevate Supply Chain Strategy

In today’s ever-evolving business landscape, customer demand continuously shifts due to consumption trends, seasonality, socio-economic events, and omnichannel purchasing behaviors. Without accurate and timely forecasting capabilities, the entire supply chain can suffer — from excess inventory, stockouts, and rising costs to missed revenue opportunities.

Blue Yonder’s Demand Planning solution leverages cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to help businesses gain deep insights into future demand. This enables proactive, accurate, and agile planning across production, distribution, and inventory management.

As a core solution within the Blue Yonder Supply Chain Planning ecosystem, it has been trusted by leading global enterprises to enhance operational performance and responsiveness.

Key Features & Capabilities

1. Outside-In Forecasting Approach

Unlike traditional methods that rely mainly on historical data, Blue Yonder’s Demand Planning applies an outside-in forecasting model — incorporating external signals such as market trends, weather conditions, social media activity, marketing campaigns, competitive events, and more.

This empowers businesses not just to react to what has happened, but to proactively anticipate what will happen, allowing for more timely and effective strategic decisions.

2. AI & Machine Learning-Based Automation

The system automates repetitive planning tasks and continuously learns from real-world data to improve forecast accuracy over time.

Machine Learning enables the system to detect anomalies in demand patterns, classify products based on consumption behavior, and automatically suggest the most suitable forecasting models — reducing reliance on human intuition and subjective experience.

3. Cross-Functional Integration & Collaboration

Demand Planning is not just a tool for supply planners. Blue Yonder’s solution facilitates data integration across departments — including sales, marketing, finance, and operations — to generate a single, transparent, and collaborative forecast.
All stakeholders can access real-time forecasting information, contribute to consensus planning, and align on business decisions.

4. Intuitive & Customizable Interface

Blue Yonder provides a modern, user-friendly interface that is customizable by role. Users can quickly identify trends, track forecast KPIs, measure forecast errors, and run what-if simulations to evaluate the impact of business changes.
This is especially valuable during peak seasons when businesses need to rapidly assess the implications of promotions, product changes, or market expansions.

Reduced

30%

Out Of Stock Rate (OOS)

95%

Forecast accuracy levels

Reduced

10%

Wasted

Business Benefits

1. Improved Forecast Accuracy

By combining internal and external data with advanced ML-based forecasting models, companies typically see forecast accuracy improvements of 8% to 12% on average. This directly reduces excess inventory and prevents revenue loss due to stockouts.

2. Increased Productivity & Lower Operational Costs

With automation of analytical and computational tasks, planners can save up to 75% of their time, allowing them to focus on strategic activities. More accurate forecasts also help reduce warehousing costs, order errors, and optimize logistics spending.

3. Greater Agility to Market Changes

Real-time forecasting capabilities enable businesses to respond swiftly to demand shifts, economic fluctuations, or supply chain disruptions — ensuring high service levels and maintaining profitability even in uncertainty.

4. Support for Integrated & Strategic Planning

The solution lays a foundation for implementing S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) or IBP (Integrated Business Planning) processes, enabling enterprise-wide collaboration and dynamic goal alignment.

Blue Yonder’s Demand Planning solution not only helps businesses see the future, but also shape it proactively. With implementation and support from TSL – the official Blue Yonder partner in Vietnam, businesses can confidently adopt this powerful tool to improve forecast accuracy, optimize costs, and accelerate their supply chain digital transformation journey.