An accurate, single demand plan is the first and most essential building block for any advanced planning and scheduling software effort.  Getting to a single set of numbers worldwide is a big task. It requires not only technology to support statistical forecasting, but also a tool that minimizes the effort necessary to regularly contribute to a demand plan.

How do you get people across sales, marketing, and operations to commit to a single tool?  Make it quick.  Make it simple.  Make it Arkieva.  more »   

Inventory management is highly data intensive.  To make it an everyday exercise, you must be able to sift through mountains of data and manage problems by exception.  Arkieva solutions for inventory management highlight the imbalances, so you can pay attention to your business. 

With this alone, our customers have reported inventory reductions of up to 15%, while increasing customer service and providing more flexibility to react to shifts in demand or capacity.  more »  

Creating an optimal supply plan to meet demand is a significant step in more effectively managing your supply chain. The ability to profitably manage business disruptions separates companies who use their supply chains to their competitive advantage from those who can only explain “what happened” after it’s too late to respond. 

From rule-based replenishment planning to full optimization in managing supply, Arkieva provides solutions fit to your business.  more » 

Scheduling is the last step in supply chain planning before material is actually converted. It represents the final opportunity to review information and make decisions before hard assets are expended.

Arkieva’s finite scheduler.  more » 

Arkieva's S&OP solution improves customer service, lowers inventories, improves material procurement, and improves teamwork among the management from Sales, Operations, Finance, Customer Service and Information Technology. 

With performance views that suit executive teams to line managers, Arkieva S&OP Workbench fully supports a robust, collaborative S&OP process.  more »