Consumers today expect unlimited product availability, plus lavish choices in how they browse, purchase and receive their goods. For retailers, these demands add tremendous complexity to merchandise planning, assortment allocation, and replenishment, as well as to multi-channel purchase and delivery. Those who can automate and optimize these processes stand the best chance of maximizing profit and customer service.

This requires sensory awareness and cognition. It starts with an ear to the ground at each point of sale (POS) to pick up real-time signals for demand-driven inventory planning and continuous replenishment. It continues with an eye trained on the longer road ahead, and the ability to simulate myriad scenarios to plan dynamically around sales promotions, marketing campaigns, seasonality, and new product introductions (NPI). This is how you decide what to stock, how much, and where.

Leverage Vanguard Software for a part, or all, of your S&OP or IBP process: from sales forecasting to supply planning to financial forecasting and budgeting. Vanguard can integrate all of these distinct applications on a single platform designed to unify management estimates, exceptions, and data.

Vanguard’s UI integrates seamlessly with your business processes, enabling diverse teams and users to communicate and collaborate. Plus, all changes and updates are dynamic, system-wide. Change your demand plan, and see that change reflect instantly in your inventory order schedule – and on the same screen.