Quintiq Launches Demand Planner Tool, Enabling Accurate Demand Forecasting

‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH, the Netherlands, June 28, 2011 -

Quintiq, a leading provider of Advanced Planning and Scheduling
(APS) solutions, today announced the  launch of its Demand
Planner solution, a powerful forecasting tool that predicts
customer demand. This solution is the latest addition to the
Quintiq APS product portfolio. With Demand Planner, Quintiq now
provides a complete planning suite for manufacturing companies that
encompasses all planning horizons from daily scheduling to
strategic planning.

Quintiq Demand Planner is an automated, multi-scenario solution
that supports both quantitative and collaborative forecasting.
Through statistical analysis of historical data or collaborative
input, Demand Planner enables the creation of high-quality demand
forecasts. With these accurate forecasts, companies can better
balance supply and demand, lower safety stock levels and improve
delivery performance.

Streamlines organization-wide
collaboration for optimal forecast accuracy

Quintiq Demand Planner incorporates historical information from
multiple entities within the organization, including data from
sales, operations, and finance. Quintiq streamlines the forecasting
process by eliminating the tedious manual tasks, fragmented data
and human errors usually associated with data collection. This
greatly reduces the effort and time needed for forecasting while
significantly improving its accuracy. With Quintiq Demand Planner,
managers throughout the organization can frequently and easily
create demand forecasts according to their departments’ specific
planning needs.

Pairs with Macro Planner - a complete,
integrated planning solution

Outputs from Quintiq Demand Planner can be incorporated into
other Quintiq solutions and used to support other critical tasks
such as supply and demand planning, available to promise planning
and determining optimal safety stock levels.

“Today’s unstable global economy means that many traditionally
stable markets now commonly face widely fluctuating supply and
demand,” commented Ivar Schwartzmans, Product Manager at Quintiq.
“This has sent manufacturers in search of advanced planning
solutions to help them understand, predict and manage customer
demands. Quintiq Demand Planner answers this call by providing
decision makers with the information they need to optimally balance
inventory levels, resource utilization and customer service.”

About Quintiq

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More Information: Quintiq, Renee van Alem, Marketing Executive, Tel: +31-73-691-0739, renee.van.alem at quintiq.com