Demand Manager workbench (Demand Essentials Implementation Accelerator)

A new Demand Manager Workbench is added as a part of the Demand Essentials Implementation Accelerator. The workbench allows a standard subset of effective components to be deployed quickly and easily with minimal effort. The components deployed as a standard content for customers that requires the essentials of advanced forecasting management but do not require the extended SCP functionality.

The Demand Manager compiles essential information related to existing forecasts with management tools for interacting with the forecast by statistical or intelligence techniques.

The target user for this workbench is the Central Demand Manager, or Core Forecasting Users. The workbench can be used as a dashboard or homepage for all implementations.

The workbench utilizes several worksheet panels available in previous versions of Demand Planning. Displayed components:

  • Forecast Graph pane: Visual review
  • Information: Key forecast driving information
  • Navigation: Allows for navigation and selection through hierarchy for the primary context.
  • Forecast/History tabbed pane: Forecast and history review
  • Alerts / New Product Alerts tabbed pane: Review and navigation of exceptions
  • Accuracy / MI Events / Notes tabbed pane: Review of reported accuracy / MI details for events / Note information; for the selection

Editable components:

  • History Units and History Mask
  • Manual Adjustment, Market Intelligence, Forecast Override
  • Forecast driving information - introduction and discontinuation dates, growth damping parameters
Note: This feature is enabled after appending the demand planning template (dpls.zip) for this version and no additional role or privilege is required to access this feature.