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    Demand forecasting and planning (also referred to as demand management) is a

    critical function that drives out inefficiencies in the supply chain and affects all

    facets of a company across the enterprise.

    We have examined the significant improvement in short-term tactical demand

    forecast accuracy using demand-sensing. Demand sensing is the translation of

    downstream data with minimal latency to understand what is being sold, who is

    buying the product (attributes), and how it is affecting demand. Companies like P&G

    and Kimberly-Clark are able to further improve forecast accuracy when using

    downstream data as part of their short-term statistical forecast. The business

    benefits have been compelling.

    In addition to improving operational efficiency, companies have found downstream

    data useful to flag operational issues that would otherwise affect revenue and service

    levels. For example, downstream data alerted one company to an unusually high bias

    toward a large customer at a high-volume distribution center. As it turned out, there

    was a problem with the ordering system, and orders had not been placed for several

    days. The advance warning by downstream data gave the company the visibility to

    resolve the issues before out-of-stocks became a problem.

    Critical Success Factors

    Companies like P&G and Kimberly-Clark work hard to build a joint value equationwith their customers. Because of this approach, customers can share their

    downstream data because they can articulate how the data can be used and, how it

    will drive business results and build value for both the CPG manufacturer and the

    retailer.

    Customer support is critical to CPG companies. Customers will share downstream

    data if CPG companies can demonstrate their maturity in using downstream data

    and articulate how the data will be used to create value. Having a clear supply chainvision also is critical. Knowing where demand sensing fits within your supply chain

    processes is important, and believing in the short-term statistical forecast is

    essential.

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    P&G and Kimberly-Clark continue to add customers to improve demand-sensing

    capabilities, and both companies continue to expand their downstream data

    capabilities to more business units. These CPG companies will improve their

    transportation planning and enhance customer collaboration using downstream

    data. Integrating their suppliers to a demand signal brings interesting challenges

    and opportunities for future success.

    Key Learnings

    Knowing what products to make when needed is a competitive advantage for CPG

    companies. Leaders in the CPG industry use demand-sensing capabilities to delightcustomers, improve supply chain performance and create value with trading

    partners. P&G and Kimberly-Clarks sense demand work helps them make what they

    hoped would sell. In an age where demand volatility remains high and companies

    struggle to predict demand during economic uncertainty, the larger risk may be the

    inability to sense an upturn. Companies with the ability to sense and respond to

    demand using downstream data are best suited to meet the inevitable surge and

    capture upside revenue while maintaining high customer service levels and lowering

    inventories, waste, and working capital.

    Demand shaping is the ability to increase or decrease the future volume and profits

    of goods sold by orchestrating a series of marketing, sales and product tactics and

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    strategies in the marketplace. There are several key levers that can be used in the

    development of demand-shaping strategies.

    These levers are:

    New product launch (including the management of categories)

    Price management (optimization)

    Marketing and advertising

    Sales incentives, promotions, trade policies/deals

    Product life cycle management strategies

    True demand shaping involves using a "what if" analysis to influence unconstrained

    future demand and matching that demand with an efficient supply response. Based

    on recent industry research, demand shaping, just like demand sensing, includes

    three key elements:

    1. Ability to increase or decrease volume and profit of goods sold by changing

    sales, product and marketing tactics and strategies: This can be achieved by

    enabling companies to perform what if analysis so they can understand the impact

    of changing price, sales promotions, marketing events, advertising and product mix

    on demand lift and profitability to make optimal future demand shaping decisions.

    This usually refers to the shaping of unconstrained demand (i.e. demand shaping

    independent of supply constraints).

    2. Supply plan/supply supportability analysis: This refers to how much can be

    made based on existing capacity, where, when and how fast can it be delivered.

    3. Demand shifting (steering): This refers to the ability to promote another product

    as a substitute if the product originally demanded was not available, and/or move a

    sales and marketing tactic from one period to another to accommodate supply

    constraints. It is especially useful if demand patterns or supply capacity changes

    suddenly to steer customers from product A to product B, or shift demand to a later

    time period.

    There are two types of demand shifting.

    Demand shifting at the point of sale occurs when a company influences a

    customer to purchase an alternative product using sales and marketing incentives

    when a product is out-of-stock, or back-logged.

    Demand shifting at the point of supply is when the operations planning andmanufacturing teams negotiate with the sales and marketing teams during the

    sales & operations planning (S&OP) process to shift unconstrained demand into

    the future due to supply capacity constraints.

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    Many executives said their companies are beginning to invest in demand sensing

    and shaping processes along with enabling technology. However, in almost every

    case they described demand shifting rather than true demand shaping.

    Dell is a good example of a company that leverages the concept of demand shifting.

    Dell packages to order and uses a demand forecast to determine the quantity of the

    components that make up a wide variety of laptop configurations to allow them to

    accept customer orders through their website and assemble the laptop within three

    to five working days. By using demand shifting at the point of sale, Dell can shift

    demand away from laptop A to laptop B due to a shortage of components that make-up laptop A.

    For example, let's say you decided to go online to the Dell website and purchase a

    Dell Inspiron 15 laptop. You may find a sales promotion pop up saying for today only

    you can purchase a Dell Inspiron 17 laptop with a bigger screen, more processing

    capacity and a bigger hard drive with expanded memory plus additional software for

    a reduced price. What may have happened is someone under forecasted demand for

    the components that make up the Dell Inspiron 15 laptop. Dell inserted a salespromotion in an attempt to shift demand away from the Inspiron 15 laptop to the

    Inspiron 17 laptop to keep a key customer until the components for the Inspiron 15

    become available.

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    In contrast, demand shaping happens when companies use sales and marketing

    tactics like price, promotion, a new product launch, sales incentives or marketing

    programs that orchestrate demand to increase market share or share of wallet. The

    use of these tactics increase demand elasticity. Many times, companies believe they

    are shaping demand, but find that they are really just shifting demand (moving

    demand from one period to another).

    Moving demand from one period to another and selling at a lower margin without

    improving market share and revenue growth creates supply chain waste. The first

    step in the market-driven demand management process is sensing market

    conditions based on demand signals, then shaping demand using programing like

    price optimization, trade promotion planning, new product launch plan alignment,

    and social/digital/mobile convergence. Demand sensing reduces the latency of the

    demand signal by 70%- 80% to understand and see true channel demand. Demand

    shaping, in contrast, combines the tactics of price, promotion, sales and marketing

    incentives and new product launch to increase profitable demand lift, which

    increases profit margins, market share and revenue.

    Charles Chase is principal solutions architect at SAS[1]and Michael Newkirk is product

    marketing director, Supply Chain Solutions at SAS.

    http://www.sas.com/