Audience
Companies in need of an inventory forecasting solution
About SmartForecasts
It is installed on your server or accessed via our hosted services. SmartForecasts provides demand planning, forecasting and service level targeting functionality to ensure you have a reliable and accurate prediction of future demand and stocking parameters that will achieve a desired service level. SmartForecasts ensures that demand forecasts reflect inherent trend and seasonal patterns and provides a workbench for sharing and overriding forecasts based on promotions, events, and business knowledge. Forecast accuracy can be tracked and measured so that you can deliver the most accurate demand forecast to drive the supply chain.
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Company Information
Smart Software
Founded: 1984
United States
smartcorp.com/smart-demand-planning-copy/
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Product Details
Platforms Supported
Cloud
Training
Documentation
Support
Phone Support
Online
SmartForecasts Product Features
Production Scheduling
"What If" Scenarios
Supported
Bottleneck Optimization
Supported
Automated Scheduling
Not Supported
Capacity Planning
Not Supported
Constraint Scheduling
Not Supported
Job Scheduling
Not Supported
Material Planning
Not Supported
Priority-Based Scheduling
Not Supported
Quality Control
Not Supported
