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A highly accurate forecast is a key driver to supply chain success. With Bamton’s Forecasting solution planners have a robust, yet easy-to-use foundation from which to dramatically improve forecast accuracy.

The module enables clients to view and adjust their synchronised forecasts in daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual time buckets, seamlessly switching from one forecast to another. It allows planners to allocate changes using top-down, bottom-up, and middle-out methodologies.

Collaboration is supported by detailed audit trail functionality.

The forecasting software supports the following processes:

  • Data cleansing
  • Statistical forecasting
  • Forecasting scenarios
  • Flexible promotional editing
  • Collaboration
  • Different levels of aggregation
  • Seamless integration

BPlanning Is a hlghly customisable rough cut capacity planning tool for the production planning, buying and raw material planning environments.

Key features:

  • Custom setup for different types of plans and planning requirements to effectively fit the business process of every planner
  • Tactical and scenario planning with saved versions
  • Operational planning that allows daily and weekly buckets in the same plan
  • Flexible and highly visual constraint planning

Time based parameters and user overrides allow the planner to interact with and refine their proposed plans.

This customisable scheduling software creates detailed plant schedules for the packing lines, as well as upstream production processes. Custom optimisation solutions exist for the brewing industry. The system also allows for the manual creation of the schedule in Gant chart format.

Key features:

  • Allows for manual creation of schedules
  • Enables planners to use run rules to schedule out the weekly operational plan for up to four weeks
  • Visibility of the days of cover, raw material inventory levels as well us upstream processing capability whilst schedules are being created
  • Optimised scheduling for the brewing industry

BDeployment gives planners the tools with which to tightly manage and fine-tune the deployment process. Our proprietary software generates stock transfer orders through the full supply chain network and allows for combining routes to utilise vehicles better.

Key features:

  • Multi-level DRP to calculate true demand for the full network
  • Loading and offloading date restrictions
  • Fair share by first trying to fill customer orders and thereafter, targeted stock levels
  • Truck filling and splitting functionality
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