Demand Planning

Successful Demand Planning with Software Instead of Gut Feeling

Complex structures, vast amounts of data, and a lack of alignment make demand planning a challenge for many companies. Volatile markets, expanding product portfolios, and shorter product life cycles add even more pressure.

With intelligent, AI-powered software, you can bring structure, transparency, and precision back to your demand planning. It connects your departments, analyzes your data, and delivers the exact metrics and forecasts you need to plan with confidence.

Your Benefits

  • Up to 90% less planning effort
  • Maximum availability with minimized inventory costs
  • Greater planning reliability and stronger team alignment

No obligation, no hassle!

How AI-powered demand planning makes an impact:

  • Connect departments intelligently
    AI-powered demand planning creates a single source of truth and links all relevant functions. Information flows seamlessly instead of remaining siloed.
  • Deliver reliable forecasts
    Proven optimization algorithms and artificial intelligence analyze internal and external data to generate objective, dependable demand forecasts—providing a solid foundation for confident planning.
  • Enable better decisions
    Teams make decisions based on shared data, forecasts, and KPIs rather than gut instinct. Alignment becomes faster, easier, and more precise.

Demand Planning with Our Solutions

ADD*ONE Demand Planning

The end-to-end solution for connected Demand planning

  • Easy to integrate, immediate impact
    The ADD*ONE solution suite integrates seamlessly into your existing systems—such as your ERP—and leverages your data securely from day one.
  • Accurate forecasts and actionable recommendations
    ADD*ONE generates precise demand forecasts and builds a company-wide, aligned demand plan based on them—complete with clear, actionable recommendations for every department and every individual item.
  • Planning tailored to your needs
    Whether by item, customer, region, or product group, you can plan at exactly the levels that matter most to your success. Even complex combinations can be mapped with full flexibility.

Demand AI Forecasting Service

The lean entry-level solution for AI-driven demand forecasting.

  • Add-in forecasting for your demand planning
    The Forecasting Service integrates seamlessly into your existing planning environment—such as your ERP system or Excel—enhancing it with reliable AI-driven forecasts, without the need for large IT projects, high upfront investments, or complex process changes.
  • Reliable forecasts, even with complex data
    The AI delivers stable demand forecasts—even with fluctuating demand, promotional spikes, or incomplete data—so you can make better day-to-day ordering decisions.
  • Factor in external influences
    Incorporate external variables such as weather or marketing campaigns, and gain visibility into risk intervals for more informed planning.

How Companies Optimize Their Demand Planning with ADD*ONE

Our forecasts have become significantly more accurate—especially for promotional items, where the improvement is clearly noticeable. Planning errors are now a thing of the past. 
Robert Wilck, Business Development Manager Supply Chain/Logistics at Rügenwalder Mühle

Significant efficiency gains and a reduced day-to-day workload

Greater transparency and improved delivery performance

Significantly more accurate and stable forecasts—especially for promotional items

Our planning has become much more transparent, allowing us to identify deviations early on. The high level of detail also enables our controlling team to generate highly accurate projections for volumes and revenue.
Ludwig Streitwieser, Head of Sales Controlling at Bergader

Centralized demand planning for all departments in a single system

Automated planning of 90% of all base volumes, resulting in a noticeable reduction in manual planning effort

Significantly higher forecast accuracy

We were looking for a solution that would allow us to further process data from SAP and use it to generate forward-looking forecasts for an 18-month planning horizon. 
Lukas Fischer, Former Head of Integrated Business Planning at Emmi

Revenue, demand, and cost development in a single process

Replenishment lead times were cut in half

Within just three days, around 80% of data exchange was already handled digitally via the interface

The precise planning at the weekly level is a huge advantage for us. Previously, we only looked at everything on a monthly basis, which could lead to supply gaps. Now we can see exactly when promotions take place, which makes our day-to-day work much easier.
Tobias Heinemann,Head of Supply Chain Management at Coppenrath & Wiese 

Multidimensional demand planning at the weekly level

Improved visualization and data transparency

Significant reduction in workload and strong support for employees through the software

The level of transparency in planning is outstanding. One of the key reasons we chose ADD*ONE again is the accessibility and the way the planning data is presented.
Alexej Filippenko,Project Lead for ADD*ONE Demand Planning at BÖLLHOFF

Reduction in planning effort and inventory levels

Minimized risk of errors and greater control in planning

Optimization of service levels and availability

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Demand Planning as a Success Factor: Increase Revenue. Reduce Effort.

In this info paper, we share five practical tips to make your demand planners’ work easier—and help your business achieve better results.

Success Factor Demand Planning: More Sales. Less Effort.

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