Read the demand
Bring the consensus forecast and confirmed orders into a single planning horizon.
PLANNING / SUPPLY
Make the supply plan executable.
A forecast becomes useful when the team can decide what to buy, make, move, and promise. Bring demand, inventory, materials, capacity, and supplier commitments into the same review.
ILLUSTRATIVE SUPPLY REVIEW01 / 04
One constraint changes the plan.
Demand to cover1,200 units
Available stock420 units
Production before due date600 units
Exception for review180 units
Illustrative scenario, not a product screenshot or customer result.
DEMAND→ MATERIALS→ SUPPLY→ EXECUTION
THE SUPPLY LOOP / 02
Connect the plan to the work that fulfills it.
The supply review should show a feasible option, the constraint behind it, its owner, and the action that follows approval.
Check available supply
See on-hand inventory, open purchases, transfers, work orders, and expected receipts by location.
Test constraints
Review material availability, supplier lead time, minimums, and production capacity against the due date.
Choose the response
Compare buy, make, transfer, or re-promise options and show their effect on service and inventory.
Execute with control
Assign an owner, approve the chosen action, and follow its status through purchasing, production, and fulfillment.
CUSTOMER PROOF / 03
A real buy-or-transfer decision at scale.
At Sumatec, more than 3 million inventory records across 80 warehouses feed recommendations for over 50,000 SKUs. The team reviews purchases and transfers before approved actions are sent to its ERP.
Read the Sumatec story
Scope the constraints that matter to you.
Material and capacity planning differ by plant, ERP, and supplier network. The evaluation maps your sources, decision rights, and writeback before production use.
FAQ / 05
Supply planning questions
How does supply planning differ from demand planning?
Demand planning estimates what customers will need. Supply planning tests how the business can meet that demand with available inventory, purchasing, production, capacity, and lead times.
Can the plan consider multiple warehouses?
Yes. The documented Sumatec workflow evaluates inventory across 80 warehouses and recommends transfers before additional purchases when another location has safe surplus.
Does every recommendation execute automatically?
No. Teams define approval and exception rules. The intended action and its source data remain visible before a controlled writeback to the ERP.
NEXT / 06
Put one constrained order on the table.
Bring the due date, inventory, open supply, and capacity assumptions. We will trace the options and the approval path together.
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