# Anticipate your demand before it affects your inventory.

> A SaaS predictive engine for your S&OP: SKU-level forecasts for the short, medium and long term with machine learning. Fewer stockouts, healthier inventory.

URL: https://www.summan.com/en/solutions/analytics-capabilities/demand-forecasting/

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    <h2 class="ins-h2">Can you answer them with statistical confidence?</h2>
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      <ol class="ins-prob__lista"><li><b>01</b><span>Do you have reliable forecasts for every SKU this month?</span></li><li><b>02</b><span>Is your current inventory tying up the cash flow you need to grow?</span></li><li><b>03</b><span>Are you losing sales to stockouts that could have been avoided?</span></li><li><b>04</b><span>What does your cash flow look like over the next 6 months based on real demand?</span></li></ol>
      <div class="ins-con lp-con"><p class="lp-con__t">With Demand Forecasting</p><p>Dynamic models that anticipate demand behavior, turn uncertainty into high-precision probabilistic scenarios and back your team's experience with statistical rigor. Your team leaves Excel behind and focuses on production, storage and purchasing decisions.</p></div>
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Video: [Demand planning as a service (in Spanish)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm4hvQXZFPU) — How Summan's demand planning and forecasting service works for S&OP processes (2:09)

## What sets us apart

Your data is evaluated with **multiple algorithms that compete in every cycle**, and the system automatically selects the best one for each SKU.

!kpi Up to 80% | less time spent on manual planning
!kpi Profitability | weighted accuracy that prioritizes your highest-cost products
!kpi Holistic view | accounts for stockouts, credit notes and commercial promotions
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    <ol class="ins-mods lp-mods--4"><li><b>01</b><h3>Data ingestion</h3><p>Connection to your historical data and market variables.</p></li><li><b>02</b><h3>Machine learning</h3><p>The engine evaluates multiple models and assigns the winning method to each SKU.</p></li><li><b>03</b><h3>Forecast delivery</h3><p>Interactive dashboards and short, medium and long-term projections.</p></li><li><b>04</b><h3>S&OP consensus</h3><p>The baseline forecast is the starting point for planning between sales and operations.</p></li></ol>
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      <ul class="ins-checks"><li><strong>Inventory management:</strong> capital freed up and the availability your customers expect.</li><li><strong>Supply chain efficiency:</strong> lower logistics and storage costs.</li><li><strong>Cash flow:</strong> financial projections based on predictable demand.</li><li><strong>Scalability:</strong> adapts to your industry and size.</li></ul>
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    <p class="lp-frase__t">Short, medium and long-term projections and interactive dashboards to <span>audit your business lines and critical SKUs</span>.</p>
    
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    <p>Discover how Demand Forecasting can help you <strong>avoid stockouts, free up capital and project your cash flow</strong>.</p>
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## Frequently asked questions

### What is S&OP?
Sales and Operations Planning is the process that aligns expected demand with production, purchasing, inventory and finance. The demand forecast is its starting point.

### What data is needed?
Sales history by SKU and the commercial variables that explain it, such as stockouts, credit notes and promotions.

### Does it replace my planning team?
It gives them a reliable starting point. The sales and operations team still decides by consensus, now with more time for analysis and less for manual calculation.

### What does it mean that it is SaaS?
It is contracted as a cloud service: Summan operates the predictive engine, updates the forecasts every cycle and keeps the dashboards available.
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