Demand Collaboration Portal (DCP)

RockySoft’s Demand Collaboration Portal (DCP) is a web-based tool for collaborative forecast development. It provides browser-based access to capture external forecast information from customers, internal and external team members, eliminating the need to coordinate updates through cumbersome spreadsheets.

Collaborate to build the most accurate forecasts by enabling everyone involved in demand management to work cooperatively via the Internet. DCP enables synchronized modifications, forecast process workflow, and automatic consolidation of plans. Assist your customers in developing a realistic projection of future demand by providing the proper sales forecast feedback, such as visibility into customer buying patterns. Use DCP to simplify current processes for capturing critical demand information to most effectively maintain the proper inventory levels and meet customer expectations.

Take control of collecting forecasts from external sources

Equip demand planning stakeholders to make valuable contributions to the forecast with web-based collaboration.  Each planning stakeholder is presented a customized interface of their market through an aggregated view of their customers and products. This information is in an easy-to-understand presentation of past sales performance and suggested forecasts (statistically generated). DCP provides each stakeholder with an update on the currency of information and status of each forecast update.  At the same time, central forecast control can actively monitor the status of these updates within Demand Manager through the DCP control panel.

Benefits

• Improved forecast accuracy
• Insight – portal consolidates customer knowledge gained by sales force to be shared with planners
• Reduced exposure to obsolete inventory
• Increased revenue and sales - purchase and manufacture plans aligned to customers expectations

Advantages

• Utilize the power of the web to neatly synchronize your customer forecasts
• Save time using DCP to automatically integrate customer forecasts into Demand Manager
• Centralized view—use the DCP Control Panel in Demand Manager to check the update status
• Historical reference—track the updates and last revision date of a forecast in DCP
• Statistically generated forecast—available for sales force reference when entering their forecast
• Intuitive interface requires little training for use
• Past year’s sales activity visible to forecasters when making forecasts
• Forecasters can drill down into detailed Demand Manager graphical views in one click
• DCP never sleeps—available around the clock, anywhere in the world

Product Literature

Demand Collaboration Portal (PDF)