Demantra Implementation
MetaChain | Demantra
As on official Oracle® business partner MetaChain has implemented the Demantra solution at multiple customers in a variety of industries. MetaChain’s proven methodology helped clients to be successful with their Demantra software implementation. Successful projects are the basis for MetaChain’s consulting agreements. This includes meeting business requirements, knowledge transfer to the business owners, detailed business processes and easy to operate software applications. In addition the project costing and timeline are important factors to define the success of a project.
Demantra Experience
MetaChain’s consulting experience using the Demantra forecasting tool goes back more than 10 years when Demantra (at that time Eventus Logistics) was a strategic partner from Numetrix (acquired by Oracle via PeopleSoft and JD Edwards) for the forecasting solution. Since then MetaChain was involved in multiple implementations in the Americas and Europe including but not limited to the following requirements:
- One-number forecasting
- Improved forecast accuracy
- Collaboration between multiple departments
- Demand planning process that includes trading partners and customers
- Manage promotions, product introductions and obsolete products
- Determine safety stock levels
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Demantra Approach
The Demantra implementation approach is based on MetaChain’s experience and contains the following steps that are important for a successful implementation:
- Develop a change management plan
- Determine business requirements including business processes
- Develop an implementation plan based on size and scope of the implementation
- Map business processes to the Demantra setups and processes
- Develop prototype and gain acceptance from key stakeholders
- Identify areas of improvements
Demand Management
Demand management is the starting point of any supply chain in a demand driven environment. The demand plan is based on different demand sources (typically historic information and/or sales orders) and is used for different planning levels including financial planning, network optimization, production and distribution planning and production scheduling. The forecasting process considers different economical information that is used by internal and external stakeholders to determine a consensus forecast. Within the Sales and Operational Planning different information streams are compared and delivered in a user friendly environment to be reviewed by executives, management and planners.
Demantra History
Demantra was acquired by Oracle around 2 years ago to replace the Oracle forecasting applications (Demand Planning and Demand Management). Demantra is used by multiple customers in a variety of industries to manage their demand planning process.
Demantra Software
Demantra helps organization with a variety of business problems. Demantra is a robust, scalable, feature-rich and easy to use application that offers different modules:
- Demand Management & Advanced Forecasting
- Sales & Operation Planning
- Predictive Trade Planning
