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    Which SKUs are holding us back?

    Pick winners through automated categorization.

    NOA can rank them for you.
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    Where will we stockout next?

    Be alerted ahead of time so action can be taken.

    NOA can tell you.
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    Where do I carry too much inventory?

    Free up capital for new priorities.

    NOA can optimize it.

Demand Planning & Inventory Optimization as a Service

Analytics expertise for your priorities.

You need better inventory management. We can give you state of the art optimization without the operational costs of licensing and integration.

Demand Planning & Inventory Optimization

We can provide a precise order schedule to maintain a streamlined inventory, and alert you to exceptions to prevent stockouts.

Predictive & Prescriptive Analytics

Deep experience in modeling, simulation, AI, and statistics to give you a probablistic view of the future, and optimized decision making.

Consulting & Integration

Selecting demand planning software? NOA can help you make an effective choice and do the integration to make it work reliably.

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Recent Articles

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Feb 11,2020 Comments Off on Three Levels of Analytics descriptive analytics, optimization, predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics

Three Levels of Analytics

When one hears the term “analytics”, it’s best to look closely at what exactly is meant. In his book “Mining Your Own Business”, an excellent read for decision makers, Deal & Pilcher describe ten levels/types of analytics and give expert guidance on leading analytics projects. There are three broad levels that generally apply: descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive. At its heart, analytics is a forward-focused endeavor but utilizes the past (and expert knowledge) to build a model of possible futures.

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Feb 10,2020 Comments Off on Assessing Forecastability coefficient of variation, demand forecasting, demand planning, forecast error, forecastability, mape, mapv

Assessing Forecastability

Forecasts are like school children — some are well behaved and do what is expected, but some need supervision. When implementing automated demand planning, it is important to know which SKUs you expect to receive accurate forecasts and which ones will require special treatment.

Making the effort to keep this assessment fresh will streamline your process and improve your decision-making all the way through to who is accountable for the item’s performance and whether to continue offering it. Poor forecasts can also be valuable because they can inform you that demand patterns are changing.

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