Demand planners
Forecasting and demand analysis.
Supply Chain Planning Software
Supply Chain Planning Software for Demand & Supply
Spreadsheet plans fall behind the moment demand or supply shifts. Agnotic Technologies builds supply chain planning software that forecasts demand and supply, sets inventory targets and plans procurement and production, connected to your ERP, WMS and OMS.
Demand ForecastingInventory OptimizationScenario PlanningAI Analytics
Trusted by global innovators
What is supply chain planning software?
Supply chain planning software forecasts demand, sets inventory targets and turns them into purchasing, production and distribution plans across a network of plants, warehouses and suppliers. Agnotic Technologies builds supply chain planning software for logistics and operations teams, connected to the ERP, WMS and OMS that hold real orders and stock, so plans run on live data.
Too much inventory ties up cash and too little loses sales. Supply chain planning software adds scenario, capacity and distribution planning, supplier collaboration and risk management, so the network follows real demand instead of last month's spreadsheet.
What it is
Demand and supply, balanced
A supply chain planning platform forecasts demand and supply, optimizes inventory, and plans procurement, production, and distribution across the network with scenario planning.
Connected to ERP, WMS, and OMS, it gives planning teams a real-time engine to balance supply and demand.
What do we build into supply chain planning software?
Each capability tightens the match between supply and demand across the network.
Demand Forecasting
Forecast demand with AI and predictive analytics.
Supply Forecasting
Forecast supply and balance against demand.
Inventory Optimization
Optimize inventory levels across the network.
Procurement & Production Planning
Plan procurement and integrate production planning.
Supplier Collaboration
Supplier collaboration workflows in planning.
Scenario & Capacity Planning
Scenario planning and capacity planning.
Distribution & Logistics Planning
Distribution planning and logistics optimization.
Supply Chain Risk Management
Manage supply-chain risk across the plan.
AI Analytics & ERP Integration
AI supply-chain analytics and real-time dashboards with ERP/WMS/OMS integration.
Where it runs
Who uses supply chain planning software?
Planning, demand, and operations teams balancing supply and demand.
Supply planners
Supply forecasting and balancing.
Inventory teams
Inventory optimization across sites.
Procurement
Procurement planning and suppliers.
Production planning
Production and capacity planning.
Supply-chain leaders
Scenario planning and risk.
Why it matters
Match supply to demand
- Forecast demand and supply accurately
- Optimize inventory to free cash
- Plan procurement and production together
- Test decisions with scenario planning
- Manage supply-chain risk proactively
- Plan on live data, not spreadsheets
Imbalance is expensive both ways
Too much inventory ties up cash; too little loses sales. Better planning tightens the balance and frees working capital.
Forecast
Demand and supply accurately
Optimized
Inventory across the network
Scenario
Decisions tested before commit
Domain & connectivity
Which planning areas and systems does it cover?
Demand PlanningInventoryS&OPScenarioRiskERP / WMS / OMS
Sizing
What sizes a demand planning build?
A demand planning build is sized by the SKU and location combinations forecast, the hierarchy levels, years of sales history, promotion and price inputs, forecast cadence, consensus and S&OP steps, and the ERP and WMS feeds. Agnotic Technologies maps each one with your planners.
| Driver | Question to answer before scoping | What it changes in the build |
|---|---|---|
| SKU and location combinations | How many item and location pairs need a forecast, including slow movers and new items? | Sets the compute and storage plan, and whether slow movers need their own forecasting method |
| Forecast levels | Which levels do planners and finance review: item, family, brand, site, region or channel? | Each level needs reconciliation up and down the hierarchy so totals agree wherever someone looks |
| Years of sales history | How many years of clean order or shipment history exist, and where were stockouts hiding true demand? | Short or distorted history means cleaning and demand reconstruction before any model is trained |
| Promotions, prices and events | Are promotion calendars, price changes and events recorded with dates in a system the build can read? | Each causal input needs a feed, a history and a way to tell the model when it applies in future |
| Weekly or daily cadence | Do planners replan weekly, or do stores and warehouses need daily forecasts? | Daily cadence multiplies runs, data loads and monitoring compared with a weekly cycle |
| Consensus and S&OP review steps | Who adjusts the statistical forecast, who approves it, and how does it feed the S&OP meeting? | Adds override screens, approval steps, version history and the record of who changed what |
| ERP and WMS feeds | Which ERP, WMS and order systems hold sales, inventory and open orders, and can they send data by API or file? | Every system adds an extract, mapping and daily checks, and the approved plan must flow back to ERP |
Every build reports forecast error and bias at each level, so planners can see where the forecast misses and in which direction, not one accuracy number for the whole business.
Facts and sources
Which EDI standards carry planning data?
Short facts we design forecast, replenishment and purchasing feeds around, each linked to its primary source.
The X12 830 Planning Schedule with Release Capability transfers forecast and material release information between organizations, as a simple forecast, a forecast that authorizes the seller to commit labor or material, or a forecast that also releases orders.
Source: X12 Transaction SetsThe X12 852 Product Activity Data transaction advises a trading partner of inventory, sales and other product activity, so the receiver can plan and ship or propose replenishment quantities for distribution centers, warehouses or retail outlets.
Source: X12 Transaction SetsThe X12 850 Purchase Order transaction is used to place purchase orders for goods and services, and should not be used to convey purchase order changes or acknowledgments.
Source: X12 Transaction Sets
Frequently Asked Questions
Visibility shows what's happening now across the chain; planning decides what should happen: forecasts, inventory targets, procurement, and production. They pair well: visibility feeds planning with real-time data.
Yes. It supports sales-and-operations planning and scenario/what-if planning so teams can test decisions (demand shifts, supply disruptions, capacity changes) before committing.
It uses AI and predictive analytics over your history and signals to improve forecast accuracy versus manual methods; accuracy depends on data quality, which we assess during discovery.
Yes. We integrate ERP, WMS, and OMS so plans reflect real inventory, orders, and production, and we exchange forecasts and orders with suppliers over EDI or APIs where they need them. We scope integrations during discovery.
Yes. It optimizes inventory targets across your network (plants, DCs and other locations), balancing service levels against carrying cost, and pairs with distribution planning so stock sits where demand needs it. That frees working capital tied up as excess in the wrong places.
Yes. Procurement planning translates the demand and supply plan into purchasing, and supplier collaboration workflows share forecasts and commitments with suppliers. Supply is lined up against the plan instead of negotiated shipment by shipment, which also surfaces supply-chain risk earlier.
Buy when a packaged planning suite fits your network, planning levels and review steps with configuration alone. Build when your planning logic is a competitive edge, your data sits in systems the suites do not read well, or planners keep falling back to spreadsheets around the tool you already own.
Cost follows the number of item and location combinations planned, the planning levels that must reconcile, the ERP, WMS and supplier feeds involved, and the review and approval steps planners need. The sizing table above lists the questions we answer with you before we scope a build.
It depends on how clean your sales and inventory history is, how many systems feed the plan, how many sites and planning levels are in scope and how the S&OP review works today. One planning area on one ERP moves fastest. We give you a scoped plan after the scoping call.
Yes. A first release covers one workflow, such as a weekly demand forecast by item and warehouse that planners review, adjust and send back to ERP. Supply planning, scenarios and supplier collaboration are added in later releases.
AI tools help our engineers draft code and tests, but a person reviews every change, and it passes the same automated tests and security checks as any other code. Which tools may see your code or data is agreed with you at the start.
Ready to balance supply and demand?
Tell us about your network, planning processes, and systems. Our supply chain planning software services start with a plan for forecasting and optimization built around them.
contact@agnotic.com
Partnerships
contact@agnotic.com