Forecasting & Procurement System

Acteos places forecasting and logistics procurement at the heart of Supply Chain activities. The Acteos demand planning software adapts to your organization and your markets, which make up a complex and dynamic system.

Acteos prioritizes the integration of demand forecasting and logistics procurement in Supply Chain operations.

Acteos Forecasting & Procurement System (FPS) is a multi-level procurement management and sales forecasting software that can be installed at each node of your Supply Chain: factory, warehouse, service provider, point of sale, foreign subsidiary, website, drive, and more.

With Acteos Forecating and Procurement System, companies switch from a simple centralized procurement flow to a point of sales driven and multi-level Supply Chain Managmenent organization (flowcasting).

Acteos streamlines your Supply Chain operations

Data retrieval

Repository, inventory, sales, movements, work in progress…

Forecast calculation

Calculation of daily forecasts for each logistics node

Safety Stock calculation

Service level, shelf facing capacity, shelf-life of products (DLC)…

Quantity planning

Order based on availability schedules and opening calendars

The FPS process is launched daily for each site

Order Planning and Financial Optimization

Speculation, rounding, quantitative pricing scales

Order control

Pre-invoicing, portal validation, invoice control

Order-line control

Dynamic multi-criteria selection, Carrier portal

Forecasting & Procurement by Acteos : Features and Benefits

The key points

Acteos FPS can run any preparation process both modes single and multi-channel

Launch orders to be prepared (multi-criterion selection), load calculation
Dispatch for operators and progression follow up
Preparation circuits optimization, containers optimization, preparation statistics
Cross-docking (interception and allotment)
Packing, picking preparation, retail preparation, full pallets preparation, mechanized preparation, multi-customer, multidestination
Customer constraints managemement
Labelling, slotting
Vocal, radio, paper, mechanized picking / pick to Light

Main features

Orders proposal optimization
Manual or computer aided validations
Help for decision making / controling and Business Intelligence tools
Events and phenomena / knowledge database (Promotions, marketing shares)
Natural integration with existing related solutions W MS, TMS, POS Backoffice, central procurement (APS) and the whole range of Acteos products and modules

Forecasting performance

Acteos Forecasting & Procurement System is based on a new forecast technology and algorithms developed by Acteos after several years of research :

Pre-treatment and cleaning of the data
Accurate sales forecasts in short, medium and long term
Calculation of optimal safety stocks forecasts based on the required service level
Exceptional events detection, automatic and daily tuning of the engine
Research the right aggregation and forecasting level for products with low turnover (family, range, area, suppliers…)
Smart selection of best algorithms and models

Constraints Management

Acteos Forecasting & Procurement System is a complete solution designed with and for the retailing users. It takes into account :

Multi-site / Multi-channel context
Storage capacity and store surface
Products lead time (suppliers orders, deliveries, stock cards)
Advanced management calendar store
Facing, service level, point of sales strategy
Explanatory variables correlated to sales (weather, economic context, promotions and operations…).

Advance AI Technology

Acteos Forecasing & Procurement System is the first product by Acteos based on the state of the art in technological and open standards :

Full J2E Techno (multi-application server : Oracle, JBoss…)
Multi-database (Oracle, PostgreSQL)
Web 2.0 multi-browser interface (CSS, AJAX)
Available in SaaS mode (rent and use the product on the WEB)

25 to 40 %

Is the inventory level decrease after installing an expert procurement and forecasting software. Acteos Forecasting & Procurement System (FPS) produces cummulative earnings at each level of the Supply Chain: Warehouses, Platforms, Distribution Centers and Point of Sales.

Is the Quality of Service level observed after installing FPS without a major impact on safety stocks. Moreover, a 50 % decrease of the shortages and inventory losses.

Satisfying your customers as your priority…

Acteos will enable you to reduce noticeably in a few months your shortages and your point of sales inventory level. It provides to your whole Supply Chain the essential data to reduce costs and optimize activity !