The new planning process starts with (i) corporate sales planning, which sets the frames for the (ii) tactical demand planning activities at the 12 business areas. The forecasts are thereafter input to the (iii) need planning process, which in turn drives the (iv) supplier capacity planning process and the planning of the distribution supply chain (transport, warehouse, and retail-store planning). The planning process is owned by a central function at IKEA of Sweden (IoS), where decisions concerning the number of articles, purchasing, suppliers, distribution, and retail-store coordination are made. As such, IoS is the Centre of all planning activities in the new process.