2. Demand Management Integration
Systems integration is key to efficiently addressing the kinds of challenges identified by our survey respondents. Highly integrated systems allow companies to drive to a “one number” state in which decisions made in the func- tional areas are all driven off a common data set. Other benefits of integration include reduced manual transfer of information from system to system, which has a posi- tive impact on speed and accuracy.
So we asked respondents how effectively their supply chain activities were integrated with the demand man- agement software/systems. These software and systems are used to manage information and form the basis of planning, sourcing, producing, and delivering products. The principal ones include demand management solu- tions, S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning), and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning). Survey participants were asked to respond to these questions on integration