Partners & Integrated Solutions
In addition to the thousands of organizations using Forecast Pro, numerous software application developers have integrated Forecast Pro as the “forecasting engine” of choice into their planning systems after determining it to be the best of breed.
Listed below are just some of the commercially available solutions that integrate Forecast Pro.
Assiduo’s ADS 4 provides end-to-end decision-support for the distribution systems of major manufacturers. Spanning inventory optimization, demand management, and supply chain intelligence, ADS 4 guides teams of planners to new frontiers of inventory performance, forecast accuracy, and cost control. ADS 4 supports complex, multi-echelon distribution systems, drawing on advanced research in an easy to use, customizable, and robust application. An integral data warehouse, based on OLAP technology, enables analysts and senior managers alike to monitor and dissect numerous supply chain performance metrics via intuitive and powerful tools. Through its professional service offering, Assiduo brings deep expertise to bear on the real world supply chain challenges of its clients.
Vertical Industry Focus:
- Manufacturing and wholesale distribution
- Retail
- Aerospace
Assiduo Solutions Inc.
21 Tichester Road,
Suite 1202
Toronto, ON M5P 1P3
Canada
Phone: 1-647-439-4300
Website: www.assiduo.com
Email: info@assiduo.com
Agilisys is a global provider of business solutions to select manufacturing industries including food, beverage, CPG, pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnology. Our vertical industry focus translates directly into value and competitive advantage for our customers. Agilisys Demand Planning, which leverages the power and accuracy of the Forecast Pro forecasting engine, offers a Web-centric solution for demand management and collaboration. In addition to Demand Planning, Agilisys offers solutions for supply chain scheduling and planning, ERP, relationship management and Internet commerce.
Agilisys serves many of the world’s most well known and respected companies including Cargill, New Balance, Heinz, Heineken, Godiva, Organon and Valvoline.
Vertical Industry Focus:
- Food & Beverage
- Pharmaceutical
- Chemical
Agilisys, Inc.
1 Country View Road
Malvern, PA 19355
Phone: 1-866-Agilisys
Fax: 1-610-407-8151
Website: www.agilisys.com
Email: Info@agilisys.com
AGR Inventory Optimiser is an Inventory Planning solution that increases profits by eliminating unnecessary costs from the supply chain. The system is able to produce:
- Lower inventory
- Reduced workload
- Higher service levels
- Increased overview
The Inventory Optimiser uses data from any ERP system and automatically selects the best fitting forecasting method to estimate future demand. Order proposals that minimize inventory costs are generated and uploaded back into the ERP system. The system is built with emphasis on graphical representation of data and-above all-ease of use.
Vertical Industry Focus:
- Wholesale
- Distribution/Manufacturing
- Retail
AGR Dynamics Ltd
Thorncroft Manor
Thorncroft Drive
Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 8JB
Phone: +44 (0)845 468 1590
Website: www.agrdynamics.com
Email: info@agrdynamics.com
Building on more than 25 years of domain expertise, KCI Computing provides a powerful, cost-effective corporate performance management solution offering organizations of all sizes the real-time insight needed to plan, assess and drive corporate performance. KCI’s hallmark product, CONTROL, delivers end-to-end functionality for implementing and continuously monitoring strategy via ONE closed loop software product with ONE centralized repository and ONE cohesive real-time technology.
At every phase of the management cycle – planning, budgeting, forecasting, modeling, financial consolidations, analysis and reporting – and across every level of the enterprise, CONTROL bridges the gaps and addresses the complexity and fluidity of all management functions.
Vertical Industry Focus:
- Aerospace & Defense
- Manufacturing
- Financial Services
KCI Computing, Inc.
3625 Del Amo Boulevard
Suite 100
Torrance, California 90503
Phone: (310) 921-6222
Fax: (310) 921-6211
Website: www.kcicorp.com
Email: info@kcicorp.com
MaxQ Technologies, Inc. is a total business solutions provider, in the forefront of developing advanced supply chain management, business intelligence and financial applications. Demand Planning helps you turn the future from guesswork to sound prediction based on historical data, and delivers a competitive advantage by increasing your ability to respond quickly to changes in customer demand while enabling you to deliver the highest level of customer service. MaxQ also offers other products like Advanced Forecasting and Vendor Managed Inventory provide a full solution.
Vertical Industry Focus :
- Distribution
- Light Manufacturing
MaxQ Technologies, Inc.
26 Pearl Street, Norwalk, CT 06850
Phone: 203-840-8930
Fax: 203-840-8938
Website: www.maxqtechnologies.com
Email: sales@maxqtech.com
Founded in 1985, DynaSys, a division of QAD, is one of the leading providers of collaborative Demand & Supply Chain Planning solutions. DynaSys provides expert business decision-making software to market leaders of all sizes, including forecasting, planning, optimizing and performance analysis.
To respond to market complexity and to ensure customers benefit from technological innovations, DynaSys invests heavily in research and development to develop decision-support systems that are highly customizable, powerful, functional and ergonomic. DynaSys “Single Click Collaborative®â€ technology offers customers the flexibility they need for rapid, shared decision-making processes.
Vertical Industry Focus:
- Food & Beverage
- Consumer Good
- Life Science
- Automotive
- High Tech
- Distribution & Wholesale
DynaSys Headquarters
3 allée de Stockholm
67300 Schiltigheim
France
Phone: +33 (0)3 88 19 14 14
Fax : +33 (0)3 88 81 09 37
Website: www.dys.com
Email: contact@dys.com
eBizprise Forecast Suite is a cross-functional collaborative business forecasting solution with strong analytic and reporting capabilities. Via a Web browser, users can complete a wide range of tasks including generating forecasts, analyzing forecast results, and making forecast adjustments. Forecast Suite’s features include: statistical forecasting models with advanced capabilities such as event models for incorporating the effect of promotions; capabilities for supporting cross-functional collaborative forecasting processes; a multi-dimensional data modeler; a business process modeler; a worksheet designer; an advanced exception manager; and analytic reports.
Vertical Industry Focus:
- Consumer Packaged Goods
- Food & Beverage
- Consumer Electronics
- Machinery
- Pharmaceutical
eBizprise Inc.
3F.-1, No.207, Dunhua N. Rd.
Songshan Dist.
Taipei 105, Taiwan
Phone: +886 2 2546 2508
Fax: +886 2 2546 1578
Website: www.ebizprise.com
Email: info@ebizprise.com
Epicor™’s next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution has been designed for growing companies in domestic and global markets. Built on its second-generation service-oriented architecture (SOA), Epicor ERP takes business management and control to the next level by extending reach, synergy, and visibility to an organization and its trading partners. Specifically, Epicor features numerous essential embedded capabilities that manage the flow of processes right across the enterprise.
Epicor Software (NASDAQ: EPIC) is a global leader delivering business software solutions to the manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality and services industries. With 20,000 customers in over 150 countries, Epicor takes pride in more than 25 years of technology innovation delivering business solutions that provide the scalability and flexibility to build competitive advantage.
Vertical Industry Focus:
- Manufacturing
- Distribution
- Retail
- Hospitality
- Services
Epicor Software Corporation, Inc.
18200 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 1000
Irvine, CA 92612
Phone: 949-585-4000
Fax: 949-585-4091
Website: www.epicor.com
Email: Contact Us
Summary
In business since 1984, Chicago-based McConnell Chase Software Works, LLC, supplies software solutions in Sales and Operations Planning, Sales Forecasting & Demand Planning, and Inventory Planning for replenishment, supply chain DRP, and service parts . McConnell Chase supports medium-to- large customers in a wide range of industries with an outstanding feature set, superb systems integration with ERP solutions, and excellent adaptability to change, configuration needs, and challenging requirements. The MCSW mission is exceptional tools for exceptional results with good customer support.
Serving Broad Range of Industries
FD is suitable to companies in industrial products, retail, CPG, apparel, financial, electronics/high tech, energy, automotive, automotive parts, aerospace and aerospace parts, chemicals, process industry, food and beverage, publishing, hardware, household goods, pharmaceuticals, power production, replacement parts, and others.
McConnell Chase supplies its solutions typically to medium to large businesses. Its solutions are industry and IT platform independent, meaning that they apply equally well across a wide spectrum of industries and integrate quickly and superbly with any IT platform, such as SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft, JD Edwards, Infor, SSA, Baan, QAD, Microsoft Dynamics, Epicor, Ross, IFS, home-grown, etc.
McConnell Chase Software Works, LLC
P.O. Box 159
Winnetka, IL 60093
Phone: 773-528-2695
Website: www.mcconnellchase.com
Email: mcswcontact@mcconnellchase.com
Forecast Modeling by e2b teknologies’ provides seamless integration between ForecastPro and Sage MAS 500. Major features include:
- Statistical Forecasting – Generated automatically from Sage MAS 500 sales history.
- Start Dates – Define a specific date to begin calculating demand forecasts for new items.
- Forecast Templates – Define templates for items with no sales history.
- End Dates – Phase-out items and define end dates to stop generating demand forecasts.
- Replacement Items – Use sales history from a phased-out item to calculate demand for the replacement item.
- Business Intelligence – Analyze statistical forecasts and perform rough-cut financial forecasting and cash flow projections.
Vertical Industry Focus:
- Wholesale Distribution
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Process Manufacturing
e2b teknologies (Sage MAS 500)
1 Victoria Square
Suite 305
Painesville, OH 44077
Phone: 440.352.4700
Fax: 440.352.9342
Web site: www.e2btek.com
Email: sales@e2btek.com
Fourth Shift Corporation is a Minneapolis-based global application software company that provides an Internet-enabled Enterprise Resources Planning software suite of products and a host of consulting and technology services. Fourth Shift software is licensed by more than 3,700 customer sites in 60 countries and is translated in more than a dozen languages. Licensees include some of the fastest growing manufacturers and global enterprises from the Global 2500. The company maintains close strategic relationships with leading information technology vendors, including Microsoft, Micro Data Base Systems (mdbs) and IBM. Fourth Shift is a Microsoft certified Solution Provider Partner.
Fourth Shift Corporation
Two Meridian Crossings
Minneapolis, MN 55423
612-851-1500
Website: www.fs.com
Infor ERP VISUAL is a manufacturing-centric software solution delivering end-to-end functionality, low cost of ownership, and ease of use to serve the needs of diverse manufacturing models, including engineer-to-order, make-to-order, configure-to-order, make-to-stock, and assembly-to-order.
It’s an ideal solution for an emerging manufacturer looking at ERP for the first time, a business unit in a larger organization that needs specialized functionality or anything in-between.
Infor ERP VISUAL has helped companies achieve results including:
- 50% reduction in manufacturing lead times
- 50% reduction in work-in-progress inventory levels
- 100% improvement in productivity
- 67% reduction in quoted lead times
Vertical Industry Focus:
- Manufacturers
- Wholesale distributors
- Make-to-order
Infor Global Solutions
13560 Morris Road
Suite 4100
Alpharetta, GA 30004
Phone: (800) 916-2911
Website: http://go.infor.com/visual
Email: erpvisual@infor.com
Since 2002, WebConcepts has been delivering best-in-class industry-leading Supply Chain solutions at a fraction of the cost of competitive offerings.
iPLAN enables you to establish an efficient, effective and comprehensive demand planning operation based on sound, proven methodologies while conforming to your business practices and requirements. It delivers fast, reliable and more accurate forecasts from a full range of statistical forecasting models, accommodating the needs of both small/medium businesses and large enterprises.
iRIM is a complete solution for retail inventory management and replenishment, enabling suppliers to manage and replenish inventories across complex multi-location networks efficiently and with an astonishing degree of precision.
Vertical Industry Focus:
- Consumer Electronics
- Home Entertainment
- Consumer Packaged Goods
WebConcepts, Inc.
1431 Greenway Drive, Suite 800
Irving, TX 75038
Website: www.wcisoft.com
Email: jim_everett@wcisoft.com
Macola 10 empowers you to manage core business functions such as project management, finance, HR and CRM, as well as streamline business process management — including automation, workflows and document management. By giving you a more natural ERP experience and addressing your challenges, Macola 10 improves the way customers interact with your company. The better customer experience, the greater likelihood they continue to order from you, order more from you, and speak highly of working with you, which all helps your business grow.
Macola 10 is the next evolution of Macola and is a huge leap forward toward a more natural ERP experience that increases the speed, accuracy, and reliability of operating your business.
Resulting from BFS working together with Macola for many years, Forecast Pro is integrated not only with Macola 10, but also with Progression and ES (Enterprise Suite).
For additional information, please contact your Exact Software reseller or account manager.
Exact Software
8800 Lyra Drive
Suite 350
Columbus, OH 43240
Telephone: 800-468-0834
Fax: 866-544-5456
Website: www.exactamerica.com
WAM Systems, Inc. develops advanced supply chain planning solutions designed exclusively for the chemical industry. Picaso™, its premier advanced supply chain planning solution used by leading chemical manufacturers, provides a broad set of decision support and optimization tools that address collaborative sales forecasting, production optimization, inventory management, distribution network optimization, production planning and scheduling, and procurement planning. The company also provides a full range of consulting, support, training and implementation services.
Vertical Industry Focus:
- Chemical
WAM Systems
2250 Hickory Road
Suite 410
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
Phone: 484-530-4380
Fax: 484-530-4854
Website: www.wamsystems.com
Email: info@wamsystems.com
Sales Forecasting for Microsoft Dynamics™ AX is a fully integrated module for Dynamics AX that calculates forecasts of future sales demand, providing a powerful tool that enables companies to intelligently plan ahead. Forecasts are calculated automatically using formulae that can be specified for all items, groups of items or individual items.
Microsoft Dynamics AX is a comprehensive ERP solution for midsize and larger organizations that empowers people to work effectively, manage change, and compete globally. Microsoft Dynamics AX delivers a rich industry foundation on which partners build specialist applications for the manufacturing, distribution, retail, services and the public sector markets.
Vertical Industry Focus:
- Process Manufacturing
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Wholesale Distribution
Adaptable Solutions Limited
2 Manukau Road, Newmarket
Auckland 1149
New Zealand
Phone: +64 9 523 2405
Fax: +64 9 523 2406
Website: www.adaptable.co.nz
Email: dynamics@adaptable.co.nz
StrataView is a Collaborative Forecasting and Decision Support System specifically designed for the Corporate Sales, Marketing and Finance environment. Sales, Orders, Profitability, Budgets, Forecasts and Inventory can all be analyzed from every angle with the power of an easy to use drill down reporting system. ForecastPro output is automatically incorporated into StrataView across your entire business hierarchy, (not just the levels of your script), along with any conversions from Units to Dollars, Costs and Margins.
Goddard Information Systems Limited
135 Main Street North
Suite 303
Markham, Ontario L3P 1Y2
CANADA
Tel: (905) 471-3811; Toll Free 1-866 StrataV
Fax: (905) 471-3431
Website: www.strataview.com
Email: info@strataview.com
Stratum™ is an integrated suite of analytic applications featuring completely integratable modules for Sales Performance Management, Marketing Performance Management, Manufacturing Performance Management, Procurement Performance Management, e-Business Performance Management, Customer Relationship Analytics and Activity Cost Management.
The Stratum suite features hundreds of pre-built, best-of-breed analytical views and reports that allow business users to gain instant accessibility to information, drill down and examine the data in a number of ways, and make knowledge-based decisions. Stratum also offers exception management functionality and closed-loop processing capabilities for automatically triggering actions in ERP, CRM and other Web-based transaction systems based on analysis findings.
Combined with Forecast Pro, the Stratum™ module for sales performance management allows businesses to better manage product portfolios through comprehensive demand planning, forecasting and analysis. It is an ideal solution for supply chain businesses that must support rapid product introductions, complex and shorter product lifecycles, varied product configurations and other complex issues related to demand planning.
Silvon Software, Inc.
900 Oakmont Lane
Suite 400
Westmont, IL 60559
Phone: 630-655-3313 or 800-874-5866
Fax: 630-655-3377
Website: www.silvon.com
Email: info@silvon.com
Supply Chain Planning (SCP) is a powerful, intuitive, and affordable tool for controlling inventory as well as establishing VMI partnerships. SCP includes forecasting and planning (DRP), constraint control, and optimized scheduling. Unique integration capabilities connect SCP to ERP systems and other data sources quickly. SCP recommends what to make (or purchase), how much to make, and when to make it in order to fulfill anticipated customer demand and maintain, but not exceed, desirable inventory levels.
A disciplined use of SCP streamlines inventory levels resulting in lower inventory costs and a significant increase in customer service.
Jada Management Systems proudly serves businesses of all sizes including HP, Avery Dennison, Maytag, CCL, and Kintetsu.
Vertical Industry Focus:
- Distribution/Manufacturing/3PL
- Paper/Publishing
- Service part
Jada Management Systems, LLC
19775 Derby Street
West Linn, OR 97068 USA
Phone: +1 (503) 744-0699
Website: http://www.jadaman.com
Email: jms@jadaman.com
Pan-Pro provides a suite of innovative integrated business solutions targeted to grow your business and reduce costs. Pan-Pro incorporates sophisticated forecasting and patented optimization algorithms designed specifically for the Electrical / Datacom / Industrial Automation industries.
At the heart of Pan-Pro™s supply chain solutions is SCO. SCO optimizes the Supply Channel and automates repetitive replenishment activities, allowing manufacturers and their strategic partners to focus on mutual growth.
Project Fulfillment Optimization (PFO) builds on SCO to automatically ensure that the supply channel is completely aligned to anticipate pre-scheduled material demand and have local inventory in place at the distributor before the scheduled requirement.
SAVVY™ by Pan-Pro enables high level objective collaboration, identifies specific actionable plans to grow market share and provides instant access to information when you need it, where you need it.
Pan-Pro solutions relieve time pressure by enabling your current team to accomplish more and generate an attractive ROI with our predictable flat rate pricing.
Pan-Pro L.L.C.
6200 W. 175th Street
Tinley Park, IL 60477
Phone: 888.507.5400
Fax: 708.532.2292
Website: www.pan-pro.com
Email: marketing@pan-pro.com
SYSPRO enterprise software is a totally integrated solution that encompasses: ERP, APS, CRM, E-Commerce, Business Analytics and Warehouse Management.
The SYSPRO product offering includes a choice of more than 40 application modules, ranging from accounting, sales, purchasing, inventory, ABC (Activity Based Costing), Web Services, APS (Advanced Planning, Scheduling), RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) Remote Site Interface to Engineering Change Control (ECC), CRM/SRM (Customer Relationship Management/Supply Relationship Management), EDI, Bar Coding, and Product Configuration.
SYSPRO e.net solutions is a component architecture that gives authorized individuals the ability to interact with SYSPRO data over the Web as well as from remote devices. SYSPRO e.net solutions also facilitates the integration of other best-of-breed applications with SYSPRO software.
Vertical Industry Focus:
- Equipment Manufacturing & Distribution
- Industrial and Commercial Machinery Manufacturing & Distribution
- Plastics Injection Mold & Extrusion Manufacturing; Plastics Distributor
SYSPRO
959 South Coast Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone: 714/437-1000
Fax: 714/437-1407
Website: www.syspro.com
Email: Info@us.syspro.com
APC is dedicated to solving strategic management, supply chain, and manufacturing optimization problems including, new product pipeline planning, sourcing of raw materials and products, planning and scheduling of production, warehouse management, and logistics planning. The installation of VirtECS enables a company to devise intuitive solutions to complex problems, respond quickly to changing conditions, and justify key decisions based on data.
Advanced Process Combinatorics
P.O. Box 2324
3000 Kent Avenue, D1-200
West Lafayette, IN 47906
Phone: (765) 497-9969 Ext. 113
Fax: (765) 463-5126
Website: www.combination.com
Email: info@combination.com
