Forecast the way you want

DSX provides a combination of ease of use and analytic sophistication. DSX’s real-world proven forecasting engine is joined by a suite of tools that allows our customers’ business expertise to be incorporated into the demand plan. Demand Solutions knows that people drive the best demand plans, and as such DSX was built to empower your organization. DSX is elegant, powerful, functional and easy to use.

• DSX is the only forecasting engine that allows you to forecast for any time unit – weeks, months or quarters – for any item in one database
• DSX offers the Box Jenkins algorithm with optimized parameters so that forecasters don’t need to deal with its complexity to garner the benefits
• DSX makes advanced filtering, segmentation and analysis capabilities available so that planners can drill down to any level of detail and focus on the most profitable opportunities

Plan the way you want

Planners can see as detailed information as they want in DSX by drilling down into the data e.g. by item, customer, region, DC, etc. This visibility allows planners to focus on areas of the business that need the most attention.

• View and manage all inventory in a supply chain network
• Constrain orders by shipping capacities such as container or minimum order quantity and by seasonality, material shortages, labor and warehouse space
• See demand forecasts, history and on-hand inventory all in one screen

Create the user experience you want

Demand Solutions knows that there are an infinite number of ways a planner can view, interpret, and analyze their data. DSX was built utilizing the most powerful, flexible technology available so that you can spend your time acting on data, not navigating through it. With the understanding that no two customers are the same, DSX was built on the principle that you need the flexibility to plan to each individual customer’s unique requirements. Every screen can be customized so that even the most complex and disparate user requirements can be met.

DSX allows you to make more sense of your data:

• Create global, public and private workspaces with limitless options and navigate your workspaces with Microsoft’s familiar Ribbon technology
• Conduct what-if scenarios with sandbox technology with the ability to seamlessly move simulations to a production environment
• Individual planners can set their own manage-by-exception rules so they only spend their time on items or groupings that would benefit from extra attention

Manage your business the way you want

Demand Solutions has a long heritage of helping businesses expand and grow globally. DSX continues this tradition and extends it by utilizing the latest technology. The flexibility of DSX allows companies to change their supply chain business practices within the software to respond to market changes quickly and efficiently at any level of the business to improve their competitive position.

• Administer multi-user environments with role-based usage rights for a large, distributed user base
• Manage large volumes of data and easily administer any number of end users across the world
• Partition large SKU populations into manageable pieces with robust item stratification

Technology Information

Platform

• .NET 4.0
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008
• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
• Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)

Runs on

• Windows Server 2008
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft Windows Vista
• Microsoft Windows 7

Enables

• Multi-user environment
• Completely scalable and modular system
• Click-once deployment
• Role-based security
• SQL Reporting services
• Seamless integration

DSX is architected to take advantage of today’s latest technologies as well as tomorrow’s. The technology platform allows DSX to be compatible with Microsoft updates and upgrades without reinstallation.