Apparel Industry | Demand Solutions

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It was quite a shock when Demand Solutions identified an excess of $14 million. Though the reality was difficult to digest, Demand Solutions kept our inventory problem from spiraling out of control and helped us take deliberate action in advance of the recession. "

-Sean Carolan, Director of Retail Planning and Replenishment, Rafaella Apparel Group

Inventory Challenges in the Apparel Industry

With few exceptions -- perhaps black socks -- apparel is fashion; and fashion means change, even for the replenishment side of your business. In what Bloomberg Businessweek declares as “the new abnormal” consumers are splurging on only a few luxury items and eliminating other spending entirely to pay for them. That coupled with a recession where it is more important than ever to catch sales declines quickly to avoid costly overstocks leaves today’s manufacturers, distributors and retailers faced with the most challenging market conditions in years.

Factor in long lead times for offshore manufacturing and the necessity to meet retailers' requirements for timely and complete delivery, often reinforced with penalties, and there you have the challenges of inventory forecasting.

With Demand Solutions highly accurate forecasting algorithms and dynamic time-phased replenishment plans, apparel marketers can reduce inventory, improve service levels, phase out obsolete styles and lines, and launch new products.

Our users report reductions in inventory and related savings in warehousing and shipping costs, improved service levels, enhanced size scale management, and ROI in just a matter of months.

Demand Solutions provides them with the ability to manage forecasts by Style, and to execute plans by SKU. They are in control of their supply chain, from finished goods to greige.

Our users want software which lets them apply their business wisdom, which is why Demand Solutions complements its sophisticated algorithms with the ability to incorporate human insight.

Featured Reading

Learn about improving forecast accuracy, optimal inventory management, and effective scheduling with advance planning software (APS) in the apparel industry with Demand Solutions' in-depth White Papers and Case Studies.

WHITE PAPER:
"10-Point Plan to Improve Forecast Accuracy"

WHITE PAPER:
"Managing Inventory for Optimal Advantage"

WHITE PAPER:
"Is APS Right for You?"

CASE STUDY:
Demand Solutions Annual Magazine

Solutions

With Demand Solutions supply chain planning software, apparel companies can:

Generate, manage and collaborate on reliably accurate forecasts
Analyze sales history and forecasts in units, revenues, margin and any other unit of measure
Automatically respond to seasonality, shifting growth trends, and product mix transitions
Objectively manage new product introductions
Forecast by SKU at the customer level and summarize in total by SKU, customer, sales channel, region, product family, supplier, and more
Keep score. Track, Report and systematically improve forecast accuracy and customer service performance.
Manage product life cycle transitions from season to season
Shape up your supply chain with time-phased visibility into forecasts, inventories, customer orders, in transit goods and
Generate sourcing plans that keep inventories in sync with ever-changing forecasts and static capacity constraints
Drive an effective Sales & Operations Planning process

Our Products

Let us help you find the best supply chain management solution to fit each of your inventory challenges with a product suite that tailors itself specifically to your industry's needs.