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DEMAND
PLANNING
Prevail8 now Available
Areté Inc., a firm specializing in supply chain
management solutions, has announced that Prevail8 is now available.
Areté Prevail is a state-of-the-art demand planning
application that can be used to create accurate Weekly Sales
Forecasts. Prevail8 was developed to provide an integrated
forecasting solution that is more flexible, powerful, responsive,
secure and measurable than prior Prevail versions. Detailed
forecasts developed within Prevail8 are designed to roll-up
to highly accurate operational forecasts (by Product x Warehouse
x Day) which are utilized within a Replenishment Planning
System. Areté plans to retire the legacy Prevail7 application
by the end of 2011, and we strongly encourage all clients
to upgrade to Prevail8 as soon as possible to realize the
significant benefits outlined below.
- Flexible Forecasting Models
- More dimensions of data
- Sophisticated methodologies for bundling and slicing
data
- Powerful Forecasting Techniques
- Enhanced ability to handle exceptions
- Advanced statistical tools
- Improved management of seasonality
- Seamless Application Interface Management
- Integrated Solution for Tactical and Operational
Demand Planning
- Responsive Forecasting Solution
- Increased amount of data supported
- Standardized approach to information and interfaces
- Automated seasonality and predefined vista assignments
- Easier offline editing
- More ways of reviewing forecast data
- Secure Forecasting System
- Measurable Forecasting Process
- Detailed review process
- Editions
- Scenarios
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SUPPLY
PLANNING
Avail6 with Safeguard™
Areté Inc., a firm specializing in supply chain
management solutions, has announced the release of Avail6
with Safeguard™, the latest in the Avail suite of integrated
supply planning tools. Avail 6.0 helps plants schedule production,
raw materials, material batches, orders, and deployments to
distribution centers, as well as provide historical inventory
reconciliation and variance reporting. Avail6 operates in
an updated environment with an enhanced user interface and
more efficient administrative routines. In Avail6, Areté
introduces an inventory policy management tool and Safeguard™
technology that is specifically designed to further minimize
the risk of stock-out across the source network. These new
features assist planning managers in controlling inventory
levels while ensuring the highest levels of availability for
clients' most profitable products. Significant new features
in Avail6 include:
- Enhanced Safeguard™ Deployment generator designed
to further minimize the risk of stock-out across the source
network utilizing statistical methods based on demand plans
and related data
- Enhanced administrative options to facilitate maintenance
of the system
- New Inventory Policy management tool
- New jobs interface that facilitates the request, tracking,
and merge of data parcels into the Avail system
- Enhanced framework enables multi-form editors that allow
users to view multiple editors on one screen
- New Grid Toolbar that allows users to save custom window
arrangements
- Production Worksheet Reports now capable of displaying
comprehensive production run notes
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