Streamlining the supply chain is a constant concern among managers looking to rein in logistics costs while raising the bar on customer service. Keeping a handle on sales forecasting is key to achieving peak performance from the supply chain.

Sage and AZAP have combined the AZAP Demand Planning solution, the expert sales forecasting add-on, with Sage ERP X3 to put you in firm control of your entire supply chain. With AZAP Demand Planning, expect the unexpected and prepare for any eventuality.

The Sage ERP X3 - AZAP Demand Planning solution is geared towards mid-market companies and major corporations.

Achieve superior supply chain performance and customer relationsThe Sage ERP X3 and AZAP Demand Planning solution is an end-to-end solution that gives you fine-grained control over all streams within the supply chain. The Sage ERP X3 and AZAP Demand Planning solution uses powerful algorithms and a collaborative architecture to calculate your sales forecasts and their margins of error.Leverage this information to keep inventory levelsscaled to demand and thereby ensure a lean production or procurement plan.Reduce inventory levels, minimise stock-outs, avoidobsolete products and ramp up customer service.

Develop a “forecasting culture”The Sage ERP X3 and AZAP Demand Planning solution creates a collaborative environment between the company’s functional areas, including sales, marketing, finance, production and logistics, which share and populate data in the same forecasting repository. Spawning a “forecasting culture” guarantees data consistency and saves time. Forecast-sharing can be extended to suppliers and subcontractors through the solution’s web functionality. The Sage ERP X3 and AZAP Demand Planning solution also gives greater control over promotional campaigns, product launches and end-of-life products.The Sage ERP X3 and AZAP Demand Planning solution boasts a quick adoption curve with its ergonomic business interface. Key performance indicators help keep tabs on and improve collaboration.

A solution offering fast and easy implementationThe Sage ERP X3 and AZAP Demand Planning solution is quick and easy to implement and integrates seamlessly into your IS.

Leverage the expertise of two reputed ISVsSage and AZAP, recognised software vendors in theirrespective fields, offer leading-edge solutions for today’s ever-changing markets.

• AZAP Demand Planning has been developed by experts in supply chain management (DIAGMA).

• Sage and AZAP offer a high-quality, on-the-ground support service.

Prepare for theunexpected with Sage and AZAP

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The Sage Group plc is a leading global provider of business management software to small and medium sized companies, creating greater freedom for them to succeed. Sage understands how and why each business is unique. We provide products and services that suit varying needs, are a pleasure to use and are secure and efficient. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and entered the FTSE 100 in 1999. Sage has over 6 million customers and more than 13,500 employees in 24 countries covering the UK & Ireland, mainland Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, Asia and Brazil.

Founded in 2000, AZAP is a systems integrator and vendor of the AZAP modular software, a decision-support suite for superior supply chain management. AZAP offers advanced scheduling functionality for the entire supply chain, includingsales forecasts, production planning, procurement planning and distribution resource planning.AZAP is part of the DIAGMA Group, a service company fully dedicated to supply chain optimisation, thereby leveraging 40 years of business experience in SCM.The AZAP software is currently installed at over 300 customer sites in France and abroad.

Main FeaturesA “business” view for simplifying jobs:• Roadmap: zero in on exceptions• Events book: promotional campaigns, new products…• Corrections to graphical and automatic historical data• Automatic exports (Excel)

Superior computational power and ergonomic design:• Statistical models: market models, AZAP methodology,

self-adapting expert mode• Management of just-in-time and erratic-demand products

Collaborative and web-based communication toolDecision support:• Budgeting• Multi-currency support• Scenario comparisons

User-definable settings:• Creation of all possible hierarchies (family, item, brand,

customer, location…)• Time buckets• Languages

Diagnostics and indicators:• Comparison between forecast / actual values• Forecasting quality indicator• Abnormal sales indicator

To find out more visit www.SageERPX3.comwww.azap.net

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