Plan ahead (Sales forecast)

Project Office

Nov/2012

Upside/Downside rule Model transition by BUPM SKU transition by CPM

Ground rule in a nutshell

10/14 10/21 10/28 11/4 11/11 11/18 11/25 12/2 12/9 12/16 12/23 12/30

W0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Rule 0% 25% 50% FCST

Upside Downside

187.5% 37.5%

150% 50%

Sales planning Preconfig| Dist price | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS

Plan ahead (FCST)

ETA

90SKU

Biz type/Customer

Upside/downside rule

ETD

9N barebones

Country

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Rolling forecast

with upsize/downsize rule

Layout Report bar

Command bar

Sell-thru & Inventory

Submission status

Online SOP

Back order

Advanced Search

Sales planning Preconfig| Dist price | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS

CPM

Complete 13-wk rolling FCST

Save as draft

Submit to TPM

If failed

Option 1: Upside/Downside Correction

Option 2: Escalate to TPM

Submit to TPM again

Sales planning Preconfig| Dist price | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS

Sales planning Preconfig| Dist price | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS

1) Complete rolling forecast till the ETA week, highlighted in GREEN

2) Click Save as draft for channel and retail forecast separately

Sales planning Preconfig| Dist price | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS

3) Submit to TPM after whole country forecast are saved

4) If failed, check the magnifier

Sales planning Preconfig| Dist price | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS

Option1: Adjust the ETA Qty to meet constraints (downside, upside)

Then click Save to Submit the PA to TPM again

Sales planning Preconfig| Dist price | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS

Option2: Escalate to TPM (email, lync, phone) to check the Territory pool

Please Submit the PA to TPM again

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Rolling forecast

Useful tools from Q3/2012

ETD Simulator report

ETD / 9N view Plan ahead (save as draft) TPM FCST (submit successfully) Upsize / Downsize Confirmed SO AATP

Next phase to integrate ETA/ETD of 90SKUs forecast Confirmed SO details Sell-thru / Inventory details

Sales planning Preconfig| Dist price | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS

Sell-thru & Invenotry

Sales planning Preconfig| Customer setting | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS

Model view 4wk Moving average Sell-thru 1wk Moving average Sell-thru

(Momentum) Final Inventory

(safety stock; slow moving)

Next phase to simulate Inventory level week by week Based on series level Risk: not cover indirect customer

Remove SKUs from country lineup

Single SKU + shipway 1st option: SKU transition Click the “recycle bin” and

forecast to be removed as below

Sales planning Preconfig| Dist price | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS

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Model Transition by BUPM

Launch in Oct/2011

• Handle unexpected key parts changes of the same model (e.g. UX32VD), initiated by BUPM

Feature

• 3 steps to refine forecast

• System automatically complete the 3 tasks

• Product transition log

Benefit

Sales planning Preconfig| Dist price | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS

1) Click Confirm Model Trans

2) Select the new SKU

3) Click Confirm

Sales planning Preconfig| Dist price | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS

Click transition log

Sales planning Preconfig| Dist price | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS

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SKU Transition by CPM

Launch in April/2012

• Settle “Disabled”, “Deleted” SKUs due to HQ/BU product roadmap

• Quick transfer forecast to the successors

• Re-plan and React to the market competition

Feature

• 3 steps to refine forecast

• System automatically complete the 3 tasks

• Product transition log

Benefit

Sales planning Preconfig| Dist price | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS

Click Model name on the “Country lineup” and “Dist price”

Click Shipway on the “Plan ahead”

Sales planning Preconfig| Dist price | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS

Define the SKUs Setup the ETA period Search and Confirm

Sales planning Preconfig| Dist price | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS

Click transition log

Sales planning Preconfig| Dist price | Plan ahead | Budgetary IS