SKU Science

AI-powered demand planning,
built for operations teams

SKU Science covers your entire demand planning process, from AI-generated forecasts to collaborative review and S&OP-ready outputs, without the complexity of enterprise software.

Trusted by manufacturers, distributors, food & beverage and life sciences companies across 80+ countries.

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ACCURACY · M+1
87.4%
+2.1pp vs last cycle
BIAS
+1.8%
Within ±3% target
app.skuscience.com / forecasts / BR-001-330ML
ITEMS BR-001-330ML
Lager 330 ml can CLASS AX
Healthy
ACCURACY (MAE)
87.4%
▲ 2.1pp
BIAS
+1.8%
M+3
FORECAST M+1
4,820
units
Sales vs forecast — last 12 months
Actual Forecast Budget
NOW M+5 5,420 M-11 M-6 M0 M+5 M+11
4.6/5
Capterra · 14 reviews
4.6/5
GetApp
4.7/5
Software Advice
Used by demand planners in 80+ countries
Bridgestone Lune de Miel Gyma Mane Ocean Spray Herbapac Etex Natural Santé Prestige de la Sarthe Bactiguard CLAS
WHAT YOU GET

An AI demand-planning engine, dashboards, and the process around them

Not just a forecast: a complete platform for your demand-planning cycle.
Built by supply-chain practitioners, for supply-chain practitioners.

01 / ENGINE
643 OTHERS BEST FIT

Hundreds of AI-driven combinations, tested per item, per cycle

Each forecast blends statistical and machine-learning models into hundreds of AI-powered combinations, evaluated across multiple historical windows. The engine picks the one that delivers the most reliable result — every cycle, every SKU.

→ STAT MODELS · ML MODELS
02 / DASHBOARDS
ACC87%
BIAS+1.8
ABCAX
FCST4.8k

Off-the-shelf dashboards, ready to use

Aggregate by item, family, customer, store, country: the dashboard rebuilds instantly. No configuration, no Excel pivots, no formulas to maintain. Demand-planning KPIs are computed automatically.

→ ACCURACY · BIAS · ABC/XYZ · LIFECYCLE
03 / WORKFLOW
API · XLS · MCPIngest
ForecastCompute
S&OPReview

A well-defined S&OP framework, baked in

Granularity, temporality, metrics, process:  the framework is already there. Your cycle runs without re-inventing it each month. Data updates flow in via API, MCP connector or XLS. The engine shows its work.

→ 2 DAYS TO FIRST FORECAST
THE PLATFORM

Every dashboard your S&OP cycle needs, out of the box

From the portfolio overview down to a single SKU, with accuracy, bias and forecast value added at every level. See what changed since last cycle, and why. The engine recomputes in the background, you focus on decisions.

PORTFOLIO · ALL ITEMS · 2026 — CYCLE 21
Executive summary
Volume Value Margin
PORTFOLIO FORECAST · NEXT 12 MONTHS
2.84M units
▲ 6.2% vs same period last year
PORTFOLIO ACCURACY
84.6%
▲ 1.4pp
SKUs AT RISK
42
▲ 8 vs cycle 20
BIAS
-0.6%
Within target
CLASS A · ACCURACY
88%
▲ 2pp
DEMAND COLLABORATION

Your statistical forecast is not the only one in the room

Sales have a number. Key accounts send theirs. Finance has a budget. SKU Science holds them side by side, then scores the adjustment your team locks in against the statistical baseline, so you know, cycle after cycle, whether the consensus actually beat the engine.

FORECAST SOURCES · CYCLE 21 · CLASS A FVA VS STATISTICAL BASELINE
ScoredAccuracyBiasFVA
Statistical baseline84.6%-0.6%reference
Consensus (locked)87.2%+0.4%+2.6 pp
Inputs to the consensusVolumevs prior consensusStatus
Statistical baseline11 570-1.4%engine
Team override12 480+6.3%applied
Customer forecast11 710reference
Budget13 210reference
Import external forecasts by API, MCP or Excel — including forecasts produced by third-party tools.
01 / PROMOTIONS

Promotions modelled, not guessed

Promotional effects are built into the forecast, so a planned uplift stops looking like new baseline demand, and the post-promo dip stops looking like a lost customer.

02 / LIFECYCLE

Launches, phase-outs and substitutions

Link a successor to the item it replaces and the history follows. Launches borrow from comparable products; end-of-life ramps down without a manual override every cycle.

HOW IT WORKS

From raw data to calibrated forecast: three steps, two days

No discovery workshop. No consultant onboarding. Upload your history, map columns once, get a forecast you can defend in your next S&OP meeting.

STEP·01

Bring in your sales history

Connect through the API, upload Excel or CSV, or push data via MCP. Bring at least 24 months so seasonality can be detected. We auto-detect SKU codes, dates, quantities and categories. Map columns once, re-imports remember the mapping.

SALES_2023-2026.XLSX
8.2 MB · 142,310 ROWS · DETECTED
STEP·02

The engine runs hundreds of combinations per item

For each SKU, the engine fits hundreds of statistical and ML combinations across historical periods. The one with the most reliable out-of-sample performance is selected as your forecast.

Part numberForecast variability
SKU-104287%
SKU-2071312%
SKU-330519%
SKU-41190REVIEW148%
SKU-5286416%
STEP·03

Review, adjust, and lock your cycle

The S&OP framework is already configured: granularity, temporality, KPIs. Override any forecast manually, leave a comment, and lock the cycle. Exports go straight to your ERP or planning system.

CYCLE 21 · 2026LOCKED
BR-001-330ML4,820
BR-002-330ML3,140
BR-005-500ML2,210 ↑180
BR-008-1L980
4.6/5
Customer rating4.9/5 for support quality.
Source: Capterra
2days
To first forecastoperational forecasts with no prior integration.
60%
Less over-forecastingwithin 5 months of go-live.
SOC 2Type II
Certifiedaudited annually by an independent third party.
WHAT PLANNERS SAY

Verified reviews from supply-chain teams

Beaird
"SKU Science is the best Demand Collaboration platform I have encountered in nearly 20 years of experience in Supply Chain planning. I am transferring all my clients to this platform as quickly as possible."
DB
David Beaird
FOUNDER & PRESIDENT · TEXAS, USA
Capterra
"I find it rare these days to find product that not only do EXACTLY what it says it will do, but even exceed expectations. We reduced our overforecasting with roughly 60% since we implemented the tool about 5 months ago."
VF
Victor F.
DATA ANALYST & SUPPLY CHAIN · SWEDEN
Lune de Miel
"A software that meets the expectations of a mid-sized enterprise in development. The outcome is highly positive, with an improvement in accuracy of over 10% for certain classes of items."
JD
Jean-Baptiste Duguié
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER · FRANCE
Bridgestone
"The support from the team is first class despite being the other side of the world. On friday we sent all the data files to SKU Science and by the time Monday arrived to Australia it was all ready to go!"
MY
Mark Yull
SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST · AUSTRALIA
Capterra
"Overall very satisfied. Delivered an accurate forecast in an easy-to-use format as promised. Incredibly pleased with the ability to pinpoint high-value items that were difficult to forecast and deserved a second look."
JT
Jonathan T.
DIRECTOR OF ANALYTICS · USA
Santé Verte
"Ease of integration into the IS, user-friendliness, as well as all the features offered, and the service and availability of the SKU teams!"
MB
Marina Barret
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER · FRANCE
Capterra
"The construction of forecasts is very straightforward and comprehensive, with the ability to calculate forecasts at the desired level of aggregation."
BG
Benjamin G.
SUPPLY CHAIN DIRECTOR · FRANCE
Beaird
"SKU Science is the best Demand Collaboration platform I have encountered in nearly 20 years of experience in Supply Chain planning. I am transferring all my clients to this platform as quickly as possible."
DB
David Beaird
FOUNDER & PRESIDENT · TEXAS, USA
Capterra
"I find it rare these days to find product that not only do EXACTLY what it says it will do, but even exceed expectations. We reduced our overforecasting with roughly 60% since we implemented the tool about 5 months ago."
VF
Victor F.
DATA ANALYST & SUPPLY CHAIN · SWEDEN
Lune de Miel
"A software that meets the expectations of a mid-sized enterprise in development. The outcome is highly positive, with an improvement in accuracy of over 10% for certain classes of items."
JD
Jean-Baptiste Duguié
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER · FRANCE
Bridgestone
"The support from the team is first class despite being the other side of the world. On friday we sent all the data files to SKU Science and by the time Monday arrived to Australia it was all ready to go!"
MY
Mark Yull
SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST · AUSTRALIA
Capterra
"Overall very satisfied. Delivered an accurate forecast in an easy-to-use format as promised. Incredibly pleased with the ability to pinpoint high-value items that were difficult to forecast and deserved a second look."
JT
Jonathan T.
DIRECTOR OF ANALYTICS · USA
Santé Verte
"Ease of integration into the IS, user-friendliness, as well as all the features offered, and the service and availability of the SKU teams!"
MB
Marina Barret
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER · FRANCE
Capterra
"The construction of forecasts is very straightforward and comprehensive, with the ability to calculate forecasts at the desired level of aggregation."
BG
Benjamin G.
SUPPLY CHAIN DIRECTOR · FRANCE
EXPECTED ROI

What a 15% cut in forecast error is actually worth

For every $10M in revenue, inventory ties up $1M to $2M of capital. Cutting forecast error by 15 to 20% — our minimum expected result — releases part of it.

ASSUMPTIONS
Per annual revenue$10M
Inventory tied up$1M – $2M
Forecast error reduction15 – 20%
Sources: McKinsey, INSEE, IBP, SupChains.
MINIMUM SCENARIO
$95,000/ year
Stockouts avoided$60,000
Holding costs saved$35,000
MAXIMUM SCENARIO
$357,000/ year
Stockouts avoided$300,000
Holding costs saved$57,000
SECURITY · COMPLIANCE

Quiet, careful, audited

Hosted on AWS in the European Union (Ireland). SSL encryption end-to-end. Backups every 6 hours. Token-gated support access — only you let us in. SOC 2 Type II certified, audited annually by an independent third party, and GDPR compliant.

SOC
2
SOC 2 Type II
AUDITED ANNUALLY
GDPR
GDPR compliant
EU REGULATION
AWS
AWS infrastructure
ISO 27001 CERTIFIED
NEXT STEP

Run one cycle before you commit to anything

Upload your sales history with product reference data, and you get operational forecasts in two days: no ERP integration, no IT project. If the numbers don't convince your team, you walk away.

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