Demand planning
built for life sciences
Short life cycles, scarce active ingredients, sudden demand swings and stock-outs are never an option. SKU Science delivers accuracy at the level of detail you plan on, under regulatory pressure. A solid alternative to Excel and complex forecasting software.
Stock-outs are not an option
Does your current demand-planning process let you meet customer needs under constant logistical and regulatory pressure? SKU Science brings much more than forecasts: it sharpens the demand-planning that anchors your whole S&OP process.
- Secure scarce active ingredients
Rising raw-material lead times and API scarcity strain the chain: anticipate demand far enough ahead to stay supplied.
- Produce the right quantity, avoid spoilage
Proper demand planning builds the right products in the right amount: no stock-outs, no expiry write-offs.
- Ship the optimal amount per DC
Send the right volume to each distribution center to control transport cost and delivery time.
Improve your demand-planning process
Backed by several published books, SKU Science pairs AI-driven forecasting with a well-defined, collaborative demand-planning framework. The engine proposes the baseline; your teams enrich it with promotions, seasonality and shelf-life constraints, and own the final plan: that shared process is where accuracy really comes from.
A baseline forecast at your planning granularity
Forecasts aren't limited to item level. Plan by item × customer, item × sales channel, item × country — whatever matches your S&OP. For each series, the engine picks the best-fitting model, every cycle.
Teams enrich it with field intelligence
Your teams add what the data can't see, promotions, new customers, market signals, layering field knowledge on top of the baseline. Import external forecasts too, to compare them against the engine, side by side.
KPIs by forecast lag focus you on the right horizon
Accuracy and bias are computed at each forecast lag (M+1, M+2, M+3…) and sorted automatically, so you focus on the horizon that drives your decisions. Forecast variability is tracked too, to flag the items whose forecast changed the most since the previous cycle.
Optimize your forecasts for what matters
Supply, production and distribution each commit at a different horizon. SKU Science compares your archived forecasts at the lag that matches each lead time, so accuracy is measured where the decision was really made.
Supply
Improve your forecasts according to the lead times of active ingredients and other supplies, so critical inputs never run short.
Production
Optimize your forecasts according to production lead times, so the right products are built in the right quantity, on time.
Distribution
Analyze your forecasts in relation to your distribution centers' lead times, to control transport cost and delivery time.
Trusted by life sciences and healthcare supply-chain teams
"Ease of integration into the IS, user-friendliness, as well as all the features offered, and the service and availability of the SKU teams!"
"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."
"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."
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. Explore the demand planning platform or see pricing plans.
