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What are the main features of Flowlity to optimize Supply Chain planning?

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Flowlity is an all-in-one solution covering all supply chain planning needs, from forecasting to operational, with the help of artificial intelligence. Key features include: Demand Planning: Flowlity generates reliable sales forecasts by leveraging your historical and external data. Its probabilistic forecasting algorithm produces multiple scenarios and identifies the most likely one, also providing a confidence interval to visualize uncertainty. This helps you anticipate demand more accurately than with traditional methods. Inventory Optimization: The solution recommends optimal stock levels (safety stock, minimum/maximum stock) for each item and location. Taking into account variations in demand and supplier lead times, Flowlity calculates dynamic replenishment thresholds. Intelligent alerts warn you of imminent stockouts or overstocks, so you can act proactively. • Supply Planning: Flowlity develops replenishment proposals for your warehouses or stores, synchronizing upstream and downstream. You view the orders suggested to suppliers or the recommended production orders, adjusted according to constraints (for example MOQ – minimum purchase quantities, lead times, capacities). The planning engine aims to ensure product availability up to +50% higher by avoiding shortages while reducing excess stock. • Production Planning: For manufacturers, Flowlity allows you to build an optimal production plan taking into account capacity constraints. The tool can integrate bills of materials (BOM) and calculate net component requirements. It helps determine where to position buffer stocks on multi-level chains to maximize OTD (On Time Delivery) and make existing MRP more reliable. • S&OP and reporting: As mentioned, Flowlity offers real-time monitoring dashboards and key indicators (KPIs) for supply chain management. These reports help align departments during S&OP and make data-driven decisions thanks to global visibility of the situation (stock coverage, shortage projection under different scenarios, etc.). • Supplier-customer collaboration: Flowlity offers a collaborative space to share forecasts, needs and order confirmations with your partners. This streamlines communication and reduces uncertainty throughout the supply chain. • Contingency management and resilience: Thanks to AI, Flowlity detects disruption signals early (abnormal demands, announced delays) and suggests corrective actions (for example, bringing forward a supplier order or repositioning stock from one site to another). This intelligent automation helps teams navigate uncertainty and make the supply chain more resilient to unforeseen events. In summary, Flowlity stands out for its algorithmic power (probabilistic forecasts, multi-echelon optimization) and its ease of use. It automates up to 95% of planning activities while allowing the planner to retain control over important decisions. Supply Chain managers appreciate this approach, which combines time savings (reduced manual tasks) and improved performance (stock reduced by up to 60% in some cases while improving the service rate). (For more details on each module, we can provide you with a dedicated presentation – do not hesitate to contact us to find out more.)