• Performed assessments of our client’s existing demand and supply planning processes, benchmarked them against best practices using the industry standard Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model and recommended process improvements to reduce costs and improve service levels
• Implemented Supply Chain solutions at over 100 companies worldwide
• Performed risk assessment of Supply Chain implementations being performed either by in-house staff or by other services organizations and made recommendations to ensure that the implementation is a success

Demand Planning: Bristlecone’s comprehensive understanding of best practices in demand planning include the “One Number” principle and Consensus Forecasting, Lifecycle Planning, Promotion Planning and Collaborative Demand Planning. We have used our domain expertise to benchmark our clients’ demand planning processes. In addition, we leverage this expertise during the deployment of Demand Planning solutions.

Supply Planning: Bristlecone’s knowledge of best practices in supply planning encompass the centralized planning model, simultaneous consideration of material and capacity constraints, exception based planning, what-if decision making, integration of planning and execution, sub-contracting/co-packing, safety stock planning etc. We have leveraged this domain expertise for benchmarking engagements, as well as for the implementation of supply chain software solutions.

We focus on obtaining business, not technical, results. Our deployment methodology enables us to perform a speedy assessment of your planning environment or a fast implementation of the planning system. As a result, we deliver a rapid time-to-value to our clients. In addition, fast deployment significantly reduces the risk of a less than successful implementation of a supply chain planning system. Finally, our fixed or results-based pricing options highlight our focus on accountability and a shared-risk belief system.