Supply Planner Using Gains for Replenishment Forecast
What do you like best?
Cross - SKUL Creates a nice list of items to action. The ability to run this report by a multitude of selection criteria makes it easy to bucket lists of items and pull requirements on each bucket.
What do you dislike?
Does not handle any stock re balance, system is slow, orders outside of lead time screw up recommendation logic. The logic for forecasting can be sporadic.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are looking for forecast for a complex business I would stay away from Gains. Our up time is low, the program processes slow, there are functions of the business we need to manage by spreadsheet due to gains not having functionality
What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?
Planning for retail demand from a multitude of customers. We have realized the benefits of using BOM's to plan for product launches and safety stock increases.