17 Now it’s your turn!

Chapter after chapter, you learned the best practices that will lead you to demand planning excellence (figure 17.1). These practices will ensure both efficacy (your forecasts are helpful to support your supply chain decisions) and efficiency (your teams work smart, not hard).

Figure 17.1 Demand planning excellence: efficacy and efficiency

We structured these best practices using the 5-steps framework.

Figure 17.2 5-steps framework for demand planning excellence

Following this framework will structure your improvement ...

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