Is demand planning driving you crazy? You're not the only one.

This job is more complex and more important than ever thanks to frequent supply

chain disruptions, changing customer sentiment and new technologies like AI.

That's why over 2,000 leading global organizations turn to the Board Intelligent

Planning Platform.

And that's why I'm here with a short demo of how Board solutions can help you

and your business plan smarter.

Let's say I'm on the sales and operations planning team at PenCo,

a leading producer of, you guessed it, pens. And as demand planner extraordinaire,

I need to see the future to understand which factors impact product, supply,

production costs, and demand, and to play out scenarios.

This helps PenCo make informed decisions, to sell more pens, and to do better

business. Now, this used to take days. With Board Intelligent Planning,

I can do it all in minutes. Let me show you how.

Here's my demand planning dashboard. Hey,

looks like our flagship ballpoint pens had a pretty significant demand spike in

June. Let's take a closer look. This calls for some scenario planning.

Let's model our sales price and sales volume uplift and explore margin

opportunities.

I bet my leadership team will be thrilled to make a proactive data-driven

decision now. So let's consider three scenarios. First,

we have a safe one, passing some cost increase onto customers with a 3% price

hike, netting us an 8% sales uplift.

Then there's a middle road which passes all of the increased cost onto our

customers, but nets a smaller 7% increase. And finally,

there's the bold approach,

which absorbs all the increased cost and boosts sales by 20%.

But how do we know which option is best for the business? Time for a showdown.

Let's compare the impact on volume, revenue, and net margin for each scenario.

I can even adjust the phasing of the uplift over time to represent the expected

market response to price changes. There we go.

Comparing scenarios side by side,

we now have a data-driven forecast that supports the middle road, generating the

biggest margin.

I can't wait to share this recommendation with the sales and operations leadership

team. Now that's just the beginning. With Board,

I can drill down by product, region, customer,

and more to address planning challenges across our business,

eliminating guesswork and countless hours of manual work and lost opportunity.

Visit board.com to learn more and talk to an expert about the power of

Intelligent Planning.