Keep production schedules in line with customer orders with I-Plan’s Demand Control module. It forms the link between the monthly sales and operations plan and the daily reality of orders, productivity, product quality and available inventory. Forecast versus real orders Despite the sophistication of the forecasting process, forecasting errors always require operational plans to be constantly adjusted to reflect actual orders, real production performance and actual available inventory. Demand Control allows automatic and judgemental adjustments. Managing sales quotas in a volatile market The sales and operations plan creates sales quotas, allocating production capacity to customers. Customer order quantities don’t always align with the quotas. Some customers want more, and others, less. Demand Control allows the customer service team to trade quotas between customers or markets to ensure available production capacity also maximises sales revenue.