How Many SKUs Can a Planner Plan? Question Title * 1. Type of Company (Select One): Manufacturer Retailer Distributor/Wholesaler Question Title * 2. Primary Industry (Select One): Consumer Goods Electronics & High Tech Industrial & Heavy Equipment Life Sciences Process & Chemicals Soft Goods and Apparel Durable Goods Retail Wholesale Distribution Question Title * 3. Size of Company in Annual Revenue (Select One): Under $100M $100M to $500M $500M to $2B Over $2B Question Title * 4. How many employees involved in creating and maintaining forecasts? Question Title * 5. How many forecasts are created each forecast cycle? This should include the number of individual forecasts completed at the SKU at Location Level (SKUL), the SKU Level, and any Grouping Level. For example, if you have 20,000 SKUL forecasts, 5000 SKU forecasts, and 500 product group forecasts the total number of forecasts created each forecast cycle would equal 25,500. Question Title * 6. What percentage of forecasts are reviewed each forecast cycle? Question Title * 7. Percent of new products introduced each year? None 10% of Portfolio 11 to 20% of Portfolio 21 to 30% of Portfolio More than 30% of Portfolio Question Title * 8. Average product cost? Question Title * 9. What data is used to create forecasts? (Select all that apply) Shipment and/or Order Data Sales/Marketing/Customer Input Point of Sale Data Other (please specify) Question Title * 10. Typical Demand Planner Education Level (Select one): Industry Recognized SCM Certification (APICS, CSCMP, IBF, etc.) BA/BS Degree BA/BS Degree with Specialization in SCM, Logistics, Operations MBA/MS Degree MBA/MS Degree with Specialization in SCM, Logistics, Operations No College Degree Question Title * 11. Typical length of employment at your company for Demand Planner (Select One): Less than one year One to Five years More than Five years Question Title * 12. Does your organization use ABC Segmentation when forecasting? Yes No Question Title * 13. What level of aggregation does your organization forecast at? (Select all that apply) Some Grouping of Stock Keeping Units, (Category, Product Family, etc.) Stock Keeping Unit (Item Being Sold) Stock Keeping Unit at Location All of the Above Question Title * 14. What type of system(s) do you use to create forecasts? (Select all that apply) Spreadsheets / Database Home Grown System Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Dedicated Demand Planning System Integrated Demand & Supply Planning System Next