Demand & Supply Balancing
A planning exception pulls forecast changes, firm orders, inventory, capacity, supplier commitments, and service targets into a constrained-plan model, then routes the tradeoff to a planner before publishing.
Supply Chain
Demand & Supply Balancing
Process diagram
The process loads planning signals into a constrained model, explains the shortage, branches into three scenario choices, and requires planner signoff before publishing.
What the diagram shows
A planning exception pulls forecast changes, firm orders, inventory, capacity, supplier commitments, and service targets into a constrained-plan model, then routes the tradeoff to a planner before publishing.
6
planning signals
3
scenario options
1
published exception plan
Live run
The animated path follows a forecast-driven shortage into the recommended reallocation scenario, planner signoff, published plan, and assumption log.
Load signals
00:00Forecast uplift, orders, inventory, transit, capacity, suppliers, and service target loaded
Find gap
00:34Week-3 demand exceeds constrained supply for Northeast DC
Compare scenarios
00:59Reallocation, expedite, and backorder options scored
Planner signoff
01:24Planner approves allocation shift and expedite cost
Publish plan
01:52S&OP plan, allocation, and assumption log updated
Human decision
The planner sees demand delta, constrained week, scenario comparison, service impact, cost impact, and the recommended allocation shift.
Reviewer packet
Demand delta
+11% Northeast DC
Constraint
Week-3 supplier capacity
Service impact
Key accounts protected
Recommended scenario
Reallocate + limited expedite
Evidence trail
The assumption log keeps every input version, scenario score, planner decision, and published plan update in one record.
Signals loaded
Forecast, orders, inventory, in-transit, capacity, supplier commits, and service target loaded
Shortage explained
Week-3 Northeast demand exceeds constrained supply after firm orders
Scenarios compared
Reallocation, supplier expedite, and protected-backorder options scored
Planner signoff requested
Recommended allocation shift routed with service and cost impact
Plan published
S&OP plan, allocation rule, and assumptions record updated
For VPs
For supply-chain leaders, the promise is faster S&OP preparation without hiding the tradeoffs behind the plan.
For users
For planners, SuperProcess explains the shortage, shows which assumptions moved, compares scenarios, and asks for one focused signoff on the recommended tradeoff.
For builders
For builders, this flow has a different shape from order recovery: it is signal ingestion, constraint modeling, scenario comparison, planner signoff, and plan publication.
Systems touched
The process connects work, people, and records.
6
planning signals
3
scenario options
1
published exception plan
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