How One of Asia's Largest Paints Companies Moved to Decentralised, Cloud-Based Demand Planning
The fourth-largest paints company in Asia planned demand on a central desktop system, with manual data collection and spreadsheets. Anamind moved it to a cloud-based planning system with decentralised planning, online collaboration and automated reporting.
Industry: Chemicals and paints · Business model: Manufacturing and sales · Reach: Operations in 16 countries, customers in 65+
What was getting in the way.
The company makes and sells decorative and industrial paints, adhesives and tools. Its centralised desktop planning system meant a lot of manual work.
Manual data collection
Planning data had to be gathered by hand.
Forecast inaccuracies
Forecasts were not accurate enough.
Limited collaboration and reporting
Markets could not easily contribute to or report on the plan.
Spreadsheet burden
Manual spreadsheets and a constant need for extra support.
What Anamind put in place.
Anamind implemented a cloud-based planning system that decentralised planning and streamlined the workflow.
Teams in each market work on the plan together online.
Each unit plans its own demand instead of relying on a central team.
Reports are produced automatically instead of compiled by hand.
What changed.
- Reduced resource time, freeing planners for strategic work.
- Manual data compilation eliminated through automated collection and consolidation.
- Lower costs from optimised inventory and streamlined processes.
- Better efficiency through decentralised planning and collaboration.
- Improved demand sensing from real-time data analysis.
“We have seen a reduced MAPE with Anamind. Additionally, we have received BI reports and web access for our sales team, enabling their input and involvement in the demand planning process.”
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