Sears, a Planalytics client since 1995, will employ the new Impact LR service to support planning and forecasting, product distribution, and merchandise allocation.
Forecasting is essential to managing our inventory and meeting customer needs.
Using artificial intelligence modeling of historical business results and weather data, Impact LR determines how a retailer's or manufacturer's customers are influenced by weather. Planalytics provides vital future external intelligence into supply chain planning and forecasting, quantifying how, where, and when weather, demographic, economic, and competitive shifts from year to year will affect supply and demand for specific products and services. Retailers using Planalytics' supply chain planning technologies include The Home Depot, Kmart, Lowe's, Nordstrom, Shopko, Target, and Wal-Mart. Planalytics is headquartered at 1325 Morris Drive, Suite 201, Wayne, Pennsylvania, 19087-5521.