Improving the forecasting performance of Purac

Corbion-Purac is an expert partner in technology- and application development for Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) and the worldwide market leader in Lactic Acid, Lactic Acid derivatives and Lactides. From five production locations products are distributed over the whole world. To manage the logistics of the Supply-Chains, forecasts of the demand are used...

Demand Planning: Analysis and improvement of the demand planning process at a pharmaceutical organization

Master thesis project on the application of a systems approach to improve organizational performance. The demand planning process at a pharmaceutical company is analyzed to identify the root causes for the low performance levels at their local sales organizations. These root causes are translated into a redesign of the demand planning system to...