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… Vendor and Application Risk
Demand Works Smoothie has one of the lowest combined vendor and application risks in the demand planning space. Smoothie’s consulting tends to be remote but for larger clients, but they also offer one site consulting.
Demand Works provides expert support and will work with consulting partners to offer training and integration. Several options can speed the implementation time of Smoothie and can provide quality forecasts. Either way, Demand Works provides some options that can allow for a very low-risk implementation.
Likelihood of Implementation Success
This accounts for both the application and the vendor-specific …

… the Forecast Pro TRAK application, without requiring that they have the full application license. This is a significant productivity enhancer for buyers, allowing collaborators to get out of using spreadsheets and make their adjustments directly in the application. These collaboration licenses can be used to obtain input from supply chain partners as well.
MUFI Scores
All scores out of a possible 10.

MUFI Scores
Search for the vendor in this table using the search bar in the upper right of the table. Shortening Key: 

Ma. = Maintainability
Us. = Usability
Fu. = Functionality
Im. = Implementability

App Ma. Us. Ft. Im. Cat.

Average Score …

… are live with DP, we are unable to find a single satisfied account. While DP may be running on an account, we see that most users are exporting the data and then performing forecast adjustments with Excel. Consultants are repeatedly brought in to fix DP, but both SAP and their partners in crime the major consulting companies hide the universality of problems with DP from clients.
Likelihood of Implementation Success
This accounts for both the application and the vendor-specific risk. In our formula, the total implementation risk is application + vendor + buyer risk. The buyer specific risk could increase or …