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… Usability
Fu. = Functionality
Im. = Implementability

App Ma. Us. Ft. Im. Cat.

Average Score for Big ERP 5.1 4.8 5.2 5.4 Big ERP

Average Score for CRM 6.2 6.2 5.1 5.9 CRM

Average Score for Small and Medium ERP 8.3 8 6.7 8.5 Small and Medium ERP

Average Score for Finance 8.8 8.8 8 8.8 Finance

Average Score for Demand Planning 7.6 7.2 7 7.1 Demand Planning

Average Score for Supply Planning 6.7 6.9 7 6.8 Supply Planning

Average Score …

… 5.9 CRM

Average Score for Small and Medium ERP 8.3 8 6.7 8.5 Small and Medium ERP

Average Score for Finance 8.8 8.8 8 8.8 Finance

Average Score for Demand Planning 7.6 7.2 7 7.1 Demand Planning

Average Score for Supply Planning 6.7 6.9 7 6.8 Supply Planning

Average Score for Production Planning 6.8 6.9 7 6.9 Production Planning

Average Score for BI Heavy 5.5 5.3 6.9 5.3 BI Heavy

Average Score for PLM 7 7.2 6.8 7 …

… forecasting. However, with Smoothie, this functionality is not only standard but very easy to use. So during one project, we need to compare the forecast generated in one system with the manually adjusted forecast. This was easy to do because we added two reference rows, and then named these rows “Baseline Forecast,” and “Manual Forecast.” We could then very easily compare these two forecasts with the Smoothie forecast.
We rate each application separately per a business process category. However, Smoothie offers demand planning, collaborative demand planning, supply planning, inventory planning, finite capacity planning and S&OP,  from the same user

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

App Ma. Us. Ft. Im. Cat.

Average Score for Big ERP 5.1 4.8 5.2 5.4 Big ERP

Average Score for CRM 6.2 6.2 5.1 5.9 CRM

Average Score for Small and Medium ERP 8.3 8 6.7 8.5 Small and Medium ERP

Average Score for Finance 8.8 8.8 8 8.8 Finance

Average Score for Demand Planning 7.6 7.2 7 7.1 Demand Planning

Average Score for Supply Planning 6.7 6.9 7 6.8 Supply Planning

… 5.9 CRM

Average Score for Small and Medium ERP 8.3 8 6.7 8.5 Small and Medium ERP

Average Score for Finance 8.8 8.8 8 8.8 Finance

Average Score for Demand Planning 7.6 7.2 7 7.1 Demand Planning

Average Score for Supply Planning 6.7 6.9 7 6.8 Supply Planning

Average Score for Production Planning 6.8 6.9 7 6.9 Production Planning

Average Score for BI Heavy 5.5 5.3 6.9 5.3 BI Heavy

Average Score for PLM 7 7.2 6.8 7 …

Executive Summary

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MUFI Rating & Risk for ToolsGroup SO99 (Forecasting)
MUFI: Maintainability, Usability, Functionality, Implement ability
Vendor: ToolsGroup (Select For Vendor Profile)
Introduction
ToolsGroup is a software vendor mainly known for its inventory optimization and multi-echelon planning software for supply planning. However, while less known for the forecasting functionality of their SO99 product, it is a competent application.
Application Detail
ToolsGroup, in everything that it does, is very focused on what is known as stochastic modeling. This means …

… Planning

Average Score for Supply Planning 6.7 6.9 7 6.8 Supply Planning

Average Score for Production Planning 6.8 6.9 7 6.9 Production Planning

Average Score for BI Heavy 5.5 5.3 6.9 5.3 BI Heavy

Average Score for PLM 7 7.2 6.8 7.3 PLM

Average Score for BI Light 7.7 8.7 9 8.3 BI Light

Arena Solutions Arena PLM 10 10 10 10 PLM

AspenTech AspenOne 4 8 10 7 Production Planning

Birst 8 8.5 10 8 BI Light

ERPNext 10 10 7 …