What Is PlanningForce All About?
PlanningForce offers planning solutions that are reshaping how organizations create and manage value for everyone involved. Their tools and methodologies are crafted to help value-driven organizations transition toward a more sober, circular, and sustainable economy. It’s not just about planning—it’s about redefining the entire approach to management and resource use, aligning with the planet’s limits while boosting efficiency and quality.
The Main Benefit: Smarter, Leaner, and More Agile Enterprises
At the heart of PlanningForce’s approach is Enterprise Lean Planning (ELP), a fresh management system designed to tackle today’s toughest challenges. Here’s what makes it stand out:
- Optimizes decision-making across strategic, operational, and tactical levels
- Reduces carbon footprints and addresses resource scarcity
- Improves agility to handle uncertainty and speed up time-to-market
- Enhances the use of existing ERP systems, making investments more profitable and lowering total cost of ownership (TCO)
- Supports employee well-being by stabilizing tasks and balancing work-life demands
Enterprise Lean Planning: A New Model for Modern Challenges
The world is changing fast, and so must management. Enterprise Lean Planning is the answer to many of the hurdles companies face today—think complex regulations, ethical responsibilities, and the need to reduce environmental impact. It’s a pragmatic system that uncovers hidden performance gains by integrating and optimizing planning processes that were once fragmented and inefficient. The focus? Using resources—natural, human, and informational—in the smartest, most sustainable way possible.
A Paradigm Shift That Benefits Everyone
ELP isn’t just about numbers and processes; it’s about people too. By dynamically connecting upstream and downstream data flows, it makes existing ERP systems work harder and smarter. This means employees can focus on what really matters—value-added tasks—while enjoying more stability and better work-life balance. Plus, it opens up time for training and growth, creating a workplace where well-being and long-term performance go hand in hand.
Guiding Transformations with a Compass and a Map
Transformations can be messy, but with ELP, companies get a clear direction and a prioritized action plan. Think of it as both a compass and a map: it sets the course toward global performance and lays out the order in which transformation steps should happen. This holistic view turns each stage of change into a lever for overall success, not just a box to tick.
Impact on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth – by fostering sustainable economic practices and improving workplace well-being
- SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure – through advanced planning methodologies and optimized resource use
- SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production – by reducing resource consumption and enhancing circular economy principles
- SDG 13: Climate Action – by supporting carbon footprint reduction and sustainable management
- SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals – by integrating data, people, and systems across organizational boundaries
Industries Where PlanningForce Excels
PlanningForce’s solutions shine across various sectors, each with unique challenges:
- New Product Entry: Seamlessly plan design offices, prototyping, industrialization, and production phases in a fully integrated way.
- Life Sciences: Manage development project teams, laboratories, certification teams, and clinical study units efficiently.
- Manufacturing: Tackle bottlenecks in complex processes, handle fluctuating demand, and optimize purchasing and stockpiling.
- Construction: Coordinate complex projects, manage contractors, and get real-time consolidated views of entire portfolios.
