Solutions
Four people open it. They open it for different reasons.
A control tower that shows everyone the same screen gets used by nobody. These are the four jobs SIAARU is actually opened to do, and what each one sees first.
By role
What lands on each desk.
The planner
"What will I run out of, and when?"
A demand forecast per material with its accuracy stated against a benchmark, days of cover against lead time, and the materials whose cover is shorter than their replenishment.
each with forecast · cover · lead time · supplier
Procurement
"Which suppliers are quietly slipping?"
On-time performance by supplier and by site, quality rejection rates, and price drift against contract — with the purchase orders behind each figure one click away.
drawn from your PO and receipt history
Logistics
"What is late, and what does late cost?"
Shipments against their original ETA rather than their most recently revised one — the revision is where a delay hides. Freight cost per tonne by lane, and the shipments blocking a production order.
milestones imported, from your TMS, or live (in progress)
Finance
"Where is the working capital sitting?"
Days inventory outstanding, inventory turns, and the value of stock that has not moved — each convertible to your base currency on a recorded rate, so a figure can be re-derived at audit.
slow-moving value · age · last movement
By situation
Three ways this usually starts.
You have SAP and still run on spreadsheets
The data is in the ERP; getting a usable view out of it takes a person three days a month. SIAARU reads the same tables and produces the view continuously, with the formula attached so nobody has to trust it blind.
You have several plants and no single number
Each site measures fill rate slightly differently, so the group number is an average of four definitions. One engine, one definition, per-site breakdowns underneath it.
You are about to be audited
Every state change carries actor, before, after and reason. Every KPI can be re-derived from the rows it was computed from. That is the same property an auditor asks for and a planner needs.
Being straight about fit
When SIAARU is the wrong tool.
- You need the system to place orders automatically. SIAARU recommends and routes for approval; it does not write back into your ERP.
- You have under a few hundred SKUs and one site. A well-kept spreadsheet is genuinely cheaper, and we would rather say so now.
- You want a forecast with no history to learn from. Under about a year of monthly data, the honest output is a benchmark forecast marked unvalidated — which we will show you rather than dress up.
- You need a certified SOC 2 report today. We are not there yet. The current position, in full.