Planning expertise. Analytical rigor. Measurable business impact.
Newtown Analytics provides specialized advisory services for companies that need better visibility into demand, inventory, and operational performance.
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Inventory Health & Optimization
Know where your inventory dollars are going.
Problem
Inventory tends to grow faster than sales, and it isn't always clear which products are driving that growth — or how much cash is tied up unnecessarily.
What we do
- Inventory segmentation and ABC/XYZ analysis
- Excess and slow-moving inventory identification
- Safety-stock and reorder-point analysis
- Weeks-of-supply and inventory-turn analysis
- Stockout analysis and working-capital opportunity sizing
Typical deliverables
- SKU-level inventory health assessment
- Prioritized list of working-capital opportunities
- Recommended replenishment and safety-stock parameters
High volume, stable
Core replenishment logic, tight safety stock
High volume, variable
Statistical + commercial input, wider buffers
Low volume, stable
Lean stocking, periodic review
Low volume, variable
Make-to-order or tightly managed exposure
Illustrative working-capital view
Illustrative proportions — not derived from client data.
Business outcomes
- Reduced excess and slow-moving inventory
- Improved inventory turns without sacrificing availability
- Cash redirected toward the products that need it
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Demand Forecasting
A better forecast starts with understanding why the current one misses.
Problem
Forecasts often miss in predictable ways — but without a clear view of accuracy, bias, and where overrides are applied, it's hard to know what to fix first.
What we do
- Forecast accuracy and bias measurement
- Statistical forecasting methodology review
- Seasonality and trend analysis
- SKU-level and new-product forecasting approach
- Commercial override and forecast-governance review
Typical deliverables
- Forecast performance diagnostic by SKU and category
- Recommended forecasting methodology and process changes
- Forecast-governance framework for ongoing overrides
Conceptual illustration — how a forecast number typically builds up
Forecast bias often hides inside one of these layers rather than in the baseline statistical model itself — most commonly in how consistently overrides push the number in one direction.
Business outcomes
- More accurate, less biased forecasts
- Clearer accountability for forecast changes
- Fewer surprises in inventory and availability
03
S&OP / IBP Advisory
Turn planning meetings into decision-making meetings.
Problem
Sales, finance, and supply chain frequently work from different numbers, which turns planning meetings into status updates rather than real decisions.
What we do
- S&OP / SIOP / IBP process design
- Planning calendar and meeting-cadence design
- KPI framework and executive dashboard design
- Demand-consensus and supply-risk visibility
- Working-capital discussion frameworks
Typical deliverables
- Documented S&OP/IBP process and planning calendar
- Executive reporting templates and KPI definitions
- Recommended meeting structure and decision rights
Demand review
Sales, marketing, forecast
Supply review
Capacity, inventory, sourcing
Reconciliation
Gaps, risks, trade-offs
Executive review
Decisions, commitments
Business outcomes
- Shared numbers across sales, finance, and operations
- Faster, better-informed decisions
- Clearer visibility into risk before it becomes a problem
04
Analytics & Planning Automation
Less manual reporting. More time making decisions.
Problem
Planning teams often spend more time assembling reports than analyzing them, and disconnected spreadsheets make it hard to trust the numbers.
What we do
- Excel, Power BI, and Tableau model and dashboard development
- Data transformation and automated reporting
- Forecasting prototypes and inventory dashboards
- SKU segmentation and exception-based reporting
- Planning-system analysis and requirements support
Typical deliverables
- Working dashboards and analytical models
- Documented data sources and calculation logic
- Recommendations for planning-system improvements
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Raw data
Sales, inventory, orders, POS
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Transformation
Cleaned, joined, standardized
03
Models & dashboards
Excel, Power BI, Tableau
04
Decisions
Buy, allocate, replenish, escalate
Business outcomes
- Faster access to reliable planning data
- Less time spent building reports manually
- Earlier visibility into trends, exceptions, and risk
05
Fractional Demand Planning Leadership
Senior planning expertise without a full-time executive hire.
Problem
Many growing companies need senior planning judgment on an ongoing basis, but aren't ready to bring on a full-time demand planning executive.
What we do
- Monthly forecast and inventory reviews
- S&OP preparation and facilitation support
- Forecast-performance and inventory-risk tracking
- Executive reporting on planning performance
- Planning-team coaching and process improvement
Typical deliverables
- Recurring planning review cadence
- Ongoing forecast and inventory performance reporting
- Planning-process improvement roadmap
Business outcomes
- Senior planning oversight without a full-time hire
- More consistent forecast and inventory discipline
- A planning team that improves over time
Not sure which service fits your situation?
Most engagements start with a conversation, not a proposal. We'll help you figure out where to focus first.