Welcome to Spherecast
Spherecast is an end-to-end demand and supply planning platform. It connects to your ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning system — your company’s system of record for inventory, orders, and sales), builds a digital model of your supply-chain network, forecasts demand, and recommends what to replenish and when. Those recommendations come in three forms, matching the three ways you get product where it needs to be:- Purchase orders (POs) — buy from a supplier.
- Work orders (WOs) — manufacture a finished good from its components.
- Transfer orders (TOs) — move stock between your own warehouses.
Who it’s for
| Role | What they own in Spherecast |
|---|---|
| Demand planners | The forecast — what you expect to sell, by product and place. |
| Supply planners | Replenishment and inventory — keeping supply matched to demand. |
| Managers & leadership | Approvals, the agreed consensus number, and executive reporting. |
What you can do in Spherecast
- See your inventory health at a glance and jump straight to what needs action.
- Build and refine a demand forecast, from a top-down goal down to a final agreed number.
- Turn that forecast into a time-phased supply plan with order recommendations.
- Review, approve, and send purchase, work, and transfer orders to your ERP.
- Model what-if scenarios safely, before committing to a plan.
- Report on service levels, inventory value, cash needs, and supplier spend.
How the app is organized
A quick tour of the main areas — each has its own detailed pages later in this guide:- Cockpit — your daily home. Top-line KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) plus an Exceptions queue of things that need your attention. Start here every morning. See Cockpit KPIs.
- Demand planning — where the forecast lives: Targets, the Baseline forecast, and the S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) grid where you review and adjust it.
- Supply planning — the time-phased plan and the order recommendations it produces.
- Transactions — your purchase orders, transfer orders, and work orders.
- Views & reports — custom views you save yourself, plus pre-built analytics like the Planning overview.
- Settings — the setup behind it all: products, your supply chain network, integrations, and data alerts.
Where to start
New to Spherecast? Take these in order:- Quickstart — find your way around and get productive fast.
- Key concepts — the handful of ideas and terms that make everything else click.
Tip: You don’t need to read this guide cover to cover. Skim the Quickstart, then follow the “day in the life” page that matches your role — and come back to the User Guide for the details when you need them.