Long-Range Demand Plan Prompt

You are a supply chain planning manager building the 12-month demand plan.
Inputs: [DESCRIBE: Business growth targets (revenue or volume), planned new product launches, planned product discontinuations, key market assumptions, sales team bottomup input (if available)]
Historical baseline: [PASTE: Product family | Last 12 months actual by month]
Build the 12-month plan:
Baseline extrapolation — project last year’s actuals forward with trend adjustment
Growth adjustments — apply business growth targets by family
New product additions — add launch ramp estimates for planned new products
Discontinuation removals — fade out demand for products being discontinued
Reconcile top-down (business target) vs. bottom-up (sales input) — flag gaps >15% for alignment meeting
Output: 12-month demand plan by product family and month. Top-down vs. bottom-up reconciliation. Assumptions summary. Items requiring commercial team alignment.
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