How One Buyer Cut Costs with Demand Forecasting

The Buyer's Side with Fexingo: Procurement, Sourcing, and B2B Purchasing Decisions · Aug 4, 2026 · 9m · transcript

In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into a procurement case where a mid-sized manufacturer slashed inventory carrying costs by 31 percent simply by improving demand forecasting. They break down how the buyer combined internal sales data with external signals like weather patterns and shipping indices, and how that shifted the conversation with suppliers from price haggling to capacity planning. They also discuss the human side: why forecast accuracy is as much about internal alignment as it is about algorithms, and how the procurement team convinced sales and operations to trust the new…