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Description
Sales forecasting and demand planning are crucial components of a company's marketing strategy, enabling managers to evaluate new market possibilities, determine where to allocate resources, and monitor their organization’s performance effectively and efficiently. Our Microsoft Excel sales forecasting tool, Sales Controller, examines your historical sales data to identify trends that can be projected forward into the future. Accurately predicting anything, including sales forecasting and demand planning, presents challenges, particularly as the planning horizon extends further into the future, leading to decreased accuracy. Nevertheless, even an informed estimate is preferable to having no prediction at all. While trends derived from past sales figures cannot guarantee future results, Sales Controller provides a foundation for you to integrate your own insights and judgment into the forecasting process. Ultimately, combining data analysis with personal expertise can lead to more informed decision-making and better preparation for future market changes.
Description
Often carried out at a category level, a financial plan acts as a foundational reference and a basis for developing other strategic plans. This comprehensive plan incorporates the essential features needed to create a long-term budget as well as forecasts for sales, gross margin, inventory turnover, and other crucial key performance indicators (KPIs). Users have the capability to evaluate and approve figures at various management levels, thereby establishing financial objectives for the upcoming year or multiple seasons. This plan relies on a long-term demand forecast and leverages the insights generated by Retalon’s predictive analytics engine, which analyzes historical sales data, including factors such as lost sales, promotional activities, price adjustments, seasonality, and market trends, to assist users in planning future sales, inventory quantities, and receipts. Additionally, this module empowers users to determine optimal initial pre-allocation quantities while considering the specific needs of each location, plan-o-gram limitations, desired product assortments, inventory availability, and relevant business rules. Ultimately, this structured approach to financial planning streamlines the decision-making process and enhances overall organizational efficiency.
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Deployment
Web-Based
On-Premises
iPhone App
iPad App
Android App
Windows
Mac
Linux
Chromebook
Customer Support
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Business Hours
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Training Docs
Webinars
Live Training (Online)
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Vendor Details
Company Name
Markitsoft
Founded
2002
Country
United Kingdom
Website
www.markitsoft.com/sales-controller/default.htm
Vendor Details
Company Name
Retalon
Founded
2002
Country
Canada
Website
retalon.com/solutions
Product Features
Statistical Analysis
Analytics
Association Discovery
Compliance Tracking
File Management
File Storage
Forecasting
Multivariate Analysis
Regression Analysis
Statistical Process Control
Statistical Simulation
Survival Analysis
Time Series
Visualization
Product Features
Automatic Replenishment Systems
Counting by Exception
Customer Management
Financial Management
Inventory Management
Nice Shelf Stocks
On-order Information
Sales Anticipation
Store Order Leveling
Zero Turnover Checks
Predictive Analytics
AI / Machine Learning
Benchmarking
Data Blending
Data Mining
Demand Forecasting
For Education
For Healthcare
Modeling & Simulation
Sentiment Analysis