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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.
API Access
Has API
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API Access
Has API
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Integrations
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Integrations
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Pricing Details
$62 one-time payment
Free Trial
No
Free Version
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Pricing Details
No price information available.
Free Trial
No
Free Version
No
Deployment
Web-Based
No
On-Premises
No
iPhone App
No
iPad App
No
Android App
No
Windows
Yes
Mac
No
Linux
No
Chromebook
No
Deployment
Web-Based
Yes
On-Premises
No
iPhone App
No
iPad App
No
Android App
No
Windows
No
Mac
No
Linux
No
Chromebook
No
Customer Support
Business Hours
Yes
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
Yes
Customer Support
Business Hours
Yes
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
Yes
Types of Training
Training Docs
Yes
Webinars
No
Live Training (Online)
No
In Person
Yes
Types of Training
Training Docs
Yes
Webinars
No
Live Training (Online)
Yes
In Person
No
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
Yes
Association Discovery
Yes
Compliance Tracking
Yes
File Management
No
File Storage
Yes
Forecasting
Yes
Multivariate Analysis
No
Regression Analysis
Yes
Statistical Process Control
Yes
Statistical Simulation
Yes
Survival Analysis
No
Time Series
Yes
Visualization
Yes
Product Features
Automatic Replenishment Systems
Counting by Exception
No
Customer Management
No
Financial Management
No
Inventory Management
No
Nice Shelf Stocks
No
On-order Information
No
Sales Anticipation
No
Store Order Leveling
No
Zero Turnover Checks
No
Predictive Analytics
AI / Machine Learning
No
Benchmarking
No
Data Blending
No
Data Mining
No
Demand Forecasting
No
For Education
No
For Healthcare
No
Modeling & Simulation
No
Sentiment Analysis
No