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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
Smart Demand Planner™, a consensus-based demand planning and statistical forecasting tool, is available on Smart's Inventory Planning and Optimization platform, Smart IP&O. Smart Demand Planner, powered the SmartForecasts®, Engine, combines strategic business forecasting at all levels of your product hierarchy with granular forecasts for the item mix to improve forecast accuracy. It provides a solid, objective foundation for your sales- and operations planning (S&OP). Smart Demand Planner's collaborative workbench allows for forecast overrides to apply, import, review, and be approved by authorized users who are responsible for the consensus plan. Forecast accuracy can be measured to ensure the best forecast is delivered to the business at both aggregate and item mix levels. This results in more efficient sales planning, budgeting and production scheduling, as well as ordering and inventory planning.
API Access
Has API
No
API Access
Has API
No
Integrations
Epicor Kinetic
No
Infor CRM
No
Infor CloudSuite Business
No
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
No
Microsoft Dynamics 365
No
NetSuite
No
NetSuite CRM
No
Oracle APEX
No
Oracle BPM Suite
No
Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE)
No
Integrations
Epicor Kinetic
Yes
Infor CRM
Yes
Infor CloudSuite Business
Yes
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Yes
Microsoft Dynamics 365
Yes
NetSuite
Yes
NetSuite CRM
Yes
Oracle APEX
Yes
Oracle BPM Suite
Yes
Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE)
Yes
Pricing Details
$62 one-time payment
Free Trial
No
Free Version
No
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
Yes
iPad App
Yes
Android App
Yes
Windows
Yes
Mac
Yes
Linux
Yes
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
Yes
Live Training (Online)
Yes
In Person
Yes
Vendor Details
Company Name
Markitsoft
Founded
2002
Country
United Kingdom
Website
www.markitsoft.com/sales-controller/default.htm
Vendor Details
Company Name
Smart Software
Founded
1981
Country
United States
Website
smartcorp.com
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
Demand Planning
Capacity Planning
No
Data Visualization
Yes
Historical Reporting
Yes
Inventory Optimization
Yes
Planned vs Actual Tracking
Yes
Product Introduction Planning
No
Promotions Management
Yes
Replenishment Management
No
Sales Forecasting
Yes
Supply Forecasting
Yes