Forecasting Features and Functions
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- Converts aggregate forecasts into detailed forecasts for each SKU
- Provides initialization run to simulate policy effects
- Beta factor used to combine forecast errors
- Data import from spreadsheet
- User-defined SKU and demand forecasting unit
- User-defined flexible periods
- Demand forecast unit profiles
- Demand structure hierarchy, from family group aggregate down to SKU detail
- User-defined data aggregation, grouping by sales region, product line, or customer
- Multilevel aggregating or disaggregating
- Fits forecast model to history
- Multiple industry-standard forecasting equations are used to identify a "best fit" model of historic and current data
- User-defined time buckets, outlier bands, actual data points, displays
- Creates multiple, independent forecast sets for differing demand scenarios
- Uses confidence factors
- Explodes product group forecasts down to the individual item level, generating a production forecast
- Roll-up item level forecast generates product family forecast
- Accommodates variable length periods
- Provides MAD for computing safety stock
- Forecasts consolidated by product, item, or part across all warehouses and sites
- New product forecasts based on demand patterns and sales histories of similar products
- Forecasts at item, SKU, and product level
- Overwrites or consolidates item forecasts
- Rolls old forecasts forward into the future
- Generates demand forecast
- Explodes forecast through multilevel planning bills
- Forecasts by demand class, item, customer, product families, models, and option classes
- Forecasts percentage specified for each option or accessory
- Forecasts calculation includes forecast percentage
- Forecasts at configurable component option level
- Copies demand patterns from one style to another
- Distributes style or style/option level forecasts at SKU level based on predefined ratio
- Forecasts at a style or style/option level rather than at the SKU level
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Forecasting and Analysis Features and Functions
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