Use advanced forecasting to align functions, identify investments early, and maximize revenue and profit.
Sophisticated forecasting capabilities influenced by the use cases of thousands of users. On the sales side, there are independent forecasts for sell-in (shipments; both direct and indirect), and sell-out (retail sales). Use a base/incremental forecasting method to facilitate calculation of incremental profit & ROI.
Spending data is organized by “spend reasons” that are associated to general ledger accounts. Spending data is available both aligned to activities for proper post promotion analysis, and in a finance-oriented way with accruals that are offset by actual expenses. All forecasts are detailed to the lowest level you define in your hierarchies and roll-up across all hierarchies you define. Snapshot capabilities enable you to save forecasts at a point in time. Compare forecasts to targets, snapshots, and actuals.
