Accurate correlation of
future demand and production output is one of the most difficult and critical
tasks in any modern manufacturing enterprise. glovia.com - Forecasting
provides you with the sophisticated "what-if" tools and built-in
models you need to precisely and accurately characterize sales histories,
analyze recent demand trends, and transfer final forecasts to the master
production schedule
Forecasting
At-A-Glance
<p><b>Variable Forecast
Periods
- By week
- By month
- By quarter
Multiple
Demand Streams
- Selectable by region, sales type, sales
subtype
- Definable forecasting horizon
Forecast
Worksheets
- Multiple worksheets
- Multiple selection criteria for building list
of products to forecast
Forecast
Parameters
- Selection criteria
- CCN / Division
- Product Code
- Forecasting group
- House product line
- Analyst
- Finished/spares
- Family
- Item
- System level
- Worksheet level
- Cycle
- Worksheet item/family
- Cycle item/family
Optional Batch
Processing
- Extraction
- Forecast
- Transfer to MPS
Demand History
Extraction
- Demand source
- Open orders
- Order History
- Archive
Forecast
Calculations
- By worksheet and cycle
- Data manipulation
- Aggregate items
- Prorate forecasts
- Consolidate locations
- Deconsolidate locations
- Adjustments
- Options to summarize revisions
- More than two dozen forecasting models.
- Exponential smoothing
- Weighted moving average
- Multiple-period moving average
- Growth factor
- Actual plus difference
- Ratio seasonality
- Iterative forecast cycles
Transfer
Forecast to Master Schedule
- By worksheet
- Select cycle to accept
- Option to spread forecasts
- Saves results of selected cycle by worksheet
into archives
- Purges remaining cycles
Standard
Inquiries
- Demand Stream, Where Used
- Worksheet, Where Used
- List of Items in Worksheet
- Selection Criteria Details in Worksheet
- Parameters and Formula Usage Forecast
- Evaluation
Standard
Reports
- Demand Stream Exceptions
- Worksheet Template Exceptions
- Worksheet Template, Items Reclassified
- Forecast Details
- Forecast Item Review
- Batch Execution
- Transfer to MPS
- Demand Stream Matrix Exceptions
- Forecast Exceptions
- Worksheet-Cycle Demand History
- Items Where Used Exceptions
- Archive Status
- Forecast Generation Formula Usage