Superior Forecast Quality improves customer satisfaction, reduces inventory costs and drives higher margins. Valizant’s Forecast Variability Analysis app on Anaplan helps your organization achieve better forecast quality. 

With this app, you can set clear and unambiguous forecast quality goals at your organization. You can align your teams to these goals in clear terms that they relate to. You also get a live picture of Forecast Quality on the go and understand how forecast varies by Teams, by Products, by Regions and by a combination of all these, at different levels of detail. Most importantly, this app helps you quickly interpret impact of Forecast quality on your business and act on time with precision.

Identify forecast errors that had highest business impact. Drill down to Sales Teams and Customers
Compare forecast quality in both Percentage and Absolute terms, to form a complete picture.
Identify BIAS in teams by Product Line, Region, Customers, right to the Sales Rep.
Perform deep drill down from Product Lines and Region to SKU color, uncovering exceptions

Information

App Last Updated

March 7th, 2017

Size

26.7 MB

Language

English

App stats

Modules

14

Roles

2

Formulas

77

Reports

5

Complexity

Intermediate

Why Anaplan for Forecast Variability Analysis ?

Superior Forecast quality delivers greater value across the organization. Our application enables you to communicate and measure Forecast Variability in de-jargonized and easy to understand terms. Greater resonance in teams leads to quicker adoption of the Forecast Collaboration process.

Starting your Planning cycle with Forecast data means better Planning and decision making. With our app, you can start measuring quality of forecast as soon as you plug it in. Data crunching exercises that delayed your planning cycles are history!

To be able to isolate forecast variability to areas where they cause highest business impact is crucial. With our app you can “click through” aggregate data to fine-grained details and locate large exceptions. This is data you can act on!

A tool that is effortless to set up and easy to use gains great adoption and delivers value quickly. Our pre-wired, production grade app gives you a “Live” picture of forecast variability at your organization.

 

Superior Forecast quality delivers greater value across the organization. Our application enables you to communicate and measure Forecast Variability in de-jargonized and easy to understand terms. Greater resonance in teams leads to quicker adoption of the Forecast Collaboration process.Starting your Planning cycle with Forecast data means better Planning and decision making. With our app, you can start measuring quality of forecast as soon as you plug it in. Data crunching exercises that delayed your planning cycles are history!