Advanced Demand Forecasting for Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations
por Farsight Solutions
Our product is ideal for manufacturers and distributors who want to forecast flexibly and accurately
Demand Forecasting for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations from Farsight Solutions is a fully integrated Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations module that calculates forecasts of future demand for items based on sales order or invoice demand, and optionally production and projects demand, providing a powerful tool that enables companies to intelligently plan ahead.
Users can compare forecasts against history and manually adjust figures easily & conveniently, with graphical presentation of information to clearly display seasonal and other trends.
Demand Forecasting enables companies to generate sales forecasts using advanced industry-standard forecasting algorithms without the need to interface to non-Dynamics products. It provides customers with the power of proven forecasting models and the ease of use of Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations.
Major features are:
◾Automatic generation of forecasts using multiple forecast models, including the models provided by Microsoft Demand Planning
◾Optional grouping of customers and items with similar demand characteristics to increase the accuracy of forecasts
◾Item supersessions to enable forecasting of new items based on demand history of old items
◾Adjustments to forecasts to allow for sales promotions, projects and other external events
◾Ability to manually adjust demand history to remove abnormal demand (outliers)
◾Optional documentation of reasons for manual changes
◾Graphical presentation of forecasts alongside history, with promotional forecasts clearly visible
◾Forecast accuracy measurement
◾Calculation of safety stocks based on forecast accuracy