Free demand planning analysis: analyze sales patterns forecast accuracy

Demand Scan

Demand scan

Brief demo: 

Currently automatically included in the demand scan: 

1. Year-over-year growth 

  • Highlights overall business growth across products, locations, and customers. 

  • Example metric: Yearly growth percentage over time. 

 

2. ABC Classification by product, location, and customer 

  • Pareto analysis categorizing: 

  • Top products contributing to sales. 

  • Top customers by volume. 

  • Top locations by volume. 

 

3. Growth and decline across products, locations, and customers 

  • Tracks sales patterns for products, locations, and customers: 

  • Growing patterns: Short-term and long-term growth. 

  • Declining patterns: Significant declines in sales history. 

 

4. Demand variability  

  • Measures the consistency of buying and shipping patterns: 

  • Categorizes products, customers, and locations into high, medium, and low volatility. 

  • Insights into regularity and irregularity of sales. 

 

5. Maturity of the product portfolio, location service history, and customer base 

  • Represents the lifecycle stage of: 

  • Products: Mature, relatively mature, and new products based on sales history. 

  • Locations: Established, emerging, and new locations. 

  • Customers: Loyal, growing, and new customers based on tenure. 

 

6. Product lifecycle management  

  • Tracks changes in portfolio: 

  • Phased-out items: Products, locations, and customers no longer active. 

  • New additions: Products, locations, and customers added this year. 

 

7. Order frequency distribution 

  • Shows how frequently sales occur: 

  • Categorizes products, customers, and locations into high, medium, and low order frequency. 

Next steps

Which models work well for your business
Expected accuracy for baseline forecast without adjustments

Data & information needed

  1. Item master
  2. Customer master
  3. Location master
  4. Sales history
  5. Historical forecasts
3. How to get started
We'll share a login with you. 

Note: this scan is for free but we expect good data. 
We also hope to get your feedback in exchange for these insights. 
Happy planning.