[ B E N E F I T S ] Create forecasts that map to your business requirements Generate reliable future demand forecasts based on your company's historical data with a library of selected forecasting algorithms that are applicable in many business contexts, such as stable or seasonal demand or increasing or decreasing sales trends. Improve response to customer demand Gain deep, multi-dimensional visibility into customer buying patterns by mapping your business data to the most relevant elements that drive forecasting - product, time, and markets. Improve your forecasting accuracy Run your forecasting processes more frequently by reducing planning cycles. Native integration between Demand Planner and Microsoft Dynamics GP enables information to flow freely between your systems, helping ensure that information is accurate and current across your organization. Collaborate to build credible, realistic forecasts Equip stakeholders to make valuable contributions with collaboration features for sharing forecasts, synchronizing modifications, and controlling process workflow to consolidate agreed plans. Get started fast Help ensure immediate productivity with intuitive, familiar tools. Demand Planner offers an easy-to-learn user interface that looks and feels like Microsoft Office Excel.

Demand planner combines planning and forecasting functionality with an intuitive, easy-to-learn user interface.

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Share forecasts, manage consensus, and consolidate agreed-upon plans with the Excel Collaboration Plug-in.

Multi-Dimensional Hierarchical Model
Analyze data at every level - aggregated or fully detailed - with user-defined hierarchies arranged on relevant demand axes - products, time, and markets.

Indicators
Collect data in "basic indicators" - such as historical data at a given detail level - and define aggregation modes for each indicator.

Top-down Splitting
Split down values that have been changed in an upper level, proportional to previous values or related to the values of another indicator.

Formula Editing
Create new indicators with formulas defined through simple editing by applying a set of mathematical, logic, or special operators.

Interactive Simulation Scenarios
Evaluate the effects of business scenarios that cannot be forecast with an algorithmic approach - such as the launch of a new product - by changing forecast quantities and comparing hypotheses.

Statistical Algorithms
Derive future demand forecasts from past business data with a library of forecasting algorithms.

Seasonality Index
Automatically compute the influence of seasonality on data.

Forecasting Error Calculation
Automatic calculation of statistical errors makes it easy to apply statistical algorithms and generate accurate forecasts.

"Best Fit" Functionality
Automatically search the most-indicated statistical algorithm and related parameters to match a given historical series.

Defined Warnings
Focus on critical issues in the forecasting process with user-defined warnings.

Graphical Reports
Choose from multiple formats to present forecast data as a graph.

Collaboration Features
Planners can send forecast plans to stakeholders who control workflow, and consolidate input into an agreed forecast.

Collaboration Plug-in
Implement a consensus forecasting workflow with a plug-in for Microsoft Office Excel that helps manage collaboration processes.

Data Import/Export
Import and export Demand Planner data to and from Microsoft Excel and third- party applications.

Tight Integration
Native integration with Microsoft Dynamics GP means information can flow back and forth between Demand Planner and your enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
 

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