Forecasting Methodologies

From the various forecasting concepts detailed above, the following forecasting methodologies are created. These forecast methods are available to the user when creating a forecast run type within the Tasks > Forecast Engine > Manage Forecast Configurations screen. Different methods have different data needs. Refer to the Data Requirements for Various Forecast Methods section from the AIFCS Implementation guide for more information.

• Automatic Exponential Smoothing

• Sales & Promo

• Life Cycle

• Hierarchical Bayesian

• Options Forecast