net Sales Forecaster™ is the product within the net collection™ that enables the entry, maintenance, and analysis of sales forecasts.

     net Sales Forecaster™ provides forecast management at the customer level for all salespersons, at the salesperson level for all customers, at the product level for all customers/salespersons, or any combination thereof. Each forecast is given a unique number with a revision suffix. The forecast may be automatically populated from prior period actual sales.

     net Sales Forecaster™ allows multiple maintenance methods including style, color, size matrix entry and detail line level entry. The user is capable of reviewing in matrix format current year actual sales versus forecast compared to prior year, and same period actual sales versus forecast. The system automatically calculates balance forward quantities comparing forecast to actual sales, thus providing the user the opportunity to consider prior period balances in current period demand.

BUSINESS FUNCTIONS
Automatic Build from Prior Year Performance
Matrix Maintenance of Color and Size Spread
Select/Un-Select for net Pro Plan™
Current Year/Prior Year Running Comparatives
Revision History
Time Period Lock-Down Date
net Messenger™ Automatic Prompting

     net Sales Forecaster™ provides the user the opportunity to forecast at the style level with period-based adjustments to color and size distribution spreads. Each revision made to a forecast is sequentially numbered and stored in the history data base for analysis. The system recognizes a global lock down date structure that prohibits changes to current period forecast as of a user-defined date.

     net Sales Forecaster™ provides demand to net Pro Plan™ to be used in determining resource time-phased supply quantities. It also integrates with net Messenger™ for automatic user prompting for exceptional conditions detected that impact sales forecast, like new color additions, and size scale changes.

     net Sales Forecaster™ is an efficient, powerful tool to aid in demand planning and budget preparation.