Forecasting — how much / when?
What could next month’s sales look like? How many bookings might December bring? Forecasting estimates activity over time.
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Forecasting & Planning
Stock and staffing decisions cannot wait for demand to arrive.
You need to order stock, schedule people and prepare capacity before you know exactly how busy you will be. Reliable history can help you consider what may happen next and how much uncertainty remains.
Start with a real business question and the information your business already captures.
Take controlStart with your business questions
What would you like to understand?
- When is demand likely to increase?
- How much stock might you need?
- Which periods could be quieter?
- What staffing or capacity might be needed?
- How would a different demand scenario change the plan?
From the question to the evidence
Bring the past into your next planning decision.
Use demand patterns to compare stock, staffing and capacity options. Bring estimates and business context together, then review what actually happens and adjust the plan.
Planning — what should we prepare?
Use supported estimates and visible assumptions to consider stock, staffing, capacity and possible scenarios.
Review — what changed?
Compare actual activity with the forecast and investigate important differences.
Begin with the evidence
What information would we need?
Start with the records behind the question. Agree what each measure means and connect it with how your business works.
- Sufficient dated history for the question and planning horizon
- Consistent measures and coverage
- Capacity, availability and relevant calendar context
- Acceptable completeness and data quality
- A suitable baseline and evidence that the approach is useful
How we approach the question
Reliable historical coverage · A suitable planning horizon · Consistent measures · Visible assumptions and uncertainty · Comparison with a simple baseline · Review against actual activity
Evidence and trustWhat does this mean for your business?
Explore the questions and records that matter in your industry.
Start with your business question.
Bring the question. We’ll help work out what information matters and whether it can support the decision you need to make.
Take control