203 Sales forecasting Flashcards
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Sales forecasting
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Predicting future sales revenue, based on historical sales data, analysis of market surveys and trends
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Extrapolation
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Identifying the trend in past data and projecting this trend forwards
(predicting the future based on the past)
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Correlation
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The relationship between two variables
4
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Time-series analysis
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Statistical methods to analyse and forecast sales
An example is a 3 point moving average
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Delphi method
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Getting a panel of experts to come together regarding the prospect of future sales, sending questionnaires to them