Sales Forecasting Kit: 6 to 7-Week Implementation

Make your forecasts more accurate, align inventory with demand, and improve your profitability with the vision, efficiency, and analytics you need. We help you forecast your sales whether for a retail store, or for a CPG product or for an insurance agent - All this using Power BI dashboards, combining the power of statistics and data engineering using Python and Azure Data Factory respectively.

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀 - Forecast accuracy, Rising/Sinking Stores/Products (leading/lagging KPIs), Actual Vs Forecast Sales across regions, stores/product and customer groups (loyal members)

𝗗𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 - Actual Vs Forecast Sales trends across months and weeks- regions, stores and customer groups (loyal members)

𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 - • Sales till date, with projections and required run-rate to achieve yearly goals • Competition Effect (Actual Sales after and before competition introduction Vs Forecasted Sales after and before competition introduction) • Refurbishment Effect (Actual Sales after and before refurbishment Vs Forecasted Sales after and before refurbishment) • Promotion Effect (Actual Sales after and before Promotion Vs Forecasted Sales after and before Promotion)

𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 - Store/Product level report showing quartiles of sales/forecasted sales across days of the week/weekends.

𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 - Combines the power of data engineering (using Azure Data Factory) and data science (using Python). Train and Test models of data are uploaded as .CSV files to the Power BI application.

𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀’ 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿: • Understand your sales till date and compare it with the previous periods (last month/qtr/year) • Forecasting your product/store sales better on real time basis and project run-rate • Predict sales using train and test data across products/stores. • Forecasting models are designed to optimize the underfitting and overfitting of the curve

With Polestar Solutions' consulting service, businesses of all sizes can improve their overall operational performance; whether it is an e-commerce business, omni-channel distribution, or an enterprise organization, forecasting is made more effective and efficient. There is no more need to waste time on cutting and pasting, doing V-lookups, and managing multiple spreadsheets. Our Sales Analysis & Forecasting platform connects and gathers all channels and vital data. The easy-to-use interface provides all the information needed for effective forecasting and buying/purchasing decisions. There is an option to customize the Power BI dashboards and reports for quick insights into the overall business or for a deeper dive into the details. On staff, experts guide clients through the integration and onboarding process, provide training, and provide assistance.

𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 Helps client save time and money, improve KPIs, and forecast sales better in a short period of time. This helps in taking corrective action, at the right time!