Sales forecasting, planning and budgeting software

Articles and White Papers by Peter Boulton, MD of Data Perceptions. Peter has over 10 years full-time, hands-on sales forecasting experience and is an industry expert on real-world sales forecasting.

Peter Boulton, sales forecasting expert

Sales Forecasting in Real World Markets
Sales forecasting white paper

This article is about sales forecasting in real world markets. It does not mention Prophecy or Data Perceptions once!

It is designed to convey the approach to business forecasting which formed the inspiration for much of Prophecy's functionality.

How to Use Prophecy to Improve Your Sales Forecasting Processes
Sales forecasting white paper

This article explains in detail how many of Prophecy's powerful sales forecasting and analytical features will help your forecasters produce better thought out and more accurate forecasts, plans and budgets in less time.

The Business Case for Prophecy
Sales forecasting software - the business case This white paper (PDF) explains why Prophecy is so appropriate for real-world, multi-user sales forecasting. It aims to summarise the business case for Prophecy in a single article.

Please also see the range of sales forecasting articles written by Peter Boulton and published on SalesVantage.com

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Prophecy works with Windows Vista! 

Works with Vista!

Prophecy is 100% tested and compatible with Windows Vista.  The Prophecy on-line product tour shows Prophecy running under Vista.  Or click here to view screenshots of Prophecy running on Windows Vista.

Download a free Prophecy evaluation system and experience Prophecy's sales forecasting power at first hand!

Evaluation System News!

The Prophecy Evaluation System installation program has been re-written to allow users who do not have Administrator rights to install safely and securely, under any Windows version (including Vista).  All users, not just Administrators, can now give Prophecy a try!

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On-line, instant start Prophecy demos

On-line Product Tour

Just click and watch Prophecy, running in your web browser! These 'Flash' demos start instantly and install no software on your computer.

Download a free Prophecy evaluation system and experience Prophecy's sales forecasting power at first hand!

Trial version download

Download the full Prophecy Client software, a sample database and a guided tutorial document. Experience Prophecy running on your own PC.

Sales forecasting with spreadsheets - read this before you start!

Spreadsheets

Sales forecasting with Excel spreadsheets?   This comparison between Prophecy and Excel for sales forecasting shows the benefits your business will enjoy by moving to Prophecy from Excel forecasting spreadsheets..

View Prophecy sales forecasting paper on line

Business case

View our "Business case for Prophecy" pamphlet on line as a PDF or download it. This document explains why Prophecy represents the best software solution for real world sales forecasting.

Sales forecasting - key facts!

Prophecy Benefits

This article explains how Prophecy helps your business managers generate more effective sales forecasts.

Sales forecasting whitepaper

Sales Forecasting Advice

Sales forecasting is a critical business process which is hard to get right.  We present a discussion on the different approaches you can take to business forecasting and a critical assessment of the relevance of statistical forecasting to the process of business sales forecasting.

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