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• Prophecy - Demand Forecasting Software - Home Page
  

  Prophecy is a powerful demand forecasting Software solution, designed for multi-user, multi-level hierarchical business forecasting.

• Prophecy Demand Forecasting Software - Benefits
  

  Prophecy enhances your S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) process, by allowing forecasters to develop the most reliable forecasts possible

• Demand Forecasting versus Sales Forecasting
  

  The difference between demand forecasting and sales forecasting is more than semantic. This page explains all...

• About Data Perceptions
  

  We develop Prophecy, a proven demand forecast solution for real-world business forecasters. Read about the background and goals of Prophecy's developer.

• Benefits of Prophecy Demand Forecast Software
  

  The benefits of using Prophecy for demand forecasting to forecasters themselves, and to the business overall.

• Demand Forecasting Software - Screenshots
  

  Demand forecasting software screenshots - see how Prophecy makes forecasting as easy and uncomplicated for business forecasters as possible.

• Using Excel Demand Forecasting Spreadsheets
  

  Here is a comparison between using Excel for demand forecasting versus Prophecy, which was built from the ground up for multi-user, scalable demand forecasting.

• Forecast revenue, margin and additional forecasting measures
  

  Prophecy supports full extension from quantity through to revenue, discounts etc. to margin etc. with fully customisable measures.

• Demand Forecasting Software - FAQ
  

  Demand forecasting with Prophecy - Frequently asked questions about demand forecasting, sales and operations planning and Prophecy

• Prophecy Core Statistical Engine
  

  Core statistical demand forecasting methods in Prophecy.

• Sales forecasting with built-in R Statistical Models
  

  Prophecy has a comprehensive library of state-of-the-art R forecasting templates which run inside Prophecy and require no R knowledge to use.

• Demand Forecast Software - Mechanics versus Quality
  

  Gain insight into how a solution like Prophecy helps you create effective demand forecasts in a complex multi-customer, multi-product, multi-user business environment.

• Demand Forecasting Methodologies
  

  What are the 'best' methodologues for demand forecasting?

• Multi-level Demand Forecasting with Prophecy
  

  Prophecy supports multi-user demand forecasting, from Volume through Value and Margin, over large hierarchies for products and customers.

• Demand Forecasting Software - The Key Benefits
  

  Prophecy forecasting software helps business forecasters forecast volumes and sales more accurately and productively. Read how, here.

• Newsletter: demand forecasting with R
  

  Newsletter announcing Prophecy's new R demand forecasting integration feature

• Prophecy Newsletter - Forecastability Analysis - August 2019
  

  New! Prophecy lets you categorise items by their 'forecastability' via a graphical quadrant classification.

• Support from Data Perceptions
  

  This is the Prophecy support page, which contains information about how our customers can get instant, live support for their Prophecy demand forecasting software.

• 8 Reasons to Choose Prophecy for Your Demand Forecasting
  

  8 reasons why Prophecy is the right demand forecasting solution for your business, and why it gives you much more than just a statistical forecasting engine.

• Demand forecasting White Papers
  

  Demand forecasting white papers - practical and proven ideas and discussion on how to improve demand forecasting accuracy in your business.

• Prophecy Demo Options
  

  Choose how you'd like us to demo our demand forecasting software for you.

• Implementing our demand forecasting software
  

  Hosting your Prophecy database on Microsoft SQL Server (on-premises or Azure) adds numerous powerful features to the core product and makes forecasters more able to produce and manage better forecasts.

• Hosting demand forecasting on SQL Server
  

  Implementing a Prophecy demand forecasting solution is rapid and straightforward. This page summarises the recommended approach.

• Statistical sales forecasting
  

  The pros, cons and 'gotchas' of statistical forecasting in business. Why a statistical forecast can be the start, but isn't the end of the forecast process.

• Demand Forecasting Videos - Data Perceptions
  

  View our collection of demand forecasting videos and on-line demos - links to our content on youtube.

• Technical requirements of our demand forecasting software
  

  Our demand forecasting software uses a Windows client application and hosts it data in a SQL Server or Azure database.

• Prophecy Demand Forecasting Software Testimonials
  

  Read about what our customers say about Prophecy for demand forecasting.

• 5 methods for measuring forecasting accuracy
  

  How to calculate forecast accuracy using industry-standard methods

• Automatic Forecasting Made Simple
  

  How Prophecy helps you automatically adjust the next forecasts based on forecast vs. actual during the period just finished.

• Rules to Enforce Common Sense Forecasting
  

  How to ensure business rules on pallet quantities, minimum orders, barred customers can be easily enforced within Prophecy using simply defined business rules.

• The Case for Demand Forecasting Software in Your Organisation
  

  This article aims to answer the question "Why do we need a specialised demand forecasting solution?"

• Classifying items based on their 'Forecastability' characteristics
  

  Shows how Prophecy helps you automatically classify your items into 4 specific categories of forecastability, each of which is suited to a different method for demand forecasting.

• Demand forecasting during "black swan" events (like Covid)
  

  How do you forecast when all recent history goes out of the window?  There are no magic answers, of course, but we have a few suggestions.

• Knowledgebase - Contents Page
  

  Start here to use our demand forecasting knowledge base, a collection of general articles on improving the demand forecasting process, as well as some insight articles into specific elements of Prophecy's unique feature set,

• 6 key components of an integrated demand forecasting solution
  

  6 big areas to consider when choosing your next demand forecasting solution.

• Judgemental Forecasting
  

  A discussion on the pros and cons of judgemental forecasting and management overrides.

• Using the Pareto Rule as an Approach to Improving Demand Forecast Accuracy
  

  Smart deployment of a Pareto (80/20) rule to the demand forecasting process has the potential to deliver significant improvement in demand forecasting accuracy.

• Approaches to Demand Forecasting - A Review
  

  This article will help you choose the right forecasting process for your business (or at least give you something to think about).

• The Case For and Against Statistical Forecasting
  

  Statistical forecasting in many real-world businesses has unavoidable difficulties.  This article summarizes why statistical forecasting is not always the best approach to forecasting sales in difficult, real world markets.

• Trade Promotions Planning in Prophecy
  

  Newsletter describing Prophecy's new Trade Promotions Planning module

• Trade Promotions Planning - Data Perceptions
  

  Prophecy features a detailed promotions planning sub-database, which is fully integrated with the core demand forecasting functionality.

• What's New in Prophecy Demand Forecasting Software
  

  Here is a list of the major feature enhancements to our Prophecy demand forecasting software. (It has been continuously developed since 1998.)

• Prophecy Management Studio summary
  

  Overview of Prophecy Management Studio application, our database management application for building and maintaining your Prophecy demand forecasting solution

• New demand forecasting features in Prophecy 10.0
  

  What's new in the very latest edition of Prophecy?