The Demand organization faces the monthly challenge of forecasting future demand for every product in the business portfolio. We want our demand professionals to focus their forecasting energy in a way that adds the most value to the resulting demand plan. The Differentiated Forecast Strategy provides a framework that balances the use of statistics and sales input in a way that ensures focus is placed on those products that are strategically most important to the business.

From Issue: Awaken Your S&OP Process with Product Portfolio Management
(Winter 2015-2016)

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Differentiated Forecast Strategy to Optimize Forecasting Resources