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Hotesignal Freeware (exe): HoteSignal Freeware provides glimpse at stock pricing services at hotesignal.com. Stock signals are issued by our professional day trader expert who uses In-house built advance forecasting tools to issue signals. HoteSignal.com experts then evaluate each signal manually to give there final recommendation. This version is the first release on CNET...; Tags: Freeware, Stock, Signal, Forecasting, Shri Ganesh, HoteSignal Freeware, Stock Signal, Investment, Pricing, Sales Force Management, Finance, Marketing, Sales; Software downloads 2008-03-24
ForeStock (exe): Collection of advanced forecasting algorithms: ARIMA with automatic best parameter set search and smart seasonal trend detection. Stepwise multivariate regression with the selection of the best regression subset. Proven back history. Full intraday capable. Real-time speed in model training. Ready to use professional style expert advisors, indicators and system testers....; Tags: Regression, Forecasting, Econom-Expert, Sales Force Management, Sales; Software downloads 2008-03-07
StockFusion Studio (exe): Powerful market scans of whole world finance universe (up to symbols 100000 pep portfolio). Automated forecasting expert, technical indicators, digital filters and performance tests. ARIMA, Stepwise regressions, trend patterns. Native connectivity with MetaStock, Yahoo, CSV, TC2000, Quotes Plus, MS SQL, MS Access, DB2, Oracle. Open API SOAP, DCOM and C++....; Tags: Performance, Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Performance Management, Financial Accounting, Databases, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2008-02-21
Executives Gain Flexible Budgeting and Forecasting With Microsoft Data Management: Aevum provides retirement accommodation and care services for Australian seniors in New South Wales and Western Australia. Retirement village operator Aevum needed sophisticated business reporting to maintain and grow its portfolio of properties. In 2007, it deployed the CALUMO business performance management suite from Microsoft Gold Certified Partner CALUMO Labs....; Tags: Budgeting, Business Performance Management, Microsoft Corp., Forecasting, Aevum, Business Intelligence, Data Management, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Enterprise Software, Financial Accounting, Software, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Finance; Case studies 2008-02-01
Increased Forecast Accuracy Using SAP APO Demand Planning for Leading FMCG Giant: The client, India's leading manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of packaged Fast Moving Consumer Goods FMCG, lacked an efficient forecasting system. Existing systems provided a conflicting and disjointed perspective to manufacturing, marketing, forecasting, and sales teams. A new system was needed to optimize demand planning. MindTree Consulting implemented an integrated SAP...; Tags: MindTree Consulting, SAP AG, Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Sales; Case studies 2008-01-24

Positioning your business to win: Forecast and Demand Planning: Wholesale distributors must manage inventories accurately and efficiently in order to meet customer service goals. To correctly predict consumer demand, they need inventory strategies that rely on statistical forecasting models. This eKit highlights case studies, best practices, and how IBM Express Advantage can help optimize inventory management.; Tags: Customer Service, Positioning, IBM Corp., Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software; Resource centers 2008-01-03
bTools Budget & Forecasting Software (exe): Quickly spread annual budget amounts to monthly amounts. Build and use custom spread methods based on historical trends, statistical amounts, or annualized percentages. Maintain version control. Load results directly to your accounting system. Compare new budget to historical financial results and prior year budgets as users enter amounts into budget...; Tags: Amount, Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Financial Services, Sales; Software downloads 2007-12-20
EasyAs Income Tax (exe): EasyAs Income Tax stores the information you enter, which can be from any source. It allows you to see at a glance where you are, and how much you are possibly liable for. EasyAs even comes with forecasting capabilities allowing you to see at a glance your future possible liabilities,...; Tags: Glance, Forecasting, EasyAs Income Tax, Sales Force Management, Sales; Software downloads 2007-12-18
Paul Saffo: Hear from the seer of Silicon Valley: In a Super Techies interview, technology forecaster Paul Saffo talks to ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his philosophy on predicting future technology trends. Saffo discusses how he got started in the forecasting game and his biggest hits and misses. Also, find out which technology he believes will be...; Tags: Forecasting, Saffo, Sales Force Management, Sales, Emerging Technologies, Super Techies, Robots; Videos 2007-12-12
Lokad Excel Sales Forecasting (Excel): Lokad Excel Sales Forecasting is an open source add-in. Native integration into Microsoft Excel 2000 or higher. Import sales data from 20+ business applications into Excel. Explore, visualize and organize your sales data through Excel. Upload your sales data to Lokad in one click. Define customizable forecasting tasks (per day,...; Tags: Forecasting, Lokad Excel Sales Forecasting, Sales Data, Microsoft Excel, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Sales; Software downloads 2007-12-04
Lokad Desktop Workload Forecasting (Windows): Deliver workload forecasts. Best suited for call centers and staff managers. Too much staff and money is wasted. Too few staff and customers get mad. Scheduling optimization is a cornerstone of profitability. Get the right amount of staff at the right time through workload forecasting. Customizable reports with hour, half-hour...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Staff, Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Sales; Software downloads 2007-11-22
TechNet Webcast: Revenue Forecasting With PerformancePoint Server 2007 (Level 300): Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 can help organizations improve their business performance by integrating monitoring, analysis, and planning capabilities into one application. The objective of the forecast process is to produce accurate forecasts of sales performance. Long-term sales forecasts are used by manufacturing to invest in manufacturing capacity; shorter term...; Tags: Revenue, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Forecasting, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Manufacturing, Sales; Webcasts 2007-11-02
Get ahead of the curve in demand management: Demand management practices in the manufacturing space are quite common but most tend to concentrate on demand planning and rely solely on forecasting needs. Get this paper by the Aberdeen Group to find ways to refocus your attention on excellence throughout the entire demand lifecycle. In the...; Tags: Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Sales; White papers 2007-11-01
Skanska USA Building Assembles Better Planning and Forecasting With Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007: Skanska USA Building, a major subsidiary of the multinational residential and commercial construction. Highly dependent on accurate forecasting and current analysis of project timelines and costs, Skanska USA had concerns with delays created by the high volume of project data and manual processes which could significantly postpone the creation of...; Tags: Performance, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Forecasting, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Case studies 2007-09-12
Energizer Taps Into the Power of Microsoft Business Intelligence With Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007: With numerous sales regions in approximately 20 countries throughout Europe, Energizer needed a comprehensive business intelligence solution that could provide more effective business planning and forecasting abilities. Disparate systems and applications made revenue and profit data prone to error and inconsistencies, while limitations on how information was organized and analyzed...; Tags: Performance, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Forecasting, Business Intelligence, Performance Management, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Management, Sales; Case studies 2007-09-05
Fifth Third Bancorp Improves Profitability With Greater Visibility and Insight: The decentralized nature of Excel made administering global changes on more than 1,200 templates nearly impossible. Additionally, the Excel approach was not scalable or flexible enough to support expanding forecasting requirements. Further, there was no easy way to analyze the sales structure and make comparisons and stacked rankings. Fifth Third...; Tags: Hyperion Solutions Corp., Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Sales; Case studies 2007-08-01
SAS Forecast Server Performance and Sizing for AIX on IBM System p 570 Server: Forecasting and predictive analytics have become increasingly important in today's highly competitive business environment, increasing the demand for forecasting solutions. SAS Forecast Server, designed for organizations in any industry, answers the need for large-scale and highly analytic forecasting as well as automated forecasting tools. IBM's unmatched expertise in hardware and...; Tags: IBM AIX, SAS Institute, Server, IBM Corp., Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Sales; White papers 2007-08-01
Microsoft Sharpens Its Forecasting With Office PerformancePoint Server 2007: Microsoft produces a financial performance forecast nine times a year, with three quarterly forecasts looking at revenue and profit/loss, and the rest focusing only on revenue. This requires Microsoft's corporate office to consolidate each month about 300 Excel spreadsheets that are imported into a legacy forecasting application, and from there...; Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Sales; Case studies 2007-08-01
SAS Forecast Server Performance and Sizing for AIX on IBM System p5 Servers: Forecasting and predictive analytics have become increasingly important in today's highly competitive business environment increasing the demand for forecasting solutions. SAS Forecast Server, designed for organizations in any industry, answers the need for large-scale and highly analytic forecasting as well as automated forecasting tools. IBM's unmatched expertise in hardware and...; Tags: IBM AIX, SAS Institute, Server, IBM Corp., Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Sales; White papers 2007-06-14
Topic Overview: IT Spending And Forecasting: Every technology decision is made in the context of technology purchases and spending, whether it is an enterprise buying a software application or IT service or a vendor choosing what industries to focus on and how much to invest in marketing. Forrester's IT spending research delivers clear insight into how...; Tags: Information Technology, IT-spending, Forrester Research Inc., Forecasting, Strategy, Management; Research reports 2007-06-04