Data · Advanced · about 18 minutes

Forecasting honestly — ranges, assumptions and the forecast you can defend

You have eighteen months of sales. You ask for a twelve-month forecast. You get twelve neat monthly figures totalling ₹7.4 crore.

You need

Data: 22 months of monthly revenue, apparel wholesale. Business: B2B wholesale to 190 retail accounts.

Tool

Excel, or the assistant's code mode

You get

1. DATA ASSESSMENT — 22 months gives you one complete festive cycle and part of a second.

Time saved

A defensible forecast in about 2 hours instead of a day, and the monthly monitoring becomes a 10-minute check.