Forecast Fast

Create reliable demand forecasts for better planning outcomes. Forecast Fast is quick to implement and has rich functionality that supports you through business growth.

Solve your demand planning challenges

Poor forecast accuracy

Inaccuracies have either impacted customer service or driven excess stock and obsolescence as well as cascading down the supply chain.
Too much waste stock

Stock is going to waste because you haven’t got the data or planning tools available to make better forecasts and planning decisions.
Volatile demand

The market, economy, and customer needs are changing quickly and you’re struggling to keep up.
Over or under making

You made too many products or experienced product stock-outs because of inaccurate forecasting.
Ineffective manual planning

You haven’t got the information or tools you need to make smart planning decisions, so outcomes are poor.

Ineffective customer / product prioritisation

Everything is a priority because the rules are neither understood nor systemised. This means you can’t prioritise your key customers and products effectively.
Continual promotional peaks

You’re having trouble bringing your marketing and sales teams together with production planning, to reduce stock-outs and maximise sales during promotions.
Poor customer service levels

You’re spending too much on maintaining good service levels.
Forecasting new products with no history is difficult

Product life cycles are getting shorter and when new products are launched they sell in a particular pattern and volume, and that changes when they bed in. It is very dynamic, particularly in the early days of sales.
You’re limited by an Excel spreadsheet

Your supply chain is being run on complicated Excel spreadsheets owned by one user that can be hard to use and collaborate on.
Forecasting for different scenarios is complicated

You can’t easily compare forecasts, so it’s hard to see the effect of different scenarios on the business and therefore make informed planning decisions.

Poor forecast accuracy

Inaccuracies have either impacted customer service or driven excess stock and obsolescence as well as cascading down the supply chain.

Too much waste stock

Stock is going to waste because you haven’t got the data or planning tools available to make better forecasts and planning decisions.

Volatile demand

The market, economy, and customer needs are changing quickly and you’re struggling to keep up.

Over or under making

You made too many products or experienced product stock-outs because of inaccurate forecasting.

Ineffective manual planning

You haven’t got the information or tools you need to make smart planning decisions, so outcomes are poor.

Ineffective customer / product prioritisation

Everything is a priority because the rules are neither understood nor systemised. This means you can’t prioritise your key customers and products effectively.

Continual promotional peaks

You’re having trouble bringing your marketing and sales teams together with production planning, to reduce stock-outs and maximise sales during promotions.

Poor customer service levels

You’re spending too much on maintaining good service levels.

Forecasting new products with no history is difficult

Product life cycles are getting shorter and when new products are launched they sell in a particular pattern and volume, and that changes when they bed in. It is very dynamic, particularly in the early days of sales.

You’re limited by an Excel spreadsheet

Your supply chain is being run on complicated Excel spreadsheets owned by one user that can be hard to use and collaborate on.

Forecasting for different scenarios is complicated

You can’t easily compare forecasts, so it’s hard to see the effect of different scenarios on the business and therefore make informed planning decisions.

Why Forecast Fast?

Instant set up

Forecast Fast is an out of the box tool, so you can start seeing better demand planning results from the word go.

Configure to your needs

The extensive functionality in Forecast Fast means you can configure the settings to suit the specific needs of your team and industry.

Designed for planners

Our team has decades of experience in the deployment of planning solutions. We know what you need, so our software has been designed specifically for planners from the ground up.

Agile planning tools

Respond to changing markets quickly with tools like scenario planning, replenishment planning and the ability to remotely collaborate on various forecasting activities.

Use wherever you need to

Access the information you need, from wherever you are. Forecast Fast is multi-browser, multi-language and multi-UOM.

Fixed price solution

Get all the benefits of Forecast Fast at a fixed low monthly cost.

Our Services

We’re here for you

Forecast Fast has been designed for you to learn quickly and start your planning processes using our training materials. However, we can provide training and implementation services should you need them, either on site or remotely. Our team is very experienced and can guide you smoothly through the solution.

Training materials

Our team of consultants that designed and built Forecast Fast have also created training materials to help you get the most out of the software. We can also provide tailored training that caters to your specific needs.

Train the trainer

You may wish to carry out future training sessions yourself. In this case, we deliver a “Train the Trainer” approach so you can train other team members on how to use Forecast Fast as and when you need to.

On or off-site training

Our full solution training sessions are delivered at your site or at our training centre. As you experience staff rotation, we deliver training to new starters so they are comfortable with the system from day one.

Personnel changes

People leave and new people join the planning team. Use the existing training materials and train the users yourself, or get in touch with Forecast Fast and we would be happy to carry out the training for you.

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Our Story

Forecast Fast is a trading division of sofco Limited, a leading provider of integrated and collaborative End-to-End Planning Solutions. We exceed expectations in software delivery for the Consumer Goods, Manufacturing and Retail sectors.

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