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John Dennington

National Supply Chain Manager
ARYZTA Food Solutions Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia

I was discussing our current work situation with a colleague who I have known for a number of years and whose opinion I trust. Basically we had NO forecasting system in place to maintain a business of more than 150 SKU’s held over five interstate warehouses. Considering the long lead-times and variable demand of our range of products our inventory, it was fair to say, was not optimised.

Forecast PRO TRAC was recommended as an appropriate solution. The installation was painless and we had an immediate result which was a great improvement on the previous assumptions.

The outputs are useful, amendments are easy to make and the visual nature ensure review with sales and financial people are very straight forward.

Supply Chain Business Solutions were patient during the implementation and subsequent “dumb” questions have been handled professionally and thoroughly.

I would have no hesitation recommending Forecast PRO TRAC as a solution that will quickly add value and is cost effective.

Greg Willingham

Operations Analyst

COMCATER PTY LTD, Melbourne, Australia

I was first introduced to Forecast Pro TRAC through an associate who had been using the software for a number of years.

At the time, we were actively looking to improve our forecasting methods as they were limited and generated in isolation.

We now have the ability to anticipate future line item requirements with confidence create visibility and work collaboratively across the business on one ‘set of numbers’.

SCBS continue to support our move beyond implementation and are very responsive to all our queries.

I highly recommend Forecast Pro TRAC to anyone looking to simplify and improve their demand planning practices.

Andrew Lee

Inventory Controller

Davey Water Products, Melbourne, Australia

A GUD Group Company

Davey Water Products has been using Forecast Pro TRAC for over 2 years now. Not only has our forecast accuracy greatly improved under Forecast Pro from our previous forecasting system, but also the amount of time spent on forecasting has significantly decreased by using this software, allowing me to fit more into my month. I would have no hesitation in recommending Forecast Pro TRAC, and indeed I have to our sister companies.

Clive Williams

Enesco, LLC.

Before evaluating Forecast Pro, we couldn’t find a forecasting solution with a sensible budget that provided an immediate return.

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Robert Kozash

Sarasota County Government

When you combine the accuracy of Forecast Pro’s models based on underlying driving indicators with the ability to adjust the baseline forecasts to incorporate domain knowledge, it’s hard to dispute that the forecasts will be more accurate.

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Eric Kapinos

Oberto Sausage Company

Our forecasts are used for everything from planning/scheduling all the way up to revenue projection by the executive team. We have a full compliment of Forecast Pro products at Oberto.

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Tom Ross

Brooks Sports, Inc.

Forecast Pro has been a great solution for Brooks Sports.

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Osman Mustafa

Frito-Lay, Inc.

Forecast Pro is one of the quickest yet accurate forecasting tools that I have ever come across.

Wendell Hull

Fidelity Investments

Forecast Pro is so easy to use that we were able to create forecasts on the first day that it was installed. Within the first year, Forecast Pro helped us to reduce our forecast error to single digits.

John Vchulek

Uponor NA

Uponor NA manufactures and distributes plumbing and heating systems for the residential and commercial construction markets. Forecast Pro has been instrumental in keeping us lean, despite the market volatility of the past few years. At an aggregate level, our accuracy has increased 14% in the last two years, and the accuracy of SKU-level forecasts for “A” items has increased 6%. Working with multiple-level hierarchies is easy in Forecast Pro, providing us an efficient, effective and profitable way to focus on the most important items.

John Kebisek

Cooper Industries

Forecast Pro is very easy to use. Setting up the data is a breeze and I lean heavily on the product’s expert selection mode to choose the best forecasting models. What’s nice is that if I’m uncomfortable with the algorithm chosen for a particular item or group, it’s easy to modify the forecasting method. Overriding the forecast is equally important as we take the statistical forecast and add judgment to arrive at a final demand plan. With Forecast Pro, making overrides and documenting the changes is simple.

Paul Harris

City of Virginia Beach

I have been using Forecast Pro to forecast local government revenues for nearly 15 years. I am familiar with several other forecasting packages and, in my opinion, Forecast Pro is the most user-friendly software available. It offers the rare combination of providing a comprehensive solution while remaining highly accessible, even to those users without an educational background in sophisticated techniques.

Tony Johnson

Cardinal Health Australia

The developments with Forecast Pro TRAC take our forecasting process to new levels. We now have the opportunity to have a fully integrated S&OP process using just one tool rather than many disparate ones.

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Michael Pan

Wakefield Canada Inc.

Forecast Pro TRAC has freed me from number crunching and given me more time to analyze my business.

Maria Royo

Desmarrollo Technologico Commercial

Forecast Pro Unlimited is so clear and easy to use that people can learn it in a few hours and get outstanding results with no great effort

Dustin Miles

CBK Styles, Inc.

Forecast Pro is a great product which has far exceeded our expectations. We began looking into statistical forecasting as a way to improve some of our business processes. We did some independent research into the field and looked at some industry-wide benchmarks. Business Forecast Systems allowed us to try the product on our own data, and the results were astounding! We fed Forecast Pro six of the past seven years of our data and allowed it to forecast the seventh (most recent) year. In each category, it came far within the industry benchmarks, sometimes achieving as little as 1% error. We have continued to use it and have not been disappointed with the results.

Raymond Allen

Biomet Microfixation

We use Forecast Pro TRAC to forecast a large product hierarchy consisting of 65,870 items at the lowest level. Adjustments to the statistical forecasts are typically made for three types of items—new products, new customers and items identified via exception reports—and the process incorporates input from our marketing, international and customer service organizations. Forecast Pro is both accurate and user-friendly and enables us to better serve our customer base.

John Romano

Honeywell Safety Products

Forecast Pro has allowed us to have deeper discussions with better information. By coupling the quantitative framework provided by Forecast Pro TRAC with the qualitative input from sales and marketing, we are able to create true consensus. The end result is not only buy-in from different parts of the organization, but a crisper view of the market and it is needs.

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