Lower inventory, higher service levels, better margins.
Forecast Guardian™ is a Cloud-based, SaaS platform developed by Fiddlehead Technology. Building on existing demand planning and forecasting systems, Forecast Guardian™ mines thousands of data points per product to provide prescriptive recommendations on how to improve forecast performance and reduce the financial impact of forecast error on your business.
Every forecast has a story. Forecast Guardian™ tells the story you need to hear.
Get Focused Data Insights
Forecast Guardian delivers deeper market insights from your company’s existing data, and provides demand planners with a view that speaks directly to their needs.
Maintain Reliable Statistical Forecasts
Benefit from a solid baseline statistical forecast that can be consistently updated – a vital component to developing a more accurate consensus forecast for your business.
Identify Where Forecast Adjustments Can Have the Most Value
Understand where value is added – or lost – along each step in the forecasting process, to avoid wasted effort and improve productivity.
Understand Forecast Impact
Understand the true financial impact of forecasting on your business with the data to back it up.
Create Objective Assessments
Customizable settings allow you to determine the ability to forecast, set forecast accuracy targets, measure performance KPIs, and customize your forecast’s sensitivity to volatile external factors.
Focus Where It’s Needed Most
Access to a prioritized list of forecasting performance issues, along with prescriptive analytics that recommend corrective action allow you to act faster and more effectively.
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Error Reduction From Planner Adjustments
Forecast Value Added (FVA) score for objective benchmarks of forecasting performance based on business impact and SKU forecastability.
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Predictive Alerts
Predictive alerts consisting of a numeric Priority Score and a set of customizable flags for bias, WAPE, FVA and more.
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Actionable Recommendations
Actionable, plain language recommendations for forecasting performance improvements based on SKU segmentation by volume, variance, and/or other user defined KPIs.
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Forecast Value Add Trend
Forecast Value Add (FVA) trend-line shows performance over time and facilitates drilldown for root-cause analysis.
