One of the most common challenges facing companies is the desire to make better decisions regarding inventory management, production investments, or growth plans based on sales forecasts. While one can look at past sales performance, that information often provides too little assurance of an accurate and realistic forecast of future sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the recent releases of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales<\/strong> the possibilities for sales forecasting<\/strong> continues to expand. In this post, we'll explore how sales teams can improve their forecasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sales\nforecasting helps an organization to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Insights\nfrom sales forecasting enable quick strategic decision-making.\nCEOs want to forecast demand for each product in order to implement strategic\nbusiness transformations, COOs want to allocate people and resources\nefficiently, and CFOs need insight into future cash flow to\ndevelop financial plans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The importance of sales forecasting should not be underestimated, and organizations very often struggle to develop accurate sales forecasts that truly support strategic decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With Dynamics 365 Sales Forecasting<\/strong> Microsoft introduced a new set of capabilities that enable organizations to create and manage native bottom-up sales forecasting processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhy sales forecasting?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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