Precision Forecasting for Better Demand Planning
Your solution for a better consensus forecast to drive demand planning and your S&OP process
Getting the most from forecasting involves the ability to run
analysis, share and collaborate with others, and get access to
the array of metrics to evaluate and improve your results. Most
systems do 2 of the 3 of these well. Halo is the first to blend
an advanced forecasting engine with a simple to use business
intelligence platform. With Halo, you can simply connect to and
prepare any array of data from across your systems, cleanse that
Maximize Profits and Service Levels
More Than Software
The Halo Data Science Advisory Services Group is available on an
engagement basis for companies seeking support through the
design and adoption phase. Our team includes Ph.D. analysts,
actuarial analysts, and industry consultants.
data, and manage your forecasting reporting. Forecasting can
be done with top down, bottom up, and middle out strategies
depending on the business need. Halo’s hierarchy builder enables
your company to forecast from the SKU to the business level,
then reconcile those results for consistency. Halo provides you
the executive dashboards and reporting to drive forecast-based
planning through the organization.
Reduce inventory levels and stock-outs
Delivering the right product at the right time to the best location is
the fastest way to increase efficiencies and free up working capital.
A good forecast is the foundation for solid demand planning.
Omni-channel marketers can use Halo Forecasting to optimize
inventory decisions by channel.
Identify risk and opportunity from demand drivers
Most forecasting systems provide a view of the future. However,
few make it easy to drill down into the drivers of that prediction.
Halo Forecasting provides powerful drill-down, ad hoc and reporting
features to examine forecast dynamics from any perspective.
Simplify consensus forecasting in your S&OP process
A simple and flexible workflow is key to collaborating on a consensus
forecast. Halo provides a single interface for establishing and
managing a planning cycle with multiple participants, scenario
planning, and management reporting.
On-premise, Cloud or Hybrid Scenarios
Halo Forecasting is the first solution to combine a powerful statistical modeling engine with a complete
business intelligence platform. This approach means you get the best forecasting solution while radically
reducing the manual and labor-intensive steps traditionally required for data preparation, management
reporting and collaboration. Integrate with any enterprise planning system, spreadsheet and external
data source to improve your results fast.

Automated forecasts
Tournament modeling of historical data predicts sales for
every SKU by every customer.

Customized to your data

Easily modify and control date ranges, dimensions,
granularity and algorithms.

Simplified what-if scenarios

Quickly make manual adjustments to your baseline forecast
and visualize potential outcomes for any situation.

Automated Tournament Modeling Data Integration and Cleansing

Tournament modeling is designed for situations where a Perhaps the most over-looked process of superior
data expert isn’t available or there are simply too many forecasting, Halo quickly prepares your data for analysis
SKUs to forecast manually. Control your selection criteria with vital data integration and cleansing capabilities.
and choose from among multiple accuracy metrics.

Hierarchy Manager Market Factors Analysis

Build product hierarchies from SKU to category level and Covariate analysis enables you to model the impact of
generate forecasts that reconcile at any level. promotions, weather and other factors on your forecasts.

New Product and Transition Product Forecasting Accuracy and Bias Metrics

Use historical actuals from analog products, or create Halo provides a full range of statistical metrics to monitor
predictive models using a machine learning option. your forecasts and determine where to spend your time
for the best results.

Halo delivers supply chain intelligence solutions to hundreds of enterprise customers and service provider partners in North and South America,
Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Our customer-driven S&OP platform radically simplifies information management and operational analytics, enabling
organizations to build more competitive supply chains. Halo replaces the complexity of siloed data sources and disparate applications with a
single-purpose platform that lets firms analyze, decide and plan faster than ever before.

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