SAS^® Forecast Server

Benefits

Delivers forecasts in a quick and timely manner through a user-friendly graphical interface. SAS Forecast Server automatically produces high-quality forecasts with the ability to modify models interactively without programming. This makes large forecasting processes manageable and allows analysts to focus their time on the most important forecasts. Forecasting requires less manual input, which frees up time for analysis and reporting and improves accuracy.
Provides forecasts that reflect the realities of the business, improving your ability to plan future events with confidence. Only SAS Forecast Server automatically selects the business drivers, holidays or events that aid in the forecasting process from any number of variables supplied to the system in the modeling process. Forecasts better reflect the business and require less overriding and fewer manual interventions. SAS Forecast Server automatically builds the most appropriate model for your data and delivers trustworthy forecasts.
Improves forecasting performance across all products and locations, at any level of aggregation. SAS has a complete array of advanced forecasting methods and can statistically estimate the impact of sales and marketing events. Graphical displays of the impacts provide a greater understanding of the effects of holidays, marketing events, sales promotions and unexpected events such as weather, improving the ability to forecast and plan future sales promotions and marketing events.