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SALES FORECASTING

SLMT3
Group 6

Exercise 1: MRF

Particulars
Sales
Number of tyres per car
Tyre demand for new cars
Change every 4 years (50%)
Number of tyres per car
Tyre demand every 4 years
Change of stepney every 8
years (50%)
Change every 6 years (50%)
Number of tyres per car
Tyre demand every 6 years

Past Data
Projections
Year
Year
Year
Year
1
2
3
4
Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8
2500 1500 1500 3000 25000 25000 25000 25000
00
00
00
00
0
0
0
0
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
12500 12500 12500 12500
00
00
00
00
1250
15000 12500
00 75000 75000
0
0
4
4
4
4
4
5000 30000 30000 60000 50000
00
0
0
0
0
12500
0
12500
0 75000 75000
5
5
5
62500 37500 37500
0
0
0
18000
00

Demand for Tyres

24250
00

24750
00

Exercise 2: Surf
(Note: Assuming product to be detergent)

Quantitative Data:

Size of detergent category in India, growth prospects, CAGR


Current market share of Surf
Past sales data showing customer preference for branded versus
non-branded detergent
Disposable income of the target segment, price elasticity
Financial ratios indicating monetary health of the brand

Other Information:

25000
00

Companys future plans and strategies to enhance product features,


introduce new variants and expand into new markets
Macro-economic variables such as GDP, inflation, liquidity, trade
Extent of import and export of detergent internationally
Growth prospects of alternatives such soap
Existing competition from other detergents
Customer perception and satisfaction surveys

Assumptions:

Detergent is an essential and customers cannot afford to be too


price sensitive
Setting up a multi-regression model, making assumptions as to the
independent variables.
Surf Sales = B0 + B1 (Sales growth) + B2 (Disposable income) + B3
(CAGR of Toiletries Industry) + u
Where B0 is the intercept, and beta measures the impact of change
caused by the independent variable on sales of Surf
Employing multicollinearity tests, we can find out which of the
variables is most statistically significant in influencing Surf sales.
This can be used to forecast sales with better accuracy.

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