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Sales Forecasting PDF
Sales Forecasting PDF
Sales Forecasting PDF
Presented By:
Dr. Sayak Gupta, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Management
Netaji Subhas University
Sales Forecasting
Forecasting: Prediction or Estimation of Future
Sales Forecast Means: Estimation of Sales in future.
Process of estimating future revenue by predicting the
amount of product or services a sale unit will sell in the
next week, month, quarter, or year.
Sales Unit may be an individual salesperson, a sales
team, or a company.
Definition
According to Philp Kotler
“Sale Forecasting is the expected level of sales of the
company based on a chosen marketing plan and
assumed marketing environment.”
Types of Sales Forecasting:
There are two types of forecasting:
1. Short-term forecasting
2. Long-term forecasting