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Sales forecasts

Sales budget

Production budget
Revenue budget
Direct labor materials
and overhead budgets

Sales and
administrative
expense budget

Cost of goods sold budget

Budgeted profit and loss
statement

Impact of Sales Forecasts on Budgeting

50

40
Percent rate of change forecast
Sales

30

Unit rate of change forecast

20

Naïve forecast
Moving average forecast

10
0

1

2


3

4

5

Time Period

Figure 7-2:

Comparing Trend Forecasting Methods

90

Sales

80
3.6
70
Y = 63.9 + 3.5 X

63.9
60

50

0

1

2

3

4

Time Period

Figure 7-3:

Fitting a Trend Regression to

Seasonally Adjusted Sales Data

5

6

Forecasting with Moving Averages
Time Periods

Actual sales
Seasonally adjusted sales
Two-period moving average forecast
seasonally corrected
Three-period moving average
forecast seasonally corrected
Two-period moving average forecast

1

2


3

4

5

6

49
67

77
68

90
78

79
81


57
78

98
87

78.3

70.1

58.0

89.8

68.9
55.2
Three-period moving average
forecast


89.3

F3 = ( S1 + S2 ) x I3

F4 = ( S1 + S2 + S3 ) x I4

2

3

= ( 67 + 68 ) x 1.16
2
= 78.3

= ( 67 + 68 + 78 ) x 0.97
3
= 68.9

Market potential
Industry

forecast

Basic
demand
gap
Industry Sales

Company potential
Company
forecast
Company
demand
gap

Actual
Forecast

1

2


3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12


Custom time period

Figure 7-1: Relations Among Market Potential, Industry Sales, and Company Sales

Table 7-3 Utilization of Sales Forecasting Methods of 134 Firms

Methods
Subjective
Sales force composite
Jury of executive opinion
Intention to buy survey
Extrapolation
Naïve
Moving Average
Percent rate of change
Leading indicators
Unit rate of change
Exponential smoothing
Line extension

Quantitative
Multiple regressing
Econometric
Simple regression
Box-Jenkins

Percentage of
Firms that
Use Regularly

Percentage
of Firms
That Use
Occasionally

Percentage of
Firms No
Longer Used

44.8%
37.3
16.4

17.2%
22.4
10.4

13.4%
8.2
18.7

30.6
20.9
19.4
18.7
15.7
11.2
6.0

20.1
10.4
13.4
17.2
9.7
11.9
13.4

9.0
15.7
14.2
11.2
18.7
19.4
20.9

12.7
11.9
6.0
3.7

9.0
9.0
13.4
5.2

20.9
19.4
20.1
26.9

Table 7-7 Calculating a Seasonal Index from Historical Sales Data

Quarter

1

Year
2

3

4

Four-Year
Quarterly
Average

1
49
57
53
73
58.0
2
77
98
85
100
90.0
3
90
89
92
98
92.3
4
79
62
88
78
76.8
Four-Year sales of 1268/16 = 79.25 average quarterly sales
ªSeasonal Index is 58.0/79.25 = 0.73

Seasonal
Index
0.73ª
1.13
1.16
0.97

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Table 7-1 Data Used to Calculate Buying Power Index
1991 Effective
Buying Income
Amount
($000,000)
Total United States $4,436,178
Sacramento Metro
25,572

1991 Total
Retail Sales

Percentage
of United
States

Percentage
Amount of United
($000,000)
States

100.0%
0.5764%

$2,241,319
12,414

100.0%
0.5538%

Total Population
Amount
(000)
262,313
1,482

Percentage
of United
States

Buying
Power
Index

100.0%
0.5653%

100.0
0.5674

Table 7-2 Estimating the Market Potential for Food Machinery in North Carolina

SIC
Code
204
205
208

Industry
Grain milling
Bakery Products
Beverages

(1)
Production
Employees
(1000)
2.3
11.9
1.9

(2)
Number of Machines
Used per 1000
Workers
8
10
2

Market
Potential
(1 x 2)
18.4
119.0
3.8
141.2

Table 7-7: Calculating a Seasonal Index from Historical Sales Data
Year
Quarter

1

2

3

4

1
49
57
53
73
2
77
98
85
100
3
90
89
92
98
4
79
62
88
78
Four-year sales of 1268/16 = 79.25 average quarterly sales

Four-year
Quarterly
Average

Seasonal
Index

58.0
90.0
92.3
76.8

0.73
1.13
1.16
0.97