Re: Forecasting

Hi Dale,

I'm not sure if you got this link or not.

http://www.futurcast.com/


Cheers!
Jim




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> Thanks for the update!   I wish we could have gotten their product.   I
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> totally sold on it, and so was the sales manager.   But Corporate pulled
> the funding for the project.....   And Chris was who we worked with.
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> Glad they are still around, I thought they had a superior product!
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> Dale Gindlesperger
> IT Manager/Special Projects Leader
> Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.
> 258 Beacon Street
> Somerset, PA  15501
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> Dale,
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> We use Futurion with MAPICS XA v6 with great success.
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> Our contact is Chris Howard     chrish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Jeff,
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> We took a good hard look at Futurion's offering a couple years ago, and
> really liked it.   It fit our requirements very well, web-based, very
> flexible, integrated.   There were two reasons we didn't acquire it.    1)
> Budget was cut (sigh), and 2) My backer in Sales and Marketing resigned.
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> I thought they had an excellent solution, for a reasonable cost.
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> Unfortunately, I can't find them on the web anymore!  I don't know if they
> merged, vanished, or I just can't locate them!
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> Dale Gindlesperger
> IT Manager/Special Projects Leader
> Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.
> 258 Beacon Street
> Somerset, PA  15501
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>    Hey group
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>    We are looking to improve our forecasting methods.
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>    We currently look at sales history and trend , average the last few
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>    We'd like to explore a more statistical method.  If you are using a
>    package or would suggest one, we'd like to hear about it.   We would
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>    like as seamless as possible interface to MAPICS XA.
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>    Thanks in advance for any information.
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>    Jeff Snyder,  CPIM
>    Mapics Consultant
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