Below you will see a clip of the Assumption Designer, the heart of
Profit Plan's forecasting system. This powerful tool manipulates your scenario
assumptions for you, so you need not know about algebra and formulas. Just point and
click to build your assumption types. Then add the values you wish to apply!
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 | Select any time period and work with one or more accounts at a time. |
| Choose from 28 different assumption types for any account, or build almost any
"User Defined" formula you wish or need. |
| Review Historical Statistics for averages, deviations and trend lines. |
| Apply historical trends with a button, or modify at will. |
| Use historically calculated defaults, or simply compare their projections with your own. |
| See the result of your assumption before applying it to the plan. |
| Review the account graphically for a better feel of the underlying patterns involved. |
| Overlay trend lines on the graphs with a mouse click! |
| For the technically inclined, we provide the ability to build almost any assumption you
wish, plus a full suite of Excel-compatible functions. |
| A blank work area is provided to allow imports from other applications, construction of
custom schedules for staffing, promotions and sales campaigns, or anything else desired. |
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In the clip shown above the Assumption Designer is being used to assign a
5% growth Value to the Seattle office's sales projection. This is
less than recent history suggests, as is shown by the 7.99% growth rate rate shown in the Default
field. If applied, this 5% rate will project a $3,103,380 sales level in
1997. (Yes, this sample case is getting a bit dated now.) |
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