Product Forecasting and Analysis

Reports

The Scheduled Order by Product Report and Products by Date Report provides data that can be used to glean insights into:

  • How many Autoship products are scheduled?
  • How many Active Scheduled Orders contain a product?
  • What are the most popular products for Scheduled Orders?

Example Excel Chart using the Product By Date Report

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Next 6 Months Products Scheduled (Excel Chart)

Example Excel Chart using the Scheduled Orders by Product Report

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Scheduled Orders by Product and Status (Excel Chart)

Example Excel Chart using the Product By Date Report

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Product Popularity (Excel Chart)

Understanding the Results

The insights available within these reports allow you to understand and forecast product needs and popularity.

  • For example, in the chart Next 6 Months Products Scheduled, you can see that you will need 21 Yoga Goody Bags and 4 Smoothie mixes.
    • This allows you to forecast your product needs and ensure you have enough products for Scheduled Orders.
  • In the chart Scheduled Orders by Product Status, we see that many orders containing Yoga Goody Bag have failed. This may indicate an issue with product availability.
    • If these Scheduled Orders are failed due to product availability issues (such as processing error 1001) you may want to review your inventory management or your product availability processes.
  • Furthermore, the Product Popularity chart provides insight into what products are popular for Autoship Cloud.
    • This can be used for marketing campaigns!