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Various functions of an organization are dependent on its sales value. Hence, to avoid any last-minute hiccups, businesses make an estimate of their sales, ahead of time, for the upcoming time period. This estimate and planning are called sales forecasts. In simpler words, it is the estimated number of sales a company expects to make in a specific time period. The percentage of its accuracy determines the quality of a forecast. While it is difficult to achieve 100% accuracy, most businesses still aim to achieve an accuracy of 70% or more while making their forecasts.
Sales forecasts are made using all the current data that a company holds. Such a collection of data includes but is not limited to, the cost of their product or service, current economic condition, demand and supply, weather conditions (if applicable), sourcing of raw material, etc. Another vital variant that can affect these figures is the past sales performance of the company. For example, suppose a company is making a quarterly sales forecast. In that case, it will take into consideration its quarterly sales report for the last quarter as well as the sales report for the same quarter in the previous financial year.
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Now, a question that arises here is, “Why is it important?” Many organizations that do not keep a huge inventory, function according to their monthly sales projection or quarterly projections. They create an estimate of their sales and manufacture accordingly. Their entire sales team works according to those plans. This also gives them a basis to analyze their performance and identify areas holding opportunities for improvement.
In other words, sales forecasting acts as a backbone to a company’s functioning. While accurately made forecasts can help an organization soar high toward growth, inaccurate forecasts made with inappropriate forecast techniques can also tank it.
When it comes to demonstrating something as significant as this, your presentation of this data must also be immaculate. Here we have listed down the top 5 Monthly Sales Forecast Templates from SideTeam that your business must leverage to present its sales data.
These PowerPoint Presentations are content-ready and 100% editable and customizable. This gives you a ready-made framework for the presentation and gives you the flexibility to mold it to your needs.
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Template 1: Sales Monthly Forecast PowerPoint PPT Template
This PPT Deck is a bundle of 17 slides that satisfies the needs of all business types. The PPT Set has both tabular and visual templates that allow you to present your forecast along with the client’s name, the likelihood of conversion, and their other essential details. You can also use the templates in the deck to find the variances between your actual sales and the forecasted sales. This will help you reanalyze your forecast techniques and find out the gaps in the process.
Use the templates to put all your data into one place, get insights into your business and make a detailed analysis. With these templates, you can present all your figures and data with graphs, numbers, percentages, bars, and so much more. Explore them today.
Template 2: Develop Good Company Strategy Financial Growth Monthly Sales Forecast Product Categories Template
This is another Template Bundle of 7 slides to help you sort your sales forecast as well as your sales activity report in one place.
Use this template deck to bifurcate your figures based on product categories. Every different bar can be used to represent a product. Hence, you not only have the data of the forecast of a single product but also a cumulative sales prediction of every single product in your business, side-by-side. This gives you an opportunity to make a product-wise comparison and figure out the weak spots that need more attention. You can also use the templates to identify your strengths and the strategies that are driving better results.
Template 3: One Pager Monthly Sales Forecast Sheet Presentation Report Infographic
If seeing simple figures on a sheet bores you, then maybe infographics are better suited to your taste. Our third template deck, to present different sales forecast methods, is a compact one-page template that can store a lot of information in one place. It's a small packet serving significant purposes. Use the template to present your sales forecast, the actual sales made in a time frame, the total units sold, cost per unit, profit made, and the costs you have incurred. You can also add details such as employee of the month. Additionally, the template also provides space to make comparisons of your monthly sales and charts to represent the sales volume of each of your products.
Another template in the bundle is a user that you can refer to for editing the template. With its help, you can make edits to the template and make your presentations like a pro! Check them out right away.
Template 4: One Pager Monthly Sales Forecast Sheet Presentation Report Infographic
The fourth template in the list is a sales forecast template that helps you chalk down your sales projection for the upcoming three months. Use the template to put together your forecasted revenue from different sources each month, and your cost associated with the respective month. The template will help you systematically present your data related to your prime cost, the costs you can control, and the total sales you can expect. It gives your organization a rough idea of your expected net profits, thereby giving you the means to set targets and means to achieve that goal.
Similarly, like the previous template, it comes along with a user guide that assists you in editing the template. Just follow the instructions, and you are good to go. Check out this compact sale forecast PPT template right away.
Template 5: Company’s Monthly Regional Sales Forecast Approach for Local Economic Development Planning
What if you run a business in different regions and want a monthly sales projection for each of these regions on a year-on-year basis? Creating multiple slides, in this case, would not just become confusing but also complicate your entire data, making it extremely hard to analyze. This is when our final template enters the showdown to save the day. It is again, a compact one-pager template that is divided into two major parts. The first part is for representing the monthly sales forecast for different regions. You can bifurcate the regions using different colors. The latter part is the numerical representation of the forecast on an annual basis, covering the data of five years. It projects information pertaining to sales as well as the expected costs associated with each year. Download the template today for your 5-yearly sales forecast.
Get Your Predictions Right with Our PPT Templates
Sales forecasts are a crucial tool for the systematic functioning of an organization. It helps employees understand their responsibilities, set their personal, and allocate the resources of the organization effectively. These premium sets of Monthly Sales Forecast templates from SlideTeam have been designed keeping in mind the needs of different business organizations that need to present their monthly, quarterly, annually and even 5-yearly forecast for sales. Download them today for a skillful presentation of your data.
This template deck can be your one-stop solution for all your sales projection needs. Be it for your monthly, quarterly, or even annual forecast needs, they have got you covered.
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FAQs on Monthly Sales Forecasts
Q1. What is a sales forecast example?
An excellent example of a sales forecast can be a car manufacturing company. Since their supply chain is quite complex, these companies derive a forecast to match their production. Now, suppose this car company, after doing research, forecasted sales of 10,000 units of their newest model for their next quarter. Now the company would order its raw materials, spare parts and plan its manufacturing and other processes accordingly. It would also have a storage space for only 10000 cars.
Q2. What does it mean to forecast monthly sales?
Forecasting monthly sales means making an assumption of the sales revenue to be generated each month. If a shoe manufacturing company forecasts sales of 1000 pairs of shoes in the next month, it will allocate its budget and set up the manufacturing process to ensure the manufacturing of 1000 pairs of shoes.
Q3. What is the formula for sales forecasting?
One of the most commonly used methods to forecast sales is the historical sales forecast method. Here is the formula for the same.
[(Value of previous sale cycle * expected % of growth) + Value of previous sales] = Sales forecast for the next cycle.
E.g., If you made a sale of 20,000 biscuits last quarter and you expect 10% growth per quarter, your sales forecast for the upcoming quarter will be -
[(20000 * 10%) + 20000] = 22000 units.
