Forecast Accuracy Pro Analyzer – Excel XLSX

DEMAND PLANNING EXCEL DESCRIPTION

Forecast Accuracy Pro Analyzer is an Excel template (XLSX) available for immediate download upon purchase.

Stop reporting forecast accuracy. Start improving it.

Most teams know their MAPE. Few know why it's where it is – or what to do about it Monday morning.

Who This Is For

S&OP and IBP leaders who need a defensible, presentation-ready view of forecast performance. Demand planners who want to understand their own numbers before someone else does. Supply chain managers who are tired of accuracy reviews that produce no action. Analytics teams who need a structured, repeatable monthly measurement process.

Forecast Accuracy Pro – Excel Workbook (8 Sheets)
Data Input – Enter up to 15 SKUs across 3 planners and 5 product groups, with 24 months of Forecast vs. Actual history and a root cause dropdown for every miss
Calc Engine – Auto-calculates rolling MAPE, WAPE, Bias, and ABC/XYZ segmentation on 3 / 6 / 12-month windows. Change the As-Of Month and every metric recalculates instantly
Forecast Value Add (FVA) – Measures whether your planners' forecasts actually beat a naive baseline. If the model outperforms the planner, you have a process problem, not a data problem
Planner Scorecard – Rolling accuracy, bias direction, and FVA ranked by planner – the only view that tells you who needs coaching vs. who needs better data
Executive Dashboard – Company KPI scorecard with Simple and Volume-Weighted MAPE side by side, product group rollup, trend, and exception flags – ready to present in any S&OP or IBP review
Planner Action Log – Track what was diagnosed, what was decided, and who owns the follow-up. Turns your review from a report into a management system
Coaching One-Pager – Auto-populates a planner-specific 1:1 brief from the workbook data. Walk into every coaching conversation already prepared

Source: Best Practices in Demand Planning Excel: Forecast Accuracy Pro Analyzer Excel (XLSX) Spreadsheet, DecisioChain