SALES FORECAST, DATA VISUALIZATION AND DECISION SCIENCE FOR MEASURING INSTRUMENTS USING TABLEAU
Abstract
Abstract: Sales forecast is very important in Organizational decisions. There are many data analysis and visualizations tools that are helping to visualize and analyze sales. Tableau is a widely used tool for data analysis and visualization. In this journal, Tableau is used to predict sales and to plot and visualize different variables in online sales of Measuring Instruments. A sample data of 141 taken from the sales of measuring instruments during six months of time is used to carry out this study. The data collected is segmented into different categories, tabulated and used. Different variables are plotted to understand the sales phenomenon. Sales forecasting of different products in terms of quantity and in terms of amount of sales were studied separately to predict sales. Different parameters such as cancellation rate, item wise sales, sate wise sales, sales on daily and weekly basis were also discussed in detail.
Keywords: Sales Forecast, Tableau, Organizational Decisions, Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Decision Science.