Examples of Events 

Cumulative Event

Your event type is cumulative and your period length is two weeks. You forecast normal sales in sales organization MAINE at 5,000 tonnes for each two-week period of the next quarter. In the fifth period, you also expect to do a deal with a major customer and make an extra sale of 2,000 tonnes. Therefore, your sales predictions for the quarter are as follows:

 

W1+2

W3+4

W5+6

W7+8

W9+10

W11+12

Unit

Sales

5000

5000

5000

5000

5000

5000

Tonnes

Event

-

-

-

-

2000

-

 

Total sales

5000

5000

5000

5000

7000

5000

Tonnes

 

Proportional Event

Your event type is proportional and your period length is two weeks. You forecast normal sales in sales organization TEXAS at 1,000 tonnes for each two-week period of the next quarter. In the first three periods, you also intend to run a promotion and increase your sales by 20 %, 30 %, and 10 % respectively. In the two periods following the promotion, you expect demand to be 10 % less than normal. Therefore, your sales predictions for the quarter are as follows:

 

W1+2

W3+4

W5+6

W7+8

W9+10

W11+12

Unit

Sales

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

Tonnes

Event

+20%

+30%

+10%

-10%

-10%

-

 

Total sales

1200

1300

1100

900

900

1000

Tonnes