Managed services

Expert Support: On Demand, Ongoing, and Always On.

Keeping your planning platform, forecasting models, and team performing at their best requires ongoing attention.
RetSci offers the flexible, affordable, and expert support necessary to deliver measurable results.

Forecast-as-a-service™

HealthCheck™ — know exactly where your forecasting stands

Our retail forecasting experts conduct a thorough review of your forecasting system, data, and processes. By analyzing your current configuration, model parameters, data inputs, and user workflows, we pinpoint exactly what is restricting your forecast accuracy and outline the steps required to resolve it.

HealthCheck™ can be utilized as a one-time evaluation or as a recurring review, tailored to a monthly, quarterly, or any other cadence that aligns with your business requirements.

Forecasting center of excellence — Grow your team's forecasting skills

Develop your in-house team with the forecasting leadership and support of RetSci’s retail forecasting experts embedded alongside them. We work with your team to build the skills, processes, and confidence needed to operate best-in-class forecasting independently over time, ensuring your models and outputs remain consistently sharp.

Our support scales with your team’s maturity, stepping in precisely where needed and stepping back as your internal capabilities expand.

Forecast generation — expert forecasts, delivered directly into your system

RetSci’s experts build and deliver demand forecasts directly into your existing planning platform, making them instantly accessible for your team to review, adjust, and execute. This entirely eliminates the complexities of model management and parameter tuning, freeing your internal staff from the burden of forecast generation.

Full service forecasting — your complete forecasting operation, managed by RetSci

RetSci serves as your entire forecasting team. We assume full responsibility for forecast generation, model management, performance reporting, business support, and accuracy monitoring. This grants your team full visibility into performance and expert-quality forecasting insights, completely eliminating your operational burden.

Additional managed services

Our retail services can be tailored to support retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers across functions and processes.  Opportunities are only constrained by data availability and our collective imagination!  

Merchandise Return Analysis

  • Root cause and mitigation suggestions.
  • Tool to predict returns and build in to forecasts.

Reporting Center of Excellence

Support for consistent reporting and dashboarding.

Multiple Forecast Comparisons

Bake-off testing to guide the selection of forecasting systems.

Allocation Optimization

Logical guidance and parameter configuration for allocation frameworks.

Data Cleansing and Formatting

Attribute Assignment and Data Standardization.

Machine learning and AI supported optimization.

Project and Change Management Support.

Partnership across teams and systems to gain alignment on data needs.

Resources

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Demand Forecasting and Demand Planning – What is the difference?

When quantifying and allocating products, retailers frequently reference “demand forecasting” and “demand planning” synonymously; while they share many similarities, they are essentially two distinct concepts that play different roles in...

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Top retail trends 2022: Here is what we have learned

In the midst of a pandemic, national lockdowns, shortage of workers, supply issues, and sweeping uncertainty, retailers had to become more creative and flexible than ever before. Across the last...

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Q2 2022 Retail earnings call themes

Three themes we have seen in this retail earnings season: Inventory Excess, Continued Supply Chain Delays, and Inflation. Inventory Excess Inventory excess is currently a widespread challenge across retail. Everyone...

Not sure which service fits? We'll help you figure it out.

Every business has different needs. Whether you’re a retailer, wholesaler, or manufacturer looking for a one-time HealthCheck™, a fully managed forecasting operation, or ongoing platform support, we will work with you to define the right engagement, at the right level of investment for your business.