| General Description of Suspected Sales History Errors |
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| 1. In a series of monthly sales history , one month of sales may be outside the range of all others. |
| 2. This is a suspected sales history error. |
| 3. Focus Forecasting® replaces suspected sales history for forecasting purposes. |
| Technical Description of Replacing of Suspected Sales History Errors |
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| 1. Find the highest sales month in the current year... 500...April 2006 . |
| 2. Find the quarter just passed sales for the last 3 months before this month |
| 3. January through March of 2006 ... 6. |
| 4. Find the quarter last year sales |
| 5. March through May of 2005 ... 2. |
| 6. Find the higher quarter , last year or just passed... 6 |
| 7. Find the number of non zero occurences of sales this year ... 8. |
| 8. If this months's sales are twice as great as the higher quarter |
| -- and there were more than 4 occurences of sales this year , |
| -- then replace this months sales with the higher quarter for forecasting purposes. |
| 9. Answer 6. |
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