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FSAI Forecasting

Demand, inventory, and cash forecasts driven by your real FourthShift history.

Your FourthShift history is a rich signal for what comes next — but most teams plan from last year plus a guess. FSAI Forecasting turns that history into demand, inventory, and cash projections you can actually plan against, updated as new transactions land.

FSAI Forecasting
Demand Forecast
Item · Casting A-200 · monthly
ME
Forecast accuracy
91%
▲ 4 pts
Next 30d demand
3,940
▲ 12%
Safety stock
180
units
Bias
+1.4%
In range
Actual vs. forecast — with confidence band
Actual Forecast 90% band
today
What's inside

Capabilities

Demand forecasting

Item- and customer-level demand projections built from your actual order and shipment history.

Inventory & reorder signals

See where you are about to stock out or overstock before it costs you a rush order or dead inventory.

Cash-flow projection

Project AR/AP timing from real invoice and payment behavior, not flat assumptions.

Scenario planning

Model a big order, a price change, or a slow quarter and see the downstream impact.

Outcomes

What you get out of it

  • Reduce stockouts and excess inventory
  • Plan purchasing and production with confidence
  • See cash crunches before they happen
Questions

Common questions

How much history do we need?

A year or more is ideal, but we can produce useful forecasts with less and improve them as more data accumulates.

Is this a black box?

No. Every forecast comes with the drivers behind it so your planners can sanity-check and adjust.

A look inside

Screens from FSAI Forecasting

A representative look at the product. Every deployment is tailored to your FourthShift setup.

Demand Forecast
Item · Casting A-200 · monthly
ME
Forecast accuracy
91%
▲ 4 pts
Next 30d demand
3,940
▲ 12%
Safety stock
180
units
Bias
+1.4%
In range
Actual vs. forecast — with confidence band
Actual Forecast 90% band
today
Demand forecast
Inventory & Reorder Signals
Projected 30-day horizon
ME
At-risk items
7
Suggested POs
12
Excess tied up
$310k
Reorder signalsRanked by urgency
ItemOn handReorder ptSignal
Casting A-200412180Healthy
Bracket H-1464220Stockout in 6d
Seal kit S-91840300Low in 14d
Motor M-772240Stockout in 3d
Panel P-30980150Overstock
Reorder signals
Scenario Planner
What-if · Large order Q3
ME
Scenario inputs
New order qty +2,500
Start month Jul
Lead time 21 d
Price change −3%
Apply to Line A
Run scenario
Projected impactvs. baseline
Stockout risk
Medium
Extra capacity
+18%
Cash impact
+$96k
Scenario planner

Ready to see FSAI Forecasting on your data?

We'll walk through exactly how it fits your FourthShift setup.

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