Microsoft Excel is a useful tool for tracking data. By providing past sales data and other factors that affect your sales, you can use Excel's Forecast function to forecast future sales numbers. This ...

Q. I use Excel to do traditional linear forecasting, but I would like to upgrade to exponential smoothing for more accurate forecasts. Is there a way to do this in Excel? A. Accurate forecasting is ...

We all know that in uncertain times, a forecast underlies a company’s success or failure. Forecasts keep prices low by optimizing business operations—including cash flow, production, staff, and ...

Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2016. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. Q. Our company creates ...

Interpolation is forecasting using existing data to predict future patterns and values. Being able to forecast helps every business leader make the right decisions when it comes to cutting costs, ...

When you use Excel, you have access to powerful tools that can help you make informed decisions based on different scenarios. Two of the most useful tools for this purpose are Goal Seek and the ...

Kayla Kurtz tells us how to estimate account performance before making a paid-search account active. She shows us the process by using Excel and a few simple formulas, but she tells us that the ...