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Click any problem box below and flip the card to see how it impacts your program or the service user.
Gather your recent data from spreadsheets or other software like Excel. Graph the data to guide you - you’ll start to see trends jump out at you.
Validate your previous forecast with the data you now have. For help, contact OHRDP.
Try other approaches like the Moving Average, which is a forecasting method where the last several months are averaged to give a forecast for the next month.
Make sure the forecast makes sense when you consider your recent ordering and frontline experience.
Record your forecasts for future reference. Consider using the Forecasting Tool and saving the spreadsheet to a handy location.
Validate your forecasts after several months have passed.
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Forecasting
Keeping Stocked
Learn how to get started and which programs you can use.
Discover the three versions of the Forecasting tool.
Watch an example of Forecasting being completed.
Quickly and easily access how many baggies you’ll need in upcoming weeks.
Easily project stock level quantities for injection supplies you’re going to need.
Quickly and easily access how many inhalation supplies you’ll need in upcoming weeks.
Written instructions for the three forecasting spreadsheets: Inhalation Supplies, Injection Supplies and Baggies.
Visualize your recent ordering data for each item when doing SIMS forecasts. This makes patterns and trends pop out. Check out the Forecasting section for more info!
Lucas
Forecasting can help ensure you have enough inventory. It can also prevent stockpiling.
Lucas
Graphing helps you see the story your data is telling you.
Lucas
Do the volumes in your inventory and what you distribute to the community reflect safer practices? Use ‘Connecting’ as a guide to support kit supply ratios.
Miroslav
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