OR/MS Today, August 2006

Forecasting Software Survey
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Product New Features
(since Nov. 2004)
Comments
Analytica General procedural modeling. New graphing. Analytica integrates forecasting and decision-making. It uses influence diagrams for transparency, plus Monte Carlo.
AUTOBOX excel import ; detects LEAD EFFECTS ( anticipatory) for user-specified variables in addition to contemporary and lag effects. Intervention Modeling allows both the user to pre-specify Intervention Variables & the system to automatically identify them
Crystal Ball Extreme Speed, process capability metrics, a new welcome screen with links to tutorials and models, and split-view charting. Crystal Ball is a full suite of Excel-based applications for Monte Carlo simulation, time-series forecasting and optimization
Demand Works DP Numerous, including multi-dimensional OLAP data analysis. Demand Works DP is browser-based, multi-user collaborative demand planning solution.
Demand Works Smoothie New product. Demand Works Smoothie is a PC-based pivot forecasting program. The Smoothie Plus edition features the Forecast Pro engine.
Forecast Pro Unlimited collaborative forecasting, commenting capabilities, streamlined interface and much more Forecast Pro Unlimited is designed for large-scale forecasting applications
Forecast Pro XE Seasonal simplification models, custom reporting direct to excel, correlation/covariance matrices, 3-d graphics and much more A major new release (Version 5) was launched in July of 2006
ForecastX Wizard   ForecastX Wizard, a forecasting software add-in designed to leverage the power of Excel.
GAUSS sparse matrix type, structures, structure pointers, new state of the art graphics GAUSS is a full-featured matrix programming language. It can be used to solve any kind of time series or forecasting problem
iData Enhanced interactive user interface. Optimised algorithms for improved speed and performance. iData is a configurable forecasting solution which can be tailored to follow specific operational rules and requirements.
Minitab Statistical Software, Release 14    
NCSS   part of a general purpose statistics and graphics package
OMP Forecaster Alerts in forecast pyramids, extended product life cycle management, extended promotion mgmt, workflow, new GUI, Croston Integrated with S&OP, Master Planning and Scheduling modules, as well as with ERP systems
OpenForecast   OpenForecast is a Java library intended for embedding forecasting functionality into Java/J2SE/J2EE applications
Operations Manager   Excel add-on with all macros and formulas customizable.
PEER Planner Extended notes, drill-down, collaboration features, performance reports, Supported by relational DB to configure customer organization and forecasting cycle process
PEERForecaster   Easy-to-use Excel Add-in with exponential smoothing and ARIMA models in state-space formulation
Phicast   Phicast is an addin for Microsoft Excel. It is based on a state space framework for exponential smoothing.
PSI Planner for Windows Releasing v7.0 in Summer of '06. Too many new features since 2006 to list PSI Planner for Windows is a high tech, low cost integrated Supply Chain Planning system for Windows
RoadMap Global Planning System ForecastBot Predictive Search Engine (patent pending) combines forecasting with search technology. Patent pending search methodology combines numeric data and documents in forecasting.
SAS Forecast Server SAS Forecast Studio user interface For information, please go to www.sas.com/technologies/analytics/forecasting/index.html.
SCA Statistical System GARCH forecasting, Nonparametric regression, threshold autoregression, ACE, GAM, Transformation search, etc. A complete matrix programming language is provided in the software to deliver customized user subroutines, functions, and app
SmartForecasts    
SPSS Trends 14.0 Automatically determinebest-fitting ARIMA or exp. smoothing model. Batch model hundreds of different time series at once.  
Statgraphics Centurion Multiple datasheets, splines, navigation bar, new documentation and help system. Translations to French, Spanish and German. 150 statistical procedures. Coverts output to RTF or HTML. Data files may be synchronized with STATGRAPHICS Mobile.
Statgraphics Mobile Fits ARIMA models and generates forecasts. Also includes other common statistical procedures. First comprehensice statistical package for Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition and compatible devices.
StatTools Pareto Charts, Regression through Origin  
SYSTAT Mann-Kendall test with Sen slope estimator for nonseasonal data; seasonal Kendall test and seasonal slope estimator This is a general-purpose statistical software of which Time Series Analysis and Forecasting is a set of features.
Techno Therm, Tech Audit, SCIMOD, Techno Corr , Techno Plan, Process Models etc updated features in screen layout very effective for performance monitoring and efficiecy improvement at minimum cost,time and effort
TimeTrends Forecast Warehouse Demand Forecasting System Improved multi-user environment; db tools, query processing. Self-healing database. Programmed hierarchy creation.  
Vanguard Studio Our new product offers component-based/collaborative modeling, web authoring and publishing models to a global web library. Vanguard Studio supports Forecasting, Decision Tree analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, and general modeling.

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