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Activity: Question posted: 12 23 2009 14:23:43 +0000, 1 answers, 170 views, last activity 07 06 2010 20:18:08 +0000
 
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With year ending, the team reporting to me has to give their Sales forecast. Most of them being <2 yrs experience and positioned across India. I was looking for a informal / easier way to ge the data from them.

Please help me out with your suggestions. A few points that can help me and them were :

Sales target for the current year 

Total Sales achieved this year

Forecast for the forthcoming year:

  1. Achievement customerwise (At least top 10 orders)
  2. Orders lost customer wise
  3. Slump , if any in a specific region
  4. New customers / funnel strength
  5. Inventory / support required for the achievement

 
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Conduct a Sales ForecastConducting a sales forecast will provide your business with an evaluation of past and current sales levels and annual growth, and allow you to compare your ...www.va-interactive.com
  Answer modified by     Dharmena Prajapati, Sales/BD Manager, Wipro  | 12 24 2009 14:54:57 +0000
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What can be better source to get these datas than Internet. There are many ways of chalking out sales targets. One is: Incentive should be calculated on the basis of revenue target achieved. The revenue target is normally 4-5 times of salary( 4-5 times in case of junior employees such as sales ex.). Revenue is cumulative receipt from new and existing accounts. The incentive is around 10% of the revenue target achieved and payable either at the end of month or at the end of quarter. Try to extend this for forecasting depending upon your organization & products....

 
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