Correlation of
Wireless Forecast to sub-segments: cellular phones, infrastructure, short range, and
other as actual data become available
Your
Competitive Advantage:
Optimize
manufacturing load with fewer adjustments (forecasts aren’t
modified retroactively)
Manage inventory
to increase turns and eliminate write-offs
Plan capacity
more accurately
Manage business
based on facts (forecasts exclude opinions and
extrapolations)
Purely
Quantitative Forecast Model (*)
Top-down forecast to
counterbalance other sources
Sample Charts:
The chart below shows
the correlation between Advanced Forecasting’s Turning-Points Forecast
and the actual of two of the segments listed above (data source: WSTS). As a rule, actuals oscillate
around the forecast of Underlying Demand. A deviation of significant
magnitude triggers a correction.
Consider also
:
To obtain a more complete
view of the future of the IC industry, consider our base service, the IC Revenues Cycle Forecast. It
presents a rolling 19-month horizon
of the Underlying Demand for Worldwide IC consumption, forecasts for North
America, Europe, Japan, and Asia-Pacific, and our exclusive IC Recovery Index.
In addition you will benefit from our analysis and interpretation which appear
only in this service.