Advanced Forecasting - What makes us unique

Advanced Forecasting’s Competitive Advantage

Advanced Forecasting’s competitive advantage provides our users with the following benefits:

        Proven accuracy since 1986 –
                o Be able to identify and prepare for Turning-Points in direction before the fact
                o Decrease your reliance on subjective human opinion (the source of most other
                   forecasts)
                o Avoid the pitfalls of extrapolations

No retroactive modifications –
o Be able to plan with no fear of retroactive changes in the forecasts you see

Monthly reporting –
o Allows for more timely reaction to changes than quarterly information

      Direct help with implementation –
                o We help you overlay the forecasts on your company-specific product lines
                o Unlimited open phone line to address any forecasting issues

Full refund guarantee period

We can offer all of the above because:

The uniqueness of the forecasting models is that they are based on pure quantitative input that is a measurement of monthly changes in economic factors that influence the consumption of ICs (integrated circuits). These factors cause changes in the purchasing behavior of individuals and companies buying end-equipment products containing semiconductors. By providing early identification of changes in direction of demand, the forecasts help companies decrease their reliance on subjective human opinion. Advanced Forecasting does not change its forecasts retroactively. Each monthly report adds an additional forecast point to the horizon, without changing previously published figures.

To avoid human opinion and extrapolation, we do not use industry consensus and surveys of end market managers as input to our models.

Advanced Forecasting’s methodology utilizes information within, and interactions among, economic factors to model the changes in the purchasing behavior of individuals and companies who buy end-equipment products (i.e., computers, communications equipment, automobiles, etc.). The appropriate measurement and combination of these economic factors can predict significant Turning-Points in demand for semiconductors, semiconductor equipment, and materials.