How we implemented ML Technology to Improve Pharmaceutical Sales
2 min readOct 3, 2022
- Sales forecasting is essential for all industry. It’s also one of the most important responsibilities for sales managers who use sales projection analysis to plan inventories, operations, and strategy.
- Forecasting helps business owners in future planning, allocation of resources, reduced costs, and increase in sales.
- Machine learning technology is incorporated into Automation sales forecasting software to improve the accuracy of sales forecasts.
- Better business decisions can be made due to the software’s greater accuracy and confidence while analyzing historical data and predicting future patterns.
- The use of AI for sales forecasting is a game-changer for any industry-targeted companies that need an edge in the competitive market today.
- These predictive solutions help businesses plan their future growths and take more reliable risk management strategies to improve their sales.
- Many industrial leaders like McDonalds, Colgate, Amazon, and Netflix have applied predictive analytics solutions to smoothen their sales and customer-centric demands.
Benefits of Using AI in sales forecasting
- Performance Tracking
- Sales Planning
- Production Planning
- Reduced Inventory Costs
- Reduced Warehouse Costs
- Effective Labour Management
How we helped pharmaceutical industry with AI-Sales forecasting?
Solution Overview :
- As in the Healthcare sector, we have worked with a pharmaceutical company in building an AI-based forecasting solution that captures any seasonal patterns in the sales and then preserves them for analysis providing monthly and quarterly sales predictions.
- These sales predictions help their sales and operational team in planning their businesses and make faster decision-making to improve their revenue
- Initial statistical tests were performed to check for seasonality, volatility, and trends.
- ETL Process was performed on the data to suppress noise
- Then various models such as ARIMA, SARIMA, Facebook Prophet were experimented. The best performing model was chosen.
Technology
Market Size: AI-based sales forecasting solution.
Sales Forecasting Software Market size was valued at USD 61.15 Billion in 2022 and is projected to reach USD 142.97 Billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 11.2% from 2023 to 2030.