Analyst Report

BARC Topical Survey: Predictive Planning and Forecasting on the Rise – Hype or Reality?

BARC Topical Survey: Predictive Planning and Forecasting on the Rise – Hype or Reality?

The objective analyst BARC conducted the worldwide online survey "Predictive Planning and Forecasting on the Rise – Hype or Reality?" in the period from May to June 2022. Serviceware is one of the sponsors of this survey.

The current BARC study examined the nature and current extent of the use of predictive planning and forecasting and draws comparisons with the results of previous BARC studies.

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Key takeaways:

  • Does predictive planning and forecasting take corporate planning to the next level in practice and provide the benefits that companies expect?
  • Are the enthusiastic promises of vendors exaggerated?
  • How widely is predictive planning actually used?
  • While software vendors are massively expanding their functionality in this area, utilization in user companies is only increasing slowly. But why is that?