SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING EXTRA CALENDAR PERIODS IN RETAIL

摘要

Systems (100), methods (200), and other embodiments (600) for providing management of retail forecasts associated with a computer application are described. In one embodiment, historical demand data associated with a retail item sold at a retail location is read from an input data structure associated with the computer application (210). A determination is made as to when and where an extra retail period occurs in a forecast time domain (220, 230). Forecasted demand data is generated for retail periods of the forecast time domain, except the extra retail period, based on the historical demand data (260). Forecasted demand data is generated for the extra retail period based on a portion of the forecasted demand data for the retail periods of the forecast time domain (270). An output data structure is transformed (290) by populating the output data structure with the forecasted demand data for the retail periods, including the extra retail period, of the forecast time domain.