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Sales Forecasting (Udemy.com)

Learn practical sales forecasting methods with Excel in 1 hour

4.3
1,513 reviews

Created by: Scandinavian Institute of Business Analytics

Last updated February 2024

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What you will learn

  • Forecast sales: trends, seasonal sales, trends+seasonality
  • Organize and store sales data
  • Drive forecasts to high accuracy
  • Report forecasting results with confidence

How it compares

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  • Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 21% of them
  • Reviews1,513#112 of 372 by number of reviews
  • Length0.8 hoursshorter than 97% of them
  • Last updatedFebruary 2024earlier than 68% of them

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Course Description

Sales forecasting is not magic. This is a real thing called predictive analytics. You do not have to be a rocket scientist to understand it. With this course, you do not need to know higher mathematics at all.

Real business forecasting uses quantitative data collection methods, mathematics, and logical reasoning, there is very little guesswork involved and much to be gained for the business owner.  Your historical data can be used to make accurate predictions about what will happen in the future, allowing you to order the appropriate amount of stock, hire enough employees, and ensure your business runs smoothly. The financial gains that can be achieved with business forecasting are real and can be achieved with the help of basic Excel techniques. 

SCANBA produced high quality, easy to understand, the professional-level course that is right for you, as a person interested in business education. 

Sales Forecasting by SCANBA is the course that will teach you how to forecast your sales in real life. 

Trends? No problem! Seasonality? You got it! Accuracy? Nail it down. 

By looking at data from the past, you can extrapolate trends that will allow you to make forecasts that are more accurate. These forecasts can be useful in all areas of business from sales, to management, to marketing. With your new knowledge on forecasting, you are on your way to making better business decisions. 

With Excel examples, and professional lectures, you will learn the topic in just one hour! 

You will learn:  

  • 3 major sales forecasting methods including moving average, exponential smoothing, and regression

  • 2 additional extensions to the methods for in-depth analysis

  • 5 Excel spreadsheet examples

  • Methods for predicting both seasonality and trends in your sales

By the end of the course, you will be able to pass an exam and receive a personalized certificate of completion from the Scandinavian Institute of Business Analytics. 

Take the course, now -- remember, you are investing in yourself.  The certificate from the Scandinavian Institute of Business Analytics will prove your expertise to others. 

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Instructor Details

Scandinavian Institute of Business Analytics

          The Scandinavian Institute of Business Analytics (SCANBA) is a business analytics consulting company with operations in Finland and Sweden. SCANBA helps companies and their employees to become significantly more effective and successful by implementing business analytics in their organizations and by increasing employees’ professional skills. 

          SCANBA provides a broad range of services, including training and certification in business analytics, data management auditing, business process auditing and optimization, predictive analytics implementation, and decision system management. 

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By Anonymized User on 10/28/2025

YES, it was a good match. I truly found the course on sales forecasting to be more informative and practical, and in short, providing me with tools and techniques to analyze sales historical data, identify various trends and accurate prediction. This course also challenged me to think critically about factors influencing sales performance such as seasonality and customer behaviour

By Anonymized User on 5/2/2025

The course is concise, objective, and provides clear insights for those starting out in the field of forecasting. Thank you for making the concepts easy to understand and applicable.

By Anonymized User on 7/19/2024

It's my first time when I take the course and also interesting. But, I need to review the course to grasp and make it internalize it.

By Jose Trotman on 5/29/2024

The course information was clear and concise. The visuals were helpful and fun to watch while learning. There's a lot of information packed into a short time, but the way it's sectioned, allows for easy review. Thanks so much for this course.

By Kailey Roman on 4/28/2023

The information at a high level was good, but it went so deep so fast through the different formulas & calculations without explaining what the goal of the calculation was. Not sure I would classify the second half of this course as "beginner".

By Christopher Treadwell on 12/23/2022

Really enjoyed the course, super short, but packed full of much need information. It didn't hit all the targets I was looking for, since some data can have stock out which can mess up the overall data, but it is very helpful on those items with steady monthly patterns. The Excel Formulas might need to be explained a little bit better for people with little Excel experience, but Advance user will know the correct formula layout

By Anonymized User on 11/10/2022

Sim. Acabei de concluir um curso a respeito de forecasting e este curso foi um excelente complemento e muito esclarecedor de algumas arestas que tinham ficado no curso que fiz.

By Julia Read on 9/20/2022

Some great ideas, and some things to implement immediately, but the more challenging stuff is glossed over very quickly, and without creating enough context. Some nice Excel pointers in places, and an absolute lack of Excel pointers in others.

By Dauna Williams on 9/11/2022

This course was an excellent quick overview of sales forecasting. It provides enough information to get started, which I was looking for, instead of a long lecture on statistics.

By Anonymized User on 8/30/2022

This is a good general review of forecasting concepts. The examples are very basic but the math seems more advanced. I consider this a good crash course that raises more questions to take another more in-depth course, or Google a ton. Thanks!

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  • Updated: icon February 2024
  • Level: Intermediate Intermediate
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