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Trends 30-Second Survey: New Product Forecasting

  1. Do you forecast new products?

    Yes    No

    If yes, continue to question 2.

    If no, is it because (choose one):

    my company has no new products
    the responsibility for new product forecasting lies elsewhere (please explain below)

  2. If you do forecast new products, are your new products:

    Direct replacements for old products Yes    No
    New but similar to existing products Yes    No
    New-to-the-company Yes    No
    New-to-the-world Yes    No

  3. If you selected more than one new product classification, do you use the same forecasting methodology for all new products or do you use different methodologies depending on the type of new product (choose one)?

    We use the same forecasting methodology for all new products
    We us different methodologies depending on the new product type

  4. What software product, if any, do you use for new product forecasting?

  5. Please describe the methodologies you use for new product forecasting and the product classification(s) you use them for:

  6. Do you document the assumptions that go into your new product forecasts?

    Yes    No

    If so, how?