Deslee Mattex’s product range is seasonal and market-driven. The fabric color & decor choices change all the time, and their range differs year on year. Deslee Mattex had no platform to calculate their sales forecasts and tried to predict their orders using historical data and spreadsheets. But with each season being different and essentially new items being introduced all the time, it was impossible to forecast with any reasonable accuracy. New items are challenging to forecast, and the potential to over-purchase or under-purchase due to the lack of sales history is a common problem. There are numerous ways to treat new items so that you can produce more accurate forecasts, but their systems and processes couldn’t manage this level of sophistication. With the added complexity of seaso

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