GoodsForecast is a supply chain management soluiton, based on accurate demand forecast.The customers of GoodsForecast are retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers of any size.

1. GoodsForecast
Inventory Optimization Solution
Moscow02.12.2014

2. PROBLEM
Goods4Cast answers the questions:
What? When? How much? Where?
Whenever a company has to order from the suppliers.
 Out-of-Stock
 Overstock
 Excessive Men-hours
 Uncontrolled
processes

3. SOLUTION
Planning Supplies Replenishment
The product contains the tools and
settings for both strategic (S&OP)
and tactical planning.
Along with the forecasting
models, the product allows to join
forces with the experts to
interactively build plans, as well as
adjust and reconcile them.
The product solves tactical
problems arising from the
interaction with suppliers:
optimization of schedules for
deliveries and vehicles loading, the
amount of purchase of certain
goods and a whole range of
products, goods reservation,
recording of the needs of retail
outlets, sales plans, agreements on
the volume and logistic conditions,
etc.
The product allows you to
automate the process of stocks
replenishment in warehouses and
retail outlets, choosing the optimal
level of balances and residues to
ensure the due service levels and
reduce costs. Automatic evaluation
of the quality of forecasting and
inventory management allows you
to control the system and pay
attention to only a small fraction of
products (5-10%) which may
require expert adjustment.

4. MARKET
Russia World
Supply Chain Management
Solutions Market
$100 000 000
(IDC research)
$9 000 000 000
(Gartner research)
Growth Rates
5,9%
(IDC research)
9,9%
(Gartner research)

5. COMPETITORS. «BIG SOLUTIONS»
GoodsForecast Advantages
 Agility and Efficiency. We implement our own solution – customization and resolving of
problems take les s time in comparison with big competitors.
 Forecasting Accuracy. More than once, we won contests with participation of big competitors.
 Cost. GoodsForecast implementation costs 1,5-2 times less on average in comparison with big
competitors solutions.

6. COMPETITORS. SOLUTIONS FOR SMB
GoodsForecast Advantages
 Functionality. We implement t he product, based on solution for big enterprises. Nobody can
offer the same functional set neither in Russia, nor in the other world.
 Forecasting Accuracy. More than once, we won contests with participation of big competitors.
 Methodology. We developed unique inventory management methodology, that allows to get the
most from poor data, typical for SMB.

7. TEAM
Andrey Lisitsa, CEO
Graduate of CMC MSU. 9-year experience of successful project
implementation with leading companies in the field of
demand forecasting and inventory management and
optimization.
Sergey Kotik, CBDO
Graduate of CMC MSU. 10-year experience of successful IT
project implementation in the field of BI and e-commerce.
Daniel Kanevskiy, CAO
Graduate of CMC MSU. 9-year experience of BI solutions
methodology and mathematics engine development including
inventory management and optimization solutions. Key team
member in more than 30 demand forecasting and inventory
optimization projects. Business analyst, researcher.

8. CURRENT STATE
Product
 Customizable platform used for implementation projects for large enterprises
 Planning, Supplies, Replenishment solutions, based on the mentioned platform and
implemented on-premises
Customers

9. INDICATORS
2013 2014 2015 2016
Turnover $500 000 $1 000 000 $1 500 000 $2 200 000
Number of
employees
10 15 20 25
Profitability - 25% 30-35% 40-45%
GoodsForecast

10. EXIT STRATEGIES
1. Strategic Investor
 Big competitor (IBM, Oracle, JDA, SAP, ….)
 ERP solution producer (Acumatica, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, 1C, …)
2. VC Fund

11. INVESTMENTS
$800 000 stage by stage
For the purpose of development and promotion of solution for SMB with SaaS, Private cloud,
On-premises implementation models
What do we look for?
 Contacts in manufacturing, retail, distribution
 Contacts in resellers and integrators
 Expertise in promotion
1 stage, 6 months
Development
Result: MVP
$100 000
2 stage, 6 months
Partner sales promotion
Result: Partners network (10
partners)+ direct sales
$ 200 000
3 stage, 12 months
Promotion
Result: Partners network (30
partners)+ direct sales
$500 000

12. CONTACTS
Sergey Kotik
CBDO
mob: +7 968 749-99-48
e-mail: kotik@goodsforecast.com
skype: kot_serg9