i2 Releases Demand Manager for Offline Forecasting

i2 Technologies announces the release of version 6.3.1 of i2 Demand Manager. i2 Demand Manager develops demand plans and demand-influencing price and promotional activities. This latest release provides analytics for demand forecasting and planning, price and promotion optimization, demand prioritization, communication and performance management.

The latest release of i2 Demand Manager offers capabilities for offline forecasting using Microsoft Office Excel. By using an on-demand, live-synchronization capability, this feature offers field salespeople the ability to make offline edits using the full data validation and audit trail capability of i2 Demand Manager.

Another capability is the extension of i2's existing attributes-based forecasting capabilities to now allow use of attributes within custom rules. This helps enable improved forecast accuracy through sophisticated micro-segmentation and rules-based forecasting models based on attributes.