Patent Document ID: 20130218635
Application ID: 13779893
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A retail planning and forecasting tool comprising: a computer with a processor having circuitry to execute instructions; a computer-readable storage medium having executable computer code stored thereon, the computer code operative to: accept and store data representing a value equal to a total previous term sales dollars; accept and store financial data affecting the total previous term sales dollars; and calculate a current term adjusted financial baseline by subtracting the financial data affecting the total previous term sales dollars from the total previous term sales dollars; accept and store financial data affecting the current term adjusted financial baseline; calculate a value equal to a total current term estimated sales by adding the financial data affecting the current term baseline to the current term adjusted financial baseline; accept and store a value equal to a current term sales goal; and calculate the current term sales bridge by subtracting the current term estimated sales from the current term sales goal.