OR/MS Today, June 2010

Forecasting Software Survey
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Product Publisher Operating System Platform Software Capabilities
Automatic Semi-automatic Manual
Autobox 6.0 Automatic Forecasting Systems, Inc. Windows, Unix All Platforms y y y
Forecast Pro TRAC Business Forecast Systems, Inc. All windows platforms 32-bit y y y
Forecast Pro XE Business Forecast Systems, Inc. All versions of Windows 32-bit y y y
iData MJC2 Most Windows and UNIX 32 and 64 bit supported y y y
JMP 8 SAS Windows 7, Vista, XP; Macintosh OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard), 10.5 32 or 64 bit, must specify y y
Minitab 16 Statistical Software Minitab Inc. XP, Vista, Windows 7 32- and 64-bit (Minitab 16 works on both) y y
NCSS 2007 NCSS, LLC Windows 7 and earlier NCSS 2007 is a 32 bit program, but it works on 64-bit machines y y y
PSI Planner for Windows Logistics Planning Associates, LLC Windows (95, NT, XP, Vista, 7, Server, etc) 32 or 64 Bit y y y
RoadMap Global Planning Solution RoadMap Technologies Windows 7 32/64 bit Windows Server y y y
RoadMap in a Box RoadMap Technologies Windows 7, Mac OS, 32/64 bit Windows Server; Firefox and Internet Explorer Browsers y
SAS Forecast Server SAS All major PC, Unix, and Mainframe operating systems All major platforms supported y y y
SCA Statistical System Scientific Computing Associates Corp. Windows 7, Windows Vista, Unix compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit platforms y y y
SmartForecasts Smart Software All Windows Operating Systems y y y
Smoothie Demand Works All modern Windows operating systems 32-bit or 64-bit y y
SPSS Forecasting SPSS, an IBM Company Windows xp, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Mac Leopard, Snow Leopard, Solaris, Linux, AIX, HP UX 32 bit and 64 bit purchaser must specify platform y y
STATGRAPHICS Centurion StatPoint Technologies, Inc. Windows XP, 2000, Vista, 7 32 Bit or 64 Bit, purchaser must specify platform y y y
STATGRAPHICS Web Services StatPoint Technologies, Inc. .NET One version which works on both y y y
SYSTAT 13 Systat Software, Inc. Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP 32 Bit and 64 Bit y
The DecisionTools Suite 5.5 Palisade Corporation Windows Vista, XP 32 Bit (64Bit coming soon) y y
Vanguard System Vanguard Software All Windows One version works on both y y y

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Introduction | Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Vendor List | Accompanying Article
 

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