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How should sales forecasting governance work?

Table 3How should sales forecasting governance work?

Governance object	Accountable owner	Local control	Escalation trigger
Forecast target	Revenue or planning owner	Unit, population, horizon, and exclusions are versioned.	The target changes after the forecast cutoff.
Model baseline	Forecast or data owner	Inputs, features, model version, and information cutoff are retained.	A baseline cannot be reconstructed from the record.
Human intervention	Named commercial reviewer	Override reason, authority, timestamp, and final value are recorded.	An override has no reason, owner, or pre-actual timestamp.
Financial use	Finance or operating owner	The forecast is mapped to a declared revenue, margin, or capacity boundary.	The operating forecast and financial line use different units or periods.
Evaluation	Forecast governance owner	Actual, loss function, variance, and review date are fixed in advance.	A result is reported without the matching actual or comparison.

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What is AI demand forecasting? A forecast is a system, not an oracle

AI demand forecasting needs a target, horizon, information cutoff, override boundary, and later actual. Automation alone is not forecast governance.

6 Sept 2026

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@misc{isoglu-2026-what-is-ai-demand-forecasting-fig03,
  author = {Isoglu, Sinan},
  title = {{How should sales forecasting governance work?}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Table 3, isoglu.com},
  url = {https://isoglu.com/insights/exhibits/isoglu-2026-what-is-ai-demand-forecasting-fig03/},
  note = {From the essay {What is AI demand forecasting? A forecast is a system, not an oracle}}
}

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