Schedule the right staff, at the right time, for the best performance

Accurately predict your demand by product and by location

Get the right stock, in the right place, at the right time

Strategic Forecasts.
Bespoke Analytics.
Data-driven decision making.

Demand Forecasts and Analytics for Restaurants

Traditionally, demand forecasts have relied heavily on historical data but in the fast-paced world of modern commerce, businesses are increasingly turning to new approaches that incorporate forward-looking data and economic perspectives.

Predictive Insights’ forecasts (up to 18 months ahead) feed into the analytics we provide to customers, ultimately helping them make data-driven decisions to:

Our Value Offering

Our models draw from diverse sets of data, our insights into the economy and human behaviour, and modern machine learning approaches to produce accurate demand forecasts and predictions. Additionally, we offer actionable insights to help your business succeed.

Our Solutions

Leveraging data-driven approaches allows your business to anticipate future trends, optimise operations, and make informed decisions. We provide actionable analytics, based on our demand forecasts, to inform strategic decision-making. Use our visual interface and advanced dashboards to drive your business forward, with the following features:

Staffing and Labour Efficiency

• Minimise labour costs

• Cut staff turnover

• Improve employee morale

Stock Optimisation

• Reduce waste

• Prevent stock outs

• Ensure customer satisfaction

Pricing and Promotions

• Get insight into your marketing campaigns and promotion effectiveness

• Personalise promotions

New Product Insights

• Understand how new products will perform

• Identify target audiences

• Assess the impact on existing products

Analyse and Choose New Locations

• Identify new target markets

• Analyse competitors

Budget Forecasts

• Accurately plan budgets

• Take market and economic conditions into account

• Allocate resources and assets efficiently

• Boost revenue

By leveraging business intelligence solutions and long-term AI forecasting software, businesses can analyse sales data and identify patterns and trends.

Predictive Insights’ forward-looking operational and strategic forecasts (up to 18 months ahead) are built by combining client data, economic conditions, behavioural science, AI, and data science. These forecasts help you make data-driven decisions to boost revenue for your business.

See how Nando's uses our demand forecasting and predictive analytics

Strategic benefits

At the strategic level, new demand forecasting approaches provide invaluable insights for long-term planning. By integrating economic approaches into data analysis, businesses can factor in variables like inflation, GDP growth, and interest rates.

Understanding these macroeconomic indicators empowers companies to make informed decisions about production volumes, inventory levels, and pricing strategies, mitigating risks and maximising profitability.

Operational benefits

Operational efficiency is critical for maintaining a competitive edge, and our predictive analytics solutions deliver just that. By leveraging advanced data analysis, we help businesses streamline their operations in several key areas:

Minimise labour costs
Reduce staff turnover
Ensure customer satisfaction
Boost revenue

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What Our Clients Say

Madelien de Wet

Project Office Manager

Predictive Insights helped us to analyse our data using a combination of machine learning and behavioural insights to identify our high-value customers' characteristics and traits. By understanding our customer base, we can make better business decisions that improve customer retention and drive new customer acquisition. Neil offered hands-on expertise and was always available to answer questions and train our users.

Rob Urquhart

Lead: Impact and Research

Predictive Insights helped us gain actionable insights from our data and improved how we help young people in the labour market. Their analysis always gets to the heart of the issue, is extremely rigorous but presented in an accessible and action orientated way." -

Greg Fox

CEO

Predictive Insights used machine learning to help us identify high potential enquiries. This helped us prioritise, and more accurately target ad spend, leading to increased revenue and improved efficiency.

Gideon Jacobs

Business Development Manager

Our margins of error have improved for demand forecasting by 40%; now we can get pretty close to the right number of personnel hours needed, because the predictions are much more accurate.