Exactprep Manufacturing-Cloud-Professional Questions

Account forecasts are long-term projections of revenue and volume for accounts based on sales agreements, opportunity products, and account manager targets. Account forecasts can be generated and displayed monthly or quarterly, depending on the business needs. The forecast frequency can be changed in the account forecast settings by an administrator. However, changing the forecast frequency has some consequences that the administrator needs to be aware of. First, a full regeneration of all the eligible account forecasts will be carried out, meaning that all the existing account forecasts will be recalculated based on the new frequency. This may take some time and consume system resources. Second, all the previously active account forecasts will expire, meaning that they will no longer be available for viewing or editing. This is to avoid confusion and inconsistency in the forecast data. Therefore, the administrator should carefully consider the impact of changing the forecast frequency and communicate the change to the account managers and other stakeholders. References: Define Account Forecast Settings, Salesforce Manufacturing Cloud Flashcards, Configure Forecast Generation and Display Settings

Account Based Forecasting allows the account owner to set the account growth and market growth values for each account. These values are used to calculate the forecast quantity and revenue based on the historical orders, sales agreements, and opportunities. The account growth represents the expected growth of the account relative to the market, while the market growth represents the expected growth of the market for the products sold by the account. If Universal Containers expects a 5% increase in the market but has a target growth of 10%, the account owner should set the account growth to 5%, which means the account is expected to grow 5% faster than the market. This will increase the forecast quantity and revenue by 5% compared to the baseline forecast. Updating the account forecast to 10% or the market growth to 10% will not achieve the same result, as they will affect the forecast calculations differently. References: Create Accurate Account Forecasts, Considerations for Working with Manufacturing

Manufacturing Cloud supports two types of Experience Clouds: Customer and Partner. Experience Cloud is a digital experience platform that enables you to create secure websites, portals, and apps with connected data. Customer Experience Cloud allows you to build self-service portals, help centers, and storefronts for your customers, where they can access their account information, order products, manage cases, and more. Partner Experience Cloud allows you to build partner portals, channel management solutions, and microsites for your partners, where they can collaborate with you, manage leads and opportunities, access marketing campaigns, and more. Manufacturing Cloud also provides a standard Manufacturing Experience Cloud Template that includes two key functionalities: Sales Agreements and Account Based Forecasts. References: Experience Cloud | Salesforce DXP, What Is Experience Cloud?, Manufacturing Experience Cloud Template.