Literature Review on Models, Software Architectures and Software Design Patterns for Building a Sales Forecasting Module for Improved Decision Making

Abstract:

Today the business world is very dynamic, so making the right decision about a strategy is very relevant in its future. Forecasting has been widely used in various fields to know how to predict uncertain events in the future and to use the information that already exists to project an uncertain future. The objective of this article is to review the results of the models found for the improvement of decision making, projection and combination of models. A brief review of the literature was carried out to analyze articles published in prestigious journals during the last four years. As a result, 93 potential articles were found and 30 articles were selected. From the results it is concluded that the use of projections can improve decision making because it allows predicting uncertain events in the future of the company.