# RoadMap Technologies

> RoadMap Technologies is a forecasting and data science company offering expert consulting, enterprise forecasting software, and secure data services, built on the Geneva Forecasting™ Engine that Oracle has licensed since 1999.

> Full documentation & page content for LLMs: https://roadmap-tech.com/llms-full.txt

- Founded 1988 by Rudolph Pizzano III, Ph.D. (Founder, President & CEO).
- Headquarters: 100 Cummings Center, Beverly, MA 01915.
- The forecasting engine Oracle has licensed for over 25 years.
- Trusted by Fortune 500 companies and 10 of the Top 25 life science companies.
- $100M+ saved for clients across engagements over 30+ years.
- Contact: info@roadmap-tech.com · (978) 232-8901 · https://roadmap-tech.com/contact/

## Consulting Services

Forecasting experts who build, validate and operationalize demand models on your data.

- [Consulting Services overview](https://roadmap-tech.com/consulting-services/)
- [Econometric Modeling & Driver Analysis](https://roadmap-tech.com/consulting-services/econometric-modeling-driver-analysis/): Patient behavior, market access, price, promotion. We isolate what's actually moving your demand, measure each driver, and turn it into decisions your commercial and planning teams can act on.
- [Forecasting & Demand Planning](https://roadmap-tech.com/consulting-services/forecasting-demand-planning/): Baselines, scenarios and forecast improvement built for real S&OP cycles in life sciences and consumer goods, with exception views and accuracy tracking your planners will actually use.
- [Launch Forecasting](https://roadmap-tech.com/consulting-services/launch-forecasting/): Forecasts for products with no sales history yet. We size the opportunity from patients or shoppers, shape the uptake from comparable launches, and track early results so the plan adjusts fast.
- [Supply Chain & Inventory Planning](https://roadmap-tech.com/consulting-services/supply-chain-inventory-planning/): A forecast is only useful if it changes what you order. We connect demand to inventory policy, service levels and supply plans, from launch stock to long-range capacity, without overstocking.
- [Executive Decision Support](https://roadmap-tech.com/consulting-services/executive-decision-support/): Long-range plans, portfolio scenarios and the KPIs leadership runs the business on. We align stakeholders on one number and build decision frameworks that hold up in leadership and board review.
- [Advanced Analytics](https://roadmap-tech.com/consulting-services/advanced-analytics/): When the question doesn't fit a standard model: simulation, optimization, machine learning and large-batch forecasting, built in R and Python. The same methods run inside every service we offer.

## Forecasting Software

Forecasting products built on the Geneva Forecasting™ Engine, from a free web app to an enterprise planning platform.

- [Forecasting Software overview](https://roadmap-tech.com/forecasting-software/)
- [RoadMap TrailBlazer](https://roadmap-tech.com/forecasting-software/trailblazer/): AI forecasting workspace in the browser with 40+ models, an interactive spreadsheet, and plain-language AI agents for planning teams.
- [Geneva Forecasting™ API & MCP](https://roadmap-tech.com/forecasting-software/geneva-forecasting-api/): REST API, Python SDK, and MCP server access to the Oracle-licensed Geneva Forecasting™ Engine for developers and AI agents.
- [RoadMap GPS](https://roadmap-tech.com/forecasting-software/global-planning-solution/): Enterprise demand planning software combining the ease of Excel, the statistical power of R, and Microsoft SQL Server scalability.
- [RoadMap GPS 360](https://roadmap-tech.com/forecasting-software/gps-360/): Full-lifecycle planning software uniting best-fit forecasting, multi-market inventory tracking, and 360° executive visibility.
- [RoadMap StoreCast](https://roadmap-tech.com/forecasting-software/storecast/): Shopify-native analytics and demand forecasting that turns order history into product and variant insights inside Shopify Admin.
- [PreSnap Picks](https://roadmap-tech.com/forecasting-software/presnap-picks/): Weekly NFL Moneyline, Spread, and Total predictions, scoring trend analysis, and a social Pick 'Em game powered by our models.

## Data Services

Secure pipelines, warehouses and governance that give your forecasts complete, current data.

- [Data Services overview](https://roadmap-tech.com/data-services/)
- [Data Pipeline Engineering](https://roadmap-tech.com/data-services/data-pipeline-engineering/): Automated ETL and ELT pipelines, managed SFTP servers with 2FA, and quality gates that keep planning data complete and current.
- [Data Warehousing & Modeling](https://roadmap-tech.com/data-services/data-warehousing-modeling/): Cloud and on-premises data warehouses and dimensional models engineered for fast forecasting, S&OP, and executive reporting.
- [Systems Integration](https://roadmap-tech.com/data-services/systems-integration/): Bi-directional integration and automated pipelines connecting ERP, CRM, POS, and RoadMap forecasting software into one source of truth.
- [Data Governance & Quality](https://roadmap-tech.com/data-services/data-governance-quality/): Automated pipeline quality gates, source-to-target lineage, and KPI controls so every team plans from one trusted number.
- [Automated Reporting & Dashboards](https://roadmap-tech.com/data-services/automated-reporting-dashboards/): Automated daily and weekly S&OP packs, plan-vs-actual dashboards, and OLAP drill-downs delivered without manual spreadsheet work.
- [Data Security & Privacy](https://roadmap-tech.com/data-services/data-security-privacy/): HIPAA-aligned de-identification, tokenization, 2FA-hardened SFTP, and encryption that protect regulated data across every workflow.

## Geneva Forecasting™ Engine

An expert-system statistical forecasting engine. 10 statistical methods with automatic best-fit selection. Under 200 ms per forecast on average via the API; 1,500+ forecasts per second on enterprise deployments.

- [Geneva Forecasting™ Engine](https://roadmap-tech.com/geneva-forecasting-engine/): history, Oracle relationship and the 10 methods
- [Linear regression](https://roadmap-tech.com/geneva-forecasting-engine/#linear-regression): Steady linear trend
- [Power regression](https://roadmap-tech.com/geneva-forecasting-engine/#power-regression): Growth that accelerates or decelerates proportionally
- [Exponential regression](https://roadmap-tech.com/geneva-forecasting-engine/#exponential-regression): Compounding growth or decay (e.g. aging products)
- [Logarithmic regression](https://roadmap-tech.com/geneva-forecasting-engine/#logarithmic-regression): Fast early growth that flattens
- [Asymptotic regression](https://roadmap-tech.com/geneva-forecasting-engine/#asymptotic-regression): Growth approaching a ceiling
- [Exponential asymptotic (logistic / S-curve) regression](https://roadmap-tech.com/geneva-forecasting-engine/#logistic-regression): Product launches and market saturation
- [Single exponential smoothing](https://roadmap-tech.com/geneva-forecasting-engine/#single-exponential-smoothing): Short-term, non-seasonal data
- [Double exponential smoothing (Holt's linear trend)](https://roadmap-tech.com/geneva-forecasting-engine/#double-exponential-smoothing): Trending, non-seasonal data
- [Holt-Winters (triple exponential smoothing)](https://roadmap-tech.com/geneva-forecasting-engine/#holt-winters): Seasonal data
- [Croston's method](https://roadmap-tech.com/geneva-forecasting-engine/#crostons-method): Intermittent / sparse demand (spare parts, slow movers)

## Developers

- [Geneva Developer Portal](https://portal.roadmap-tech.com): free API access and the Forecast Playground
- [API docs](https://portal.roadmap-tech.com/docs)
- [Python SDK on PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/geneva-forecast/) · [MCP server on PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/geneva-mcp/)

## Case studies

- [Kraft Foods: trade promotion forecasting](https://roadmap-tech.com/case-studies/kraft-trade-promotion-forecasting/): Kraft Foods partnered with RoadMap Technologies to replace sales-driven overrides with statistical baseline forecasting, econometric promotional lift modeling, and retailer-level profit simulation across its trade planning process.
- [Genentech: oncology and specialty therapy planning](https://roadmap-tech.com/case-studies/genentech-oncology-specialty-demand-planning/): Genentech partnered with RoadMap Technologies to unify short-term operational demand forecasts with long-range strategic supply plans across oncology, neurology, and transplant anti-infective therapy portfolios, eliminating the planning disconnects that drove inventory imbalances and capital misallocation.
- [Johnson & Johnson: gross-to-net forecasting and reconciliation](https://roadmap-tech.com/case-studies/johnson-johnson-gross-to-net-forecasting/): Johnson & Johnson partnered with RoadMap Technologies to unify class-of-trade demand forecasting with Gross-to-Net financial reconciliation, closing the gap between supply chain planning and net revenue realization across its healthcare portfolio.
- [Samsung and Best Buy: collaborative retail replenishment](https://roadmap-tech.com/case-studies/samsung-best-buy-retail-replenishment/): Samsung implemented a Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) framework with Best Buy in partnership with RoadMap Technologies, shifting from shipment-based forecasting to consumption-based planning and reducing supply chain volatility across high-revenue retail accounts.
- [Enterprise Forecasting for Walmart](https://roadmap-tech.com/case-studies/walmart-home-entertainment-cluster-forecasting/): At the peak of the home entertainment market, RoadMap Technologies partnered with Walmart to optimize shelf space allocation and replenishment across the Home Entertainment division using cluster-based demand forecasting and economic/demographic store segmentation.
- [Dell, GE, and Samsung: forecasting in consumer electronics](https://roadmap-tech.com/case-studies/consumer-electronics-forecasting/): RoadMap partnered with leaders in consumer electronics, including Dell, GE, and Samsung, to address the sector's rapid product cycles, price compression curves, and multi-tier channel and service complexity.
- [Media & entertainment: forecasting demand across release windows and subscriptions](https://roadmap-tech.com/case-studies/media-entertainment-demand-forecasting/): RoadMap applied its launch and lifecycle forecasting methodology to media and entertainment businesses to handle demand that spikes on release, decays along reception curves, and spreads across physical, digital, licensing, and subscription channels.
- [Energy & utilities: forecasting load and consumption under weather-driven volatility](https://roadmap-tech.com/case-studies/energy-utilities-load-forecasting/): RoadMap applied its econometric and time-series forecasting models to energy and utility operations, where consumption is driven by weather, seasonality, and long planning horizons, and where forecast error translates directly into grid reliability risk and capital cost.

## Articles

- [Forecasting 1 Million Time Series in Under 8 Minutes on a Single PC with Geneva Forecasting™ Engine](https://roadmap-tech.com/blog/forecasting-1-million-time-series-geneva-engine/): Using RoadMap Technologies' Geneva Forecasting™ Engine API, we batch-forecasted 1 million time series in 7 minutes and 9 seconds at a rate of 2,300 to 2,500 series per second on a single $2,000 desktop PC with no GPU.
- [Why Pharmaceutical Market Access is Dependent on Risk Sharing and Persistency Modeling](https://roadmap-tech.com/blog/pharmaceutical-market-access-risk-sharing-persistency-modeling/): In our case study for an injectable migraine medication, a higher patient persistency curve for patients with a lower co-pay increased drug utilization by 20%, while lowering payor price by 26% and payor total cost by 11%.
- [Product Life Cycle Curves in the 21st Century](https://roadmap-tech.com/blog/product-life-cycle-curves-21st-century/): Savvy consumers, preorders, and social media have compressed the classic innovation curve into the initial launch month. Here is a three-step framework for forecasting products with short life cycles.

## Company

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