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Simulation Tools (Download)

Many marketers, when faced with an uncertainty like future sales or response rates, succumb to the temptation of using a high/low/most-likely estimates or, worse yet, an "average". Unfortunately, plans based on the assumption that average conditions will occur are usually wrong.

Why make an assumption with an average rather than running a simulation of thousands of possible outcomes. Because it is easier? Not any more.

XLSim® is a simple Excel plug-in that makes it quick and easy to add simulations to any worksheet. Just download XLSim® and open it and your Excel spreadsheets will be turbocharged to run 1000's of simulations in just seconds.

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The Microsoft Excel XLSim plug-in is required to run the tool listed below. To download a free trial version of XLSim or to purchase the commercial version, please visit www.AnalyCorp.com.

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