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Demand Forecasting Best Practices

Demand Forecasting Best Practices

Demand Forecasting Best Practices teaches you to optimize demand planning to deliver a more effective supply chain.

2023

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Demand Planners Rulebook

What should demand planners do and not do? First, we emphasize critical practices for demand planning (viewing forecasting as an…

Jul 22, 2024

Demand Planners Rulebook

Jul 22, 2024

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Forecast KPI: RMSE, MAE, MAPE & Bias

The article below is an extract from my book Data Science for Supply Chain Forecast, available here. You can find my other articles here:

Jul 5, 2019

Forecast KPI: RMSE, MAE, MAPE & Bias

Jul 5, 2019

Capturing Demand Initial vs Current Requested Delivery Date

Demand forecasting is about predicting what your customers will want to buy in the future. Capturing demand can be tricky — if not…

4d ago

Capturing Demand
Initial vs Current Requested Delivery Date

4d ago

Using Customers’ Forecasts to Improve Manufacturers’ Forecasts: Two Case Studies

More and more supply chains receive regular forecasts from their customers. Management and customers expect that these forecasts will help…

Oct 15

Using Customers’ Forecasts to Improve Manufacturers’ Forecasts: Two Case Studies

Oct 15

Retail Demand Forecasting: Reducing the Error by 33%

SupChains delivered a proof of concept (POC) for an international grocery retailer, operating thousands of stores. The model leverages data…

Jun 16

Retail Demand Forecasting: Reducing the Error by 33%

Jun 16

Forecasting Sales for Make-to-Order Products: A Case Study with a German Manufacturer

SupChains delivered a forecasting model to a German manufacturer, leveraging future orders as a key demand driver. Compared to statistical…

Jun 2

Forecasting Sales for Make-to-Order Products:
A Case Study with a German Manufacturer

Jun 2

Case Study: Forecasting Sales using Promotions, Sellouts, Prices, and Inventory

SupChains delivered a forecasting model to Animalcare Group, an international veterinary pharmaceutical manufacturer and distributor based…

Apr 28

Case Study: Forecasting Sales using Promotions, Sellouts, Prices, and Inventory

Apr 28

VN1 Forecasting Competition — What I Learned from the Best Forecasters

I had the pleasure to host the VN1 Forecasting Competition from September to October 2024, with around 250 participants (or teams) actively…

Jan 24

VN1 Forecasting Competition — What I Learned from the Best Forecasters

Jan 24

How to set Forecasting Accuracy Targets

How should supply chain leaders set forecasting accuracy targets? In this article, I first review three techniques to set targets (industry…

Sep 2, 2024

How to set Forecasting Accuracy Targets

Sep 2, 2024

Supply Chain KPIs: When Incentives and Bonuses Are Toxic

Tracking KPIs is essential to manage supply chains, but incentivizing individuals based on metrics can backfire. This article provides…

Oct 11, 2023

Supply Chain KPIs: When Incentives and Bonuses Are Toxic

Oct 11, 2023

Nicolas Vandeput

Nicolas Vandeput

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Consultant, Trainer, Author. I reduce forecast error by 30% 📈 and inventory levels by 20% 📦. Contact me: linkedin.com/in/vandeputnicolas

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