Forecasting Demand Despite Shortages

Forecasting future demand despite historical shortages is a massive challenge for demand planners. This article presents three techniques to estimate unconstrained demand during shortages: fill in missing values based on historical figures, use your forecasting tool, or use historical demand drivers. Finally, we will see how forecasting demand using more granular…

Nicolas Vandeput
6 min readJan 17

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Nicolas Vandeput

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