Demand Forecasting for Inventory Control

This book describes the methods used to forecast the demands at inventory holding locations. The methods are proven, practical and doable for most applications, and pertain to demand patterns that are horizontal, trending, seasonal, promotion and multi-sku. The forecasting methods include regression...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomopoulos, Nick T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Demand History
  • Horizontal Forecasts
  • Trend Forecasts
  • Seasonal Forecasts
  • Promotion Forecasts
  • Multi SKU Forecasts
  • Forecast Sensitivity
  • Filtering Outliers
  • Standard Normal and Truncated Normal Distributions
  • Safety Stock
  • Auxiliary Forecasts