Demand forecasting is a major issue in several industrial sectors. A relevant choice for
companies is the proper level of forecast aggregation. Forecasters need to properly identify …

Most operations decisions are based on some kind of forecast of future demand. Thus,
forecasting is definitely a very traditional area in the operations and inventory management …

Demand forecasts are the basis of most decisions in supply chain management. The
granularity of these decisions lead to different forecast requirements. For example, inventory …

Demand forecasting is central to decision making and operations in organisations. As the
volume of forecasts increases, for example due to an increased product customisation that …

We study the relative effectiveness of top-down (TD) and bottom-up (BU) strategies for
forecasting the aggregate demand in a production planning framework. The aggregate …

Demand forecasting is a relevant issue both in research and practice. In the past several
papers have investigated forecasting practices. This research uses data from the GMRG …

Demand forecasting performance is subject to the uncertainty underlying the time series an
organization is dealing with. There are many approaches that may be used to reduce …

A synchronized and responsive flow of materials, information, funds, processes and services
is the goal of supply chain planning. Demand planning, which is the very first step of supply …

Combining forecasts merges several separate sets of forecasts to form a better composite
forecast. There has been much published work on how to find the optimal combining …

Conflicts frequently occur between demand forecasts that help sales and marketing to reach
their targets and the demand forecasts that help manufacturing to produce the right amounts …