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Forecast demand per item and location
Done means: A demand forecast at the item and location level.
Predicting how much of each item will be needed at each stocking location over a horizon, from history, seasonality, promotions and whatever other signals the method uses. It is the input to scm.reorder-inventory and not the same job: a forecast nobody turns into a replenishment proposal still satisfies this outcome, and an engine that consumes somebody else's forecast claims that job rather than this one. The unit is part of the job, so a national or category total is not a forecast at item and location level. Whether a forecast is any good is judged by this job's measures, not asserted in its outcome.
- Measures
- forecast accuracy (MAPE) by horizon; bias; improvement over baseline
- Also called
- demand planning, demand forecasting, demand sensing, SKU level forecast, statistical forecasting, consumption forecasting
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| Solution | In its words | Strongest evidence |
|---|---|---|
| ToolsGroup tool | Vendor's claim for probabilistic demand forecasting: "Full probability distributions for every SKU-location", generated by continuously analyzing historical demand, seasonality, promotions and external signals. Item and location level; the accuracy figures the vendor prints stay in the profile. (source) | the claim only |
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