Michael Amori is CEO and cofounder of Virtualitics. A data scientist and entrepreneur with a background in finance and physics. Accurate demand forecasting is the linchpin of effective inventory, cost ...

In the late 1990s, the concept of demand driven supply networks (DDSN) was introduced by AMR Research, which was acquired by Gartner. Prior to this, the focus was on total quality management and ...

How can sales figures be forecast more reliably, production capacities planned fully digitally, and employee know-how systematically integrated at the same time? To address this issue, Fraunhofer IWU ...

Bed capacity management is of critical importance to health systems, impacting patient care and safety, operational efficiency, system sustainability and financial performance. Efforts to improve and ...

The landscape of demand forecasting, data science and machine learning is rapidly evolving, as companies seek innovative approaches to handle the intricate intersection between technology and consumer ...

Sales forecasting—estimating the future sales of products or services based on historical data, market trends and other relevant factors—is important for any organization. According to Aberdeen, 97% ...

Editor’s note: The following article is a joint project of professors in the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Global Supply Chain Institute. For more on the Institute, click here. Demand planners ...

Researchers at Washington State University have developed a new forecasting model that helps companies more accurately estimate how many customers are interested in a product—even when key data is ...

Analyst Insight: As parcel networks normalize post-pandemic but cost structures evolve, forecasting and demand planning have become continuous, data-driven disciplines. Shippers that integrate ...

Last spring, Texas lawmakers were stunned by a forecast showing statewide demand for electricity nearly doubling in just six years. The state grid operator’s 2025 version of that report is likely to ...