Chapter 3 – Forecasting Items With Recurring Usage
The topics covered in Chapter 3 include:
- How Do You Determine the Demand Forecast?
- Utilizing Usage to Forecast Demand
- Identifying Seasonal Items
- Different Forecast Formulas for Different Patterns of Usage
- Determining the Best Forecast Formula for an Item
- Other Ways to Calculate the Forecast Error
- Other Forecasting Methods
- Collaborative Elements in the Forecast
- Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR)
- Collaborative Forecasting Within Your Organization
- Customer Release Orders
- Forecasting Far Into the Future
- Weekly Forecast Periods
- Assembling the Total Forecast
- Who Will Use the Forecast?
- Management Driven Versus Demand Forecasts