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Notes on demand forecasting and planning practice
One forecasting engine. Three ways to use it.
QR Demand Planning is one forecasting engine. You can use it as a web app, as a model alone connected to your infrastructure, or as an app fed directly by your sales data — on our cloud or yours, under the same governance.
What good demand forecasting looks like
A forecast is only useful if someone can act on it and challenge it. Four properties separate a working forecast from a number in a spreadsheet.
Statistical, machine learning and deep learning models: when each one wins
There is no single best forecasting model. There are regimes where each family outperforms, and the practical answer is usually a combination.
Preparing your sales history for forecasting
The minimum you need is a date, an item and a quantity. What you do with returns, stockouts and item codes decides how good the result will be.