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Some Personal Perspectives on Demand Forecasting –
Past, Present, Future
Hans Levenbach, PhDDelphus, Inc.
INFORMS Luncheon
Penn Club, NYC
October 18, 2007
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Presentation Overview
� Introduction
� Demand Analysis and Forecasting
– A historical perspective
� Useful Forecasting Techniques –
– A personal viewpoint
� Closing the Loop - A Structured
Forecasting Process
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Demand Analysis and Forecasting –From a safe microcosm to a chaotic ‘real world’
� An emerging crisis in telecomThe New York City exodus to the suburbs
� When senior management caresThings begin to happen
� But, . . the real world has become more chaotic
� Traditionally, sell what you make � push
� Now, make what you can sell � pull
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Supply Chain Partners - Cooperation
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Useful Statistical and OR Techniques
� Time Series Decomposition
� Model Optimization
� Database Design
� Graphical Techniques for Time Series Modeling
� Forecaster Training (or lack thereof)
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Minard’s Classic:
Napoleon’s March To Moscow
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OPEC Oil Prices – Poor Graphic Presentations
– After 18 Months of Stability, Prices Are Due To Rise Again
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Historical Data– Analyses & Projections
Monthly Housing Starts over a nine-
year period
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Time Series Decomposition
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� Census X-variants and SABL
� M-competitions
� “Many” variable models
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Seasonality:Classical and ‘Data-analytic’ displays
Monthly time plots by year for housing
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Basic Features Supported in a Forecasting System
� Supplementary data (prices, promos, . . . )
� Automatic projection techniques
� Error measures
� Unit conversions
� Judgmental tools (override adjustments)
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Prepare recurring input data
Demand Forecasting
PRODUCTPLACE
PERIOD
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Units cost sales value gross margin
weeks months quarters annual
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Feature
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Measures
Dimensions
Source of Data
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Defining The Forecasting Data Structure
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Overuse of Demand Hierarchies
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Execute Models
� Exponential Smoothing
� BJ ARIMA /Transfer
� State Space
� Neural Nets
Blended with judgmental approaches
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Evaluate -
Performance and Accuracy Measurement
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Reconcile The ‘Final Forecast’
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Field Sales/Customer Collaboration
Demand Forecast Inputs
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Streamlining the Forecasting Cycle –The PEER Process
� Recurring and supplementary data (prices, promos, discounts)
� Complexities of automated forecasting techniques
� Performance measurement
� Management tools (override adjustments, conversions, intros, mix)
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PEER PlanningA Customer-centric Demand Forecasting and
Replenishment Planning Process
Execute
Prepare
Evaluate
Reconcile
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Implementation
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Virtual ForecastingLog Into A Personalized Dashboard
Access Virtual Forecaster tools through your Web browser
Access your personalized dashboard by entering user name and password
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Access your latest personalized industry and general news
Create your own personal Internet links
You have access to the sales forecasting and optimization tools as well as help for support and interpretation
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PPreparerepare Forecast
Multiple display options
View the changed forecast, the original statistical forecast or history only
View the forecast in units, $ revenue, $ purchase cost or the gross margin of the product
You or others can make notes. These notes are stored with the forecast and are retrieved when the associated forecast is accessed
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EExecutexecute The Sales Forecast
Change the forecast by moving the graph lines up or down. These “eyeball” changes cause the underlying numbers to change
Change the forecast, on the spreadsheet, by adding, subtracting, replacing numbers or by changing the forecast by a percentage change, up or down
An option is to provide each field sales collaborator with a sales forecast. Each location can only change their forecast. You, as the forecaster can view and change the individual and aggregated forecasts
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EEvaluatevaluate The Sales Forecast
Select multiple error metrics
View the changed forecast, the original statistical forecast or field sales performance
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RReconcileeconcile The Sales Forecast
Manage products at the higher (Brand) level but see what impact it is having on the individual SKU’s
that are part of the higher level.
Allow for:· New product launches· Override items based on percentage mixes· Change mix percents and reallocate the forecast
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Where Do We Go From Here?