The accuracy of intermittent demand estimates

Article Abstract:

A study to compare four forecasting methods namely Simple Moving Average (SMA, 13 periods), Single Exponential Smoothing (SES), Croston's method and a new method based on Croston's approach, on 3000 real intermittent demand data series from the automotive industry, is presented.

Motor Vehicles and Equipment, Methods, Analysis, Comparative analysis, Transportation equipment industry, Demand (Economics), Prediction theory, Automotive industry

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Forecasting the behaviour of manufacturing inventory

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Factors influencing inventory investment and the forecasting levels of the manufacturing industry are described. A successful approach to forecast the UK manufacturing stock behavior sponsored by a leading European metals manufacturer is reported.

Financial management, Inventories, Models, Manufacturing industry, Manufacturing industries, Company investment, Investments, Econometrics

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Long lead-time forecasting of UK air passengers by Holt-Winters methods with damped trend

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Air passenger traffic data and forecasts are used in planning decisions for air tranport infrastructure. Researchers found more accuracy in using long lead-time predictions with modification of the Holt-Winters procedure.

TRANSPORTATION BY AIR, Air Transportation, Statistical Data Included, Planning, Transportation industry, Airlines, Statistics, Air transportation industry, Civil aviation, Traffic, Airline passengers

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