Demand forecasting for multiple slow-moving items with short requests history and unequal demand variance

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 885-894

  Dolgui, Alexandre ^a   Pashkevich, Maksim ^b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Intermittent demand; Inventory control; Low consumption; Short history.

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

INTERMITTENT DEMAND; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 39649106322     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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