Supply chain forecasting: Theory, practice, their gap and the future

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-26

  Syntetos, Aris A ^a   Babai, Zied ^b   Boylan, John E ^c   Kolassa, Stephan ^d   Nikolopoulos, Konstantinos ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d SAP AG   (Switzerland)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forecasting empirical research; Forecasting software; Literature review; Supply chain forecasting

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COORDINATION REACTIONS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; QUERY LANGUAGES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FORECASTING SOFTWARE; FORECASTING SUPPORT SYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEWS; OPERATIONAL SOLUTIONS; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION; THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84960200121     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.11.010     Document Type: Review

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