Forecasting for Inventory Control: An Example of When “Simple” Means “Better”
Forecasting for Inventory Control: An Example of When “Simple” Means “Better”
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库存控制预测:“简单”意味着“更好”的示例
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1986
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通讯作者:
Fraser Dunford
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作者:
Rochelle Cohen;Fraser Dunford
The Manitoba Telephone System (MTS) wanted to forecast demand for telephones in order to control the inventory in their phone centers. Although this appears to be a very straightforward problem, data difficulties made it impossible to use most of the common forecasting models. Nevertheless, the use of a very simple forecasting model resulted in an inventory reduction of 45 percent.