Demand

10
Sep
How to Measure Forecast Accuracy: MAPE, WAPE and Bias Explained

How to Measure Forecast Accuracy: MAPE, WAPE and Bias Explained

You can't improve a forecast you're not measuring properly. And a surprising amount of forecast accuracy measurement in the real world is quietly broken.
3 min read
10
Sep
How to Build a Demand Forecast in Excel

How to Build a Demand Forecast in Excel

You don't need expensive forecasting software to build a decent demand forecast. Most businesses, especially ones with a few hundred SKUs rather than a few hundred thousand, can get a genuinely useful forecast out of Excel. Here's how to actually build one.
3 min read
03
Sep
Demand Planning vs Supply Planning: What's the Difference?

Demand Planning vs Supply Planning: What's the Difference?

These two get used almost interchangeably in casual conversation, and in a lot of smaller businesses, one person quietly does both. That's fine at small scale.
3 min read
03
Sep
What Is Demand Planning? A Practical Guide

What Is Demand Planning? A Practical Guide

Ask ten people what demand planning is and most will say "forecasting." That's not wrong, but it's incomplete in a way that causes real problems.
4 min read