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Simplifying Python For Business Forecasting With Mariya Sha

Eric Wilson, ACPFMarch 17, 2022

I recently spoke to Mariya Sha, Python guru and star of the Python Simplified YouTube channel. I asked her how forecasters and Demand Planners can get started with the Python programming language and leverage it for Machine Learning. I gained som... Read More...

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Will AI Revolutionize Demand Planning? Maybe…

Franklin Frye CPFMarch 7, 2022

Have you ever heard the Chinese proverb about the farmer? I originally heard it on a podcast featuring Dan Bilzerian. The story goes: A farmer and his son had a horse who helped the family earn a living. One day the horse ran away and the f... Read More...

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No, AI Isn’t Coming For Your Demand Planning Job

Daniel FitzpatrickJanuary 4, 2022

The integration of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning into the S&OP process allows companies to become more agile in response to changes in demand. Data sources that previously were hard to analyze due to complexity or sheer volume ... Read More...

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Beware The Pitfalls Of AI In Demand Planning

Daniel FitzpatrickFebruary 16, 2021

As we integrate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into our demand planning processes, I am sure that we will see improvement in our ability to anticipate demand rather than react to it. However, accurate forecasting is only o... Read More...

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Updating Machine Learning Models To Adapt To Demand Shifts

Liudmyla TaranenkoJanuary 12, 2021

Even before the pandemic, foward-thinking retailers leveraged AI and machine learning technology (ML) for demand forecasting. In the post-Covid world, however, those ML models have failed to provide accurate predictions because they don't know th... Read More...

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The Intersection Of Forecasting, Machine Learning & Business Intelligence

Eric Wilson, ACPFJanuary 5, 2021

The following is an extract from Eric Wilson's new book, Predictive Analytics For Business Forecasting & Planning, written by Eric Wilson CPF. It is your guidebook to the predictive analytics revolution. Get your copy. Most of what is di... Read More...

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Predictive analytics in business forecasting

How Business Forecasting & Predictive Analytics Are Merging

Andrew Scuoler CPFDecember 7, 2020

Business forecasting and predictive analytics are merging to leverage Big Data as a growth driver. Predictive analytics does not have to be complicated and Demand Planners can learn these models and methods to drive business insight. Organizati... Read More...

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IBF Talks To Dr. Eric Siegel

Andrew Scuoler CPFNovember 4, 2019

IBF spoke to Dr. Eric Siegel, author of the best-selling book Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die, and host of the Dr. Data Show on YouTube. He reveals why predictive analytics has become a critical best practi... Read More...

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Machine learning in new product forecasting

In New Product Forecasting, Human Beats Machine

Olga GerasymchukSeptember 9, 2019

The world of forecasting today is filled with machine-related buzzwords like AI, predictive analytics and machine learning. Will all of forecasting be done by machines a few years from now? Do humans still have any competitive advantage over software... Read More...

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The Quantitative Skills Gap Means Leveraging Machine Learning Is Still 10 Years Away

Patrick BowerJanuary 16, 2019

As we start each new year, there comes a fresh list of ideas or prognostications about future trends in demand planning and S&OP. These days everyone is using the word digital—digital supply chain, digital transformation, digital quests, and digi... Read More...

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