Forecasting for food demand

Fotios Petropoulos; Shawn Carver

Forecasting for food demand

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Abstract

The sustainability of food supply chains depends on accurately predicting future demand. Forecasting will form the basis for making decisions with regards to replenishment from the distribution centers and ordering from the suppliers. This chapter explores methods and approaches for forecasting for food demand.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sustainable Food Supply Chains
Editors	Riccardo Accorsi, Riccardo Manzini
Publisher	Elsevier
ISBN (Print)	9780128134115
Publication status	Acceptance date - 2019

Keywords

statistical forecasting
demand
supply chain
method selection
hierarchies
judgement

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