...Giorgio Scarton; Nadia Benini; Marco Formentini Purpose Demand forecasting is crucial for effective operations and supply chain management, particularly at the manufacturing stage. This study aims to explore the application of Organizational Information Processing Theory in AI-driven demand...

...Thai Young Kim; Rommert Dekker; Christiaan Heij Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show that intentional demand forecast bias can improve warehouse capacity planning and labour efficiency. It presents an empirical methodology to detect and implement forecast bias. Design/methodology...

... additional requests are released there has to be a new decision as to which sub-set of the additional requests is accepted and which of the additional requests are rejected. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Freight forwarding Demand forecasting Decision making Decision support systems...

..., 1961 ; Ackere et al., 1993 ; Lee et al., 1997 ; Metters, 1997 ; Fransoo and Wouters, 2000 ; Towill, 2005 ; Hejazi and Hilmola, 2006). Distribution management Demand forecasting Economic growth Europe Russia As has been pointed out by McCullen and Towill (2002...

... be contacted at: T.Thron@kent.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Supply chain management Demand forecasting Information exchange The simulation model used for the investigation consists of three main suppliers serving the particular manufacturer which is then serving the DCs...

.... Practical implications Common project planning is the most natural way for customers to share future demand information between the supply chain players. Instead separate and often laborious demand forecasting process, suppliers should utilize customer's project plans in building agility in their supply...

... employed by the manufacturer. Supply‐chain management Demand forecasting Information exchange Production planning Inventory control In this paper, we build on the research and visibility models presented by Lee et al. (2000) , Disney and Towill (2001) and Silver et al...

... Limited 2000 Supply chain Supply‐chain management Demand management Demand forecasting Automotive components industry The work by Towill (Towill and Naim, 1993; Towill, 1996) and Wilkner et al. (1991) used a systems dynamics approach to develop computer‐based simulations...