{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Demand Forecasting","description":"Supply chain managers and logistics planners rely on demand forecasting to estimate future customer requirements and align inventory levels, production capacity, and transport resources accordingly. The process draws on historical sales data, market intelligence, seasonal patterns, and quantitative methods such as time series analysis or regression modelling. Accurate forecasts reduce both excess stock and stockouts – problems that erode working capital or service levels. Increasingly, tradition","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/demand-forecasting","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-22T09:03:46.796574","citation":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demand_forecasting","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/demand-forecasting","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Demand Forecasting · Supply chain managers and logistics planners rely on demand forecasting to estimate future customer requirements and align inventory levels, production capacity, and transport resources accordingly. · Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demand_forecasting"}