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Copyright Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Facultad Tecnológica Apr 2014

Abstract

Abstract This paper provides a methodology for the demand management in multiproduct environments for several stages in a supply chain with high variability in the demand. The methodology proposed consists of two phases. The first phase looks for products classification according to two criterions, the first is the movement factor representing inventory's turns and the second is the importance factor given by variables such as cost, volume and weight. The output of this phase is a product category to identify the most important products and which should be discontinued. The second phase consists in performing an aggregate forecast according to the variability in each category. We use the coefficient of variation (CV) as measure of variability, and the double exponential smoothing method and the double moving average method as forecasting techniques, although the methodology is flexible to use another time series methods. The methodology was implemented in a leader company in Colombia of poly vinyl products achieving an improve of 10% in the mean absolute deviation, approximately. On the other hand the average inventory in the system was reducing significantly. Finally this work is a first step for a dynamic classification of goods in order to manage inventory holistically a multistage supply chain.

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Title
Metodología para el pronóstico de la demanda en ambientes multiproducto y de alta variabilidad
Author
Germán Andrés Méndez Giraldo; Edüyn Ramiro López Sant
Pages
89-102
Section
Reflection
Publication year
2014
Publication date
Apr 2014
Publisher
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Facultad Tecnológica
ISSN
0123921X
e-ISSN
22487638
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1865586154
Copyright
Copyright Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Facultad Tecnológica Apr 2014