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Two KPIs for your OOS detector
Discover why sensibility and precision are the two fundamental metrics when judging an OOS system.
Business is UP but forecasts are DOWN
Learn how to reverse your thinking and go against what seems logical for more accurate demand forecasting.
New Forecasting Technology FAQ
Discover our new FAQs covering the topics of seasonality, trend, product life-cycle, promotions and more.
Fallacies in data cleaning for (short-term) sales forecasts
Learn why Lokad does not provide any explicit feature supporting data cleaning.
Reverse supply chain gotcha for demand forecasting
Understand why we strive to deliver demand forecasts rather than sales forecasts.
Shortage vs. Stock, forecasting accuracy matters
The relationship between service level, safety stock & forecasting accuracy is sometimes fuzzy. Let's clarify.
Modeling varying lead time
High service levels do not come for free. Discover the impact of varying lead times on this.
Understanding varying lead time
Learn more about the root cause of lead time variation and how Lokad takes it into account.
What’s wrong with promotion forecasts?
Promotions are vital for any business. See our approach and how to make the most out of them.
Overfitting: when accuracy measure goes wrong
Overfitting is a real business problem and it costs money. See our recipe to counterbalance the risks.
Wisdom of crowds and future enterprise software
Discover why so many companies leverage their respective communities to better fulfill their goals.
Prediction markets vs. Lokad
Discover why our software makes a difference when it comes to forecasting in this comparative article.