A score-driven model of short-term demand forecasting for retail distribution centers

Henrique Hoeltgebaum, Denis Borenstein, Cristiano Fernandes and Álvaro Veiga

Journal of Retailing, 2021, vol. 97, issue 4, 715-725

Abstract: Forecasting is one of the fundamental inputs to support planning decisions in retail chains. Frequently, forecasting systems in retail are based on Gaussian models, which may be highly unrealistic when considering daily retail data. In addition, the majority of these systems rely on point forecasts, limiting their practical use in retailing decisions, which often requires the full predictive density for decision making. The main contribution of this paper is the modeling of daily distribution centers (DCs) level aggregate demand forecasting using a recently proposed framework for non-Gaussian time series called score-driven models or Generalized Autoregressive Score (GAS) models. An experimental study was carried out using real data from a large retail chain in Brazil. A log-normal GAS model is compared to usual benchmarks, namely neural networks, linear regression, and exponential smoothing. The results show the GAS model is a competitive alternative to retail demand forecasting in daily frequency, with the advantage of producing a closed form predictive density by construction.

Keywords: Retail demand forecasting; Distribution center aggregate data; Log-normal predictive density; Score-driven models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jretai.2021.05.003

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