Demand Forecasting

Overview

Use this skill to turn sales, inventory, branch, and operational signals into demand forecasts and replenishment recommendations. It is especially relevant when fixing SQL joins that duplicate products, deriving days until stockout, or documenting demand-driven planning assumptions.

Use When

• Use when a plan, dashboard, operational model, or funding case needs demand forecasts, reorder logic, stockout timing, or sales-rate assumptions.
• Use when branch, SKU, warehouse, or channel data must be converted into replenishment or capacity planning evidence.

Do Not Use When

• Do not use when the request only needs a generic sales target with no operational data.
• Do not use predictive methods when the history is too thin; state the forecast as a planning assumption instead.