Forecasting Crossword

3. Companies have predictability in their supply chains since they know what will come when – long before it actually arrives. This also allows them to plan production to meet their needs and gives them time to prepare a place to store the stock they receive.
5. Used by stat forecast to generate theforecast
7. Used to cleanse non repeating events from history, Events six weeks or less
8. Logic that adjusts history to compensate for inventory shortages
11. Use more accurate forecast at higher level to push down to lower levels
13. determines how sensitive the algorithm is changes in the mean
14. Objective is to remove noise and reveal true pattern

1. Intelligently learns from its standard error
2. A bottle neck, obstacle or planned control that limits the throughput or utlization of capacity
4. Combines statistical algorithm with history stream
6. Powerful tool to view history and forecasting data. Used to view and fine tune key data.
9. Cause-and-effect diagram that helps to track down the reasons for imperfections, variations, defects, or failures
10. The forecasting structure used in JDA Demand
12. Companies employ this inventory strategy to increase efficiency and decrease waste by receiving goods only as they need them for the production process, which reduces inventory costs. This method requires producers to forecast demand accurately.