Demand Forecasting

Aggregate forecasts at Nationwide (NW) and DC level. Realized accuracy on the aggregate, not on individual outlets — the right view for sales-and-ops planning.

Level

DC

DC Central — Da Nang

2 outlets · 10 SKUs

Aggregate forecast

69k cases

Aggregate actual

43k cases

Realized accuracy (1 − WAPE)

98.2%

Aggregation cancels out idiosyncratic SKU × outlet noise — typically much higher than per-pair WAPE.

Forecast vs Actual — DC Central — Da Nang

Weekly detail

WeekForecastActualErrorAPE
2026-02-22T00:00:00Z3,238.63,300-61.41.9%
2026-03-01T00:00:00Z3,335.13,325.59.60.3%
2026-03-08T00:00:00Z3,427.83,449.7-21.90.6%
2026-03-15T00:00:00Z3,512.93,341.7171.25.1%
2026-03-22T00:00:00Z3,587.13,604.6-17.60.5%
2026-03-29T00:00:00Z3,647.43,567.979.52.2%
2026-04-05T00:00:00Z3,691.33,827.5-136.23.6%
2026-04-12T00:00:00Z3,717.33,762-44.71.2%
2026-04-19T00:00:00Z3,724.23,679.644.51.2%
2026-04-26T00:00:00Z3,711.73,773.4-61.71.6%
2026-05-03T00:00:00Z3,680.33,639.341.11.1%
2026-05-10T00:00:00Z3,631.43,719-87.72.4%
2026-05-17T00:00:00Z3,566.7
2026-05-24T00:00:00Z3,489
2026-05-31T00:00:00Z3,401.3
2026-06-07T00:00:00Z3,307.1
2026-06-14T00:00:00Z3,210.2
2026-06-21T00:00:00Z3,114.4
2026-06-28T00:00:00Z3,023.6
2026-07-05T00:00:00Z2,941.3