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 South — HCMC

3 outlets · 10 SKUs

Aggregate forecast

108.3k cases

Aggregate actual

67.2k cases

Realized accuracy (1 − WAPE)

98.5%

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

Forecast vs Actual — DC South — HCMC

Weekly detail

WeekForecastActualErrorAPE
2026-02-22T00:00:00Z5,087.85,012.275.51.5%
2026-03-01T00:00:00Z5,239.45,215.224.20.5%
2026-03-08T00:00:00Z5,3855,345.639.30.7%
2026-03-15T00:00:00Z5,518.75,215303.75.8%
2026-03-22T00:00:00Z5,635.25,664.2-290.5%
2026-03-29T00:00:00Z5,7305,772.4-42.40.7%
2026-04-05T00:00:00Z5,799.15,943-143.92.4%
2026-04-12T00:00:00Z5,839.85,808.531.40.5%
2026-04-19T00:00:00Z5,850.65,795.355.31.0%
2026-04-26T00:00:00Z5,8315,78050.90.9%
2026-05-03T00:00:00Z5,781.75,880.9-99.21.7%
2026-05-10T00:00:00Z5,704.85,811.2-106.41.8%
2026-05-17T00:00:00Z5,603.3
2026-05-24T00:00:00Z5,481.2
2026-05-31T00:00:00Z5,343.4
2026-06-07T00:00:00Z5,195.5
2026-06-14T00:00:00Z5,043.2
2026-06-21T00:00:00Z4,892.7
2026-06-28T00:00:00Z4,750.1
2026-07-05T00:00:00Z4,620.8