Masters Theses
Date of Award
12-2016
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Major
Industrial Engineering
Major Professor
Xueping Li
Committee Members
Mingzhou Jin, Rapinder Sawhney
Abstract
As the supply chain activities’ backbone, demand forecasting must be accurate. This paper proposes an artificial neural network forecasting model, which integrates and synchronizes shared information, such as sales or consumption rate among different partners, to improve the forecasting’s accuracy. This information sharing is part of the collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) model, which is a supply chain model aiming to enhance the supply chain’s efficiency by jointly planning and forecasting between two or more supply chain partners that will be used as the base for production and replenishment activities. The model is validated using a tuna product sales data, and the combination of individual forecasts resulted in better demand forecasting accuracy for the supply chain. This improvement will lead to reduced costs associated with the forecast’s overestimation or underestimation.
Recommended Citation
Enani, Abdulrahman M., "A Neural Network for Collaborative Forecasting. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2016.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/4285