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MBA-CM - ME - Lecture 6 Demand Forecasting
MBA-CM - ME - Lecture 6 Demand Forecasting
NMIMS University
Dipankar De
Mumbai, July 2007
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Demand Analysis
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Demand Forecasting
• In other words, a Forecast is a statement about the future value of a variable, such
as demand.
• Business forecasting pertains to more than predicting demand. Forecasts are also
used to predict profits, revenues, costs, productivity changes, prices, interest rates,
stock prices, movements of key economic indicators like GDP, inflation, exchange
rate, etc.
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Steps in Forecasting
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Types of Data
3. Panel data – refers to the cross-section data with the same sample at
different periods of time.
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Various Methods of Forecasting