Forecasting
All Dataleo news, jobs, analyses and tutorials around Forecasting in Supply Chain and Operations.
Jobs (16)
Finance Business Manager — Supply Chain
Manager, Supply Planning
Senior Service Parts Forecasting Manager
Technical Product Owner — Plan
The role is relevant to roadmap ownership, integration, data governance and translating planner needs into controlled enterprise capabilities.
Senior Solution Architect — Demand Planning & Forecasting
The role is relevant to governing forecast logic, solution architecture and integration across planning environments.
Supply Chain Scientist / Business Data Analyst
The role is relevant because it combines model design with direct responsibility for operational recommendations and measurable decision outcomes.
Revenue AI Solutions Analyst
The role is relevant where revenue signals connect to demand planning, inventory and supply decisions; governance is needed around assumptions, model versions and downstream use.
Lead Project Control
The role is relevant to governed planning because project forecasts, dependencies and change control directly influence delivery decisions and operational risk.
Executive — Demand Planning
The role is relevant to forecast ownership, data quality and the governance of recurring demand-planning decisions.
This position shows how supply chain AI in e-commerce is built into decisions on assortment, fulfillment, allocation and logistics optimization. Governance depends on objective design, cost-service trade-offs and control of automated decisions at scale.
Supply Chain Planning Engineer
Associate Director — Planning System Lead
Category Planner — Central Hub
The role is relevant to inventory-policy ownership, forecast alignment, cross-functional planning and controlled management of category assumptions.
Associate Director — Global Oncology Forecasting and Analytics
The role is relevant to forecast governance, analytical model ownership, scenario planning and the translation of uncertain demand into accountable business decisions.
News (16)
Sandman connects AI pricing with forecasting and replenishment in RELEX
Amart replaces legacy planning with AI-driven forecasting and replenishment
Nissin Foods moves from spreadsheet forecasting to integrated AI planning
Nissin Foods deploys AI-powered demand and supply planning
ISG sees rising AI investment in forecasting and scenario planning
Slimstock brings next-generation AI planning focus to SAPICS 2026
AGR compares the 2026 inventory-planning market as companies move beyond spreadsheets and basic ERP
AGR published a comparison of inventory-planning platforms including RELEX, Slimstock, EazyStock and Netstock. The article reflects growing demand for dedicated forecasting, replenishment and inventory-optimization capabilities beyond spreadsheets and standard ERP functionality.
2026 Inventory-Planning Review Shows Automation Shifting From Forecasting to Replenishment Decisions
A June 19 comparison reviews AGR, RELEX, Slimstock, EazyStock and Netstock across forecasting, inventory optimization, replenishment and planning automation.
Platform selection should begin with the decisions and data model, not the feature list. Buyers should test parameter ownership, version control, override governance and ERP integration.
Explainable AI Moves Up the Agenda for Forecasting and Inventory Decisions
INFORM argues that AI recommendations affecting supplier priorities, forecasts and inventory adjustments can create material consequences when outputs are erroneous or misunderstood.
Explainability should be designed around the decision: which inputs changed, which constraints were active, and whether the planner can safely override the recommendation.
Slimstock expands inventory optimization with Mees van den Brink
Mees van den Brink selected Slimstock to improve forecasting and inventory processes internationally. The signal reflects continued mid-market demand for dedicated planning platforms beyond spreadsheets and basic ERP functionality.
The value depends on whether service levels, supplier constraints, safety stock and replenishment parameters receive explicit owners during implementation.
Aptean brings prebuilt planning agents to Logility DemandAI+
Logility has launched DemandAI+ through Aptean AppCentral, combining AI-first forecasting with prebuilt planning agents designed for rapid activation. The offer targets demand-planning teams seeking faster deployment of automated analysis and recommendations.
SKU Science Adds Product Lifecycle Module for Phase-In and Phase-Out Forecasting
SKU Science introduced a product-lifecycle module designed to transfer historical data across product transitions and preserve forecast continuity during phase-in and phase-out.
Lifecycle forecasting requires governed predecessor-successor links, ownership of history-transfer rules and validation before the new product forecast is published.
SKU Science Highlights Faster Trend Detection and Product-Lifecycle Planning for 2026
SKU Science outlined 2026 platform updates including forecasts in multiple business units, faster trend detection, stronger product-lifecycle management, dynamic ABC/XYZ classification and multilingual tutorials.
The updates strengthen usability, but governance still depends on controlled classifications, validated lifecycle links and traceable forecast adjustments.
The Body Shop selects RELEX to replace manual planning with an AI-driven platform
The Body Shop selected RELEX to replace manual forecasting and replenishment processes across stores, franchises and distribution centers.
The transition should retire parallel spreadsheets and define ownership of forecasts, replenishment parameters and overrides.
Infor and AWS expand their collaboration to accelerate generative AI adoption
Infor expanded its strategic collaboration with AWS to accelerate generative AI adoption across industry cloud applications and operational workflows.
Petco Mexico selects RELEX for AI-driven forecasting and replenishment
Petco Mexico selected RELEX to improve forecasting, replenishment, seasonal planning and inventory efficiency across 145 stores and two distribution centers.
Retail AI needs store-level data quality, transparent replenishment rules and controlled local overrides.
Insights (14)
Forecast accuracy is an input, not the Supply Chain decision
Better forecasts do not automatically produce better purchasing, inventory, allocation or production decisions.
Read more →AI agents should enrich forecasts only with information the model cannot see
Forecast enrichment is valuable only when humans or agents contribute material information unavailable to the baseline model.
Read more →US Manufacturers Front-Load Orders While Factory Employment Falls
US manufacturing activity rose as companies front-loaded orders against shortage and inflation risks, while factory employment weakened. The divergence complicates interpretation of <a href="/search?q=Demand%20Planning">demand</a> and capacity signals.
Read more →Forecasts Predict Demand; Demand Plans Translate It Into Action
Read more →Forecast vs. actual: why protocol design breaks clinical supply plans
Read more →How to optimize inventory without sacrificing service levels
Read more →Tillamook turns supply-chain planning into a growth engine
Read more →Forecast accuracy is an input to the decision—not the business outcome
A more accurate forecast creates value only when it changes inventory, capacity, service or financial decisions in a measurable way.
Read more →Lokad’s vendor reviews expose the evidence gap in AI-first planning
The recurring issue is not the lack of AI vocabulary, but the lack of public evidence connecting architecture to operating results.
Read more →Lead-time forecasting should produce a probability distribution—not a single ERP parameter
A fixed lead time hides uncertainty, calendar effects and process-stage variability that directly affect inventory and service decisions.
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