Build an AI-assisted demand forecast in IBM Planning Analytics

This tutorial walks demand planners through an AI-assisted demand-forecasting workflow in IBM Planning Analytics. It shows how planners can update a demand plan, review statistical forecast outputs and communicate forecast implications with finance, procurement and production teams.

The affected decision is whether an AI-generated forecast changes inventory, procurement or production commitments. Value requires planners to compare the forecast with business events, confidence limits and downstream constraints before converting it into action.

The principal failure mode is treating the AI forecast as the decision rather than as structured evidence for a planning decision.