Forecasting and Inventory Planning for Irregular Demand Patterns
Phattaraporn Kalaya,
Preecha Termsuksawad,
Thananya Wasusri
Abstract:Medicine inventory in hospitals always faces either shortages or expired medication problems due to irregular demand. This work proposes three management approaches and compares their performances, including the Croston method, a combination of exponential and Poisson distribution (EPD), and the average inter-demand interval combined with average demand (AAD) were studied with the order-up-to-level policy. The exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) control chart was used with some forecasting methods. Se… Show more
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