Fliedner, Gene - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 101 (2001) 1, pp. 5-12
disciplines within organizations, reliance on family‐based forecasting is increasing. The family‐based approach, sometimes … referred to as hierarchical forecasting (HF), is based on a strategy of aggregating items into families. HF systems are capable … performance and a reduction in the overall forecasting burden. To date, several studies have offered practical guidelines for the …