i’ve been at it since the beginning..i’m having a huge problem of creating such a program without any records from their previous inventory because they dont keep such things..well, can anyone provide any suggestions?even help?..thanks
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i’ve been at it since the beginning..i’m having a huge problem of creating such a program without any records from their previous inventory because they dont keep such things..well, can anyone provide any suggestions?even help?..thanks
opawapo
#2 / Jan 26, 2009 2:22pm
inventory forecast? like how much stock of soemthing you will have on X day? for this you will need to start by collecting data. then when you have say 2 cycles of the data then you take the average (or a more complex algorithm) and use that. you cant predict anything without previous data.
thats like trying to guess how hot it will be on 3/12/2040 @ 03:45 in Hong Kong.
#3 / Jan 26, 2009 6:11pm
Start collecting data, then run that data through GnuPlot or similar to extrapolate into the future. To make worthwhile predictions, you’re going to need months of data, though. I can’t remember my statistics well enough to say how many samples you’d need to predict with high confidence what the inventory of a particular item will be in a particular time in the future, though.