Intermittent demand basics

Before choosing a model, define the demand being estimated and the action it informs. This guide places intermittent demand basics in that end-to-end context.

Practitioner lens

Before applying intermittent demand basics, state the unit, time bucket, planning level and horizon. Forecasts with different definitions are not comparable, even when their charts look similar.

First experiment

State the units, time bucket and demand definition alongside every chart or score.

This is an original educational brief. It is a starting point for discussion, not a claim that one technique fits every supply chain.