Previsão de demanda de insumos relacionados a produção de café em máquinas automáticas

Abstract

Fierce competition makes companies to seek to differentiate themselves from each other, and for that to happen, many focus on good customer satisfaction. In this point, demand forecasting is combined with inventory management in order to fully meet demand, without overstocking. It acts as an important factor in the ongoing pursuit of cost reduction within a company, and is also essential for planning within a production system. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop a demand forecast model for the resale products of a small business that is efficient and able to meet demand. It is expected that at the end of this work it will be possible to identify the demand behavior, to apply appropriate forecasting techniques, observing the best suited, and to monitor the model to verify the error to validate or not the mathematical model.