AI Forecasting in Practice — Assessment

Items with meaningful recent demand Users with expired passwords Deleted purchase orders Certified reports only

Current stock, inbound supply, lead time, and context still matter Top movers are always wrong Forecasts delete demand Items cannot be reordered

Sparse history, outliers, erratic demand, new items, or missing data A well-tracked stable item Clear movement history Known lead time

Review confidence, stock, pipeline, supplier terms, and demand context Accept every suggestion blindly Delete pending POs Ignore transfers

The human operator or buyer reviewing the recommendation No one Only the chart icon The supplier portal automatically