Research Article

Demand Forecasting with Integration of Time Series and Regression Models in Pharmaceutical Industry

Volume: 34 Number: 3 September 30, 2022
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Demand Forecasting with Integration of Time Series and Regression Models in Pharmaceutical Industry

Abstract

Accurate demand forecasting is crucially important to reduce inventory and backlogging cost. In this study, we analyze how
promos, holiday statements, price changes, stock availability and date-time features (weekdays, months etc.) affect the
demand by using several forecasting methods. Data sets were collected for the products of the global pharmaceutical
company providing services in Turkey. Actual daily sales data for 2016, 2017 and 2018 were used in the construction of this
data set. In order to predict the next periods demand, we used four different models which are Holt Winters, Ridge
Regression, Random Forest and Xgboost. We also ensemble those models to improve forecasting accuracy. Next, by
weighting inversely proportional to the error rates of the models, binary, triple and quadruple combinations of the single
models were compared with themselves and the single models. Our numerical results show that the lowest forecasting error
rate was obtained in ensemble models. Particularly, the lowest error rate in individual models was obtained in Random Forest
with 15.7% RMSPE (Root Mean Square Percentage Error) value, and the lowest error rate was obtained with 10.7% RMSPE
value in Holt Winters & Xgboost models combination. Results show that ensemble of several models can increase the
forecasting accuracy. 

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 30, 2022

Submission Date

June 9, 2022

Acceptance Date

September 19, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 34 Number: 3

APA
İmece, S., & Beyca, Ö. F. (2022). Demand Forecasting with Integration of Time Series and Regression Models in Pharmaceutical Industry. International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Pure Sciences, 34(3), 415-425. https://doi.org/10.7240/jeps.1127844
AMA
1.İmece S, Beyca ÖF. Demand Forecasting with Integration of Time Series and Regression Models in Pharmaceutical Industry. JEPS. 2022;34(3):415-425. doi:10.7240/jeps.1127844
Chicago
İmece, Salih, and Ömer Faruk Beyca. 2022. “Demand Forecasting With Integration of Time Series and Regression Models in Pharmaceutical Industry”. International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Pure Sciences 34 (3): 415-25. https://doi.org/10.7240/jeps.1127844.
EndNote
İmece S, Beyca ÖF (September 1, 2022) Demand Forecasting with Integration of Time Series and Regression Models in Pharmaceutical Industry. International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Pure Sciences 34 3 415–425.
IEEE
[1]S. İmece and Ö. F. Beyca, “Demand Forecasting with Integration of Time Series and Regression Models in Pharmaceutical Industry”, JEPS, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 415–425, Sept. 2022, doi: 10.7240/jeps.1127844.
ISNAD
İmece, Salih - Beyca, Ömer Faruk. “Demand Forecasting With Integration of Time Series and Regression Models in Pharmaceutical Industry”. International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Pure Sciences 34/3 (September 1, 2022): 415-425. https://doi.org/10.7240/jeps.1127844.
JAMA
1.İmece S, Beyca ÖF. Demand Forecasting with Integration of Time Series and Regression Models in Pharmaceutical Industry. JEPS. 2022;34:415–425.
MLA
İmece, Salih, and Ömer Faruk Beyca. “Demand Forecasting With Integration of Time Series and Regression Models in Pharmaceutical Industry”. International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Pure Sciences, vol. 34, no. 3, Sept. 2022, pp. 415-2, doi:10.7240/jeps.1127844.
Vancouver
1.Salih İmece, Ömer Faruk Beyca. Demand Forecasting with Integration of Time Series and Regression Models in Pharmaceutical Industry. JEPS. 2022 Sep. 1;34(3):415-2. doi:10.7240/jeps.1127844

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