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  • Operations Research
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Data Science

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  • Logistics and supply chain management heavily rely on accurate forecasting of time-dependent factors.
  • The quality of planning and decision-making is directly linked to forecast accuracy.
  • Existing research often focuses on case-specific forecasting, limiting generalizability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the performance of various state-of-the-art forecasting methods.
  • To provide general recommendations for forecasting in logistics and supply chain management.
  • To evaluate methods across a broad set of simulated time series representing diverse scenarios.

Main Methods:

  • Simulation of various linear and nonlinear time series.
  • Comparison of different forecasting techniques, including machine learning and time series approaches.
  • Evaluation of forecasting performance under different noise levels and complexities.

Main Results:

  • Machine learning methods, especially Random Forests, demonstrated superior performance in complex scenarios.
  • Differentiated time series training significantly enhanced the robustness of machine learning models.
  • Traditional time series approaches remained competitive in low-noise environments.

Conclusions:

  • Random Forests offer robust forecasting solutions for complex logistics and supply chain challenges.
  • The choice of forecasting method should consider the complexity and noise level of the time series data.
  • Generalizable recommendations for forecasting can be derived from broad simulation studies.