Data Science for Supply Chain Forecasting

Other than the last couple of pages where the author talks strictly about supply chain issues, how to deal with stakeholders, and specific KPIs he found useful in his vast experience with the subject, I'm really struggling to find anything in the remainder of the book to justify a higher rating.There's really nothing here that cannot be found in better introductory texts on foresting in general. The application to Supply Chains is basic at best, and the models (while proven and effective) are nothing a data scientist worth his/her salt would not already be familiar with. So while the author makes the case that this is a text aimed at DSs, it's really aimed at junior, excel based analysts/planners looking to get baseline forecasts - there are actual excel recipes for every statistical model.There's some ML in the second half of the book but very basic and done better elsewhere for those interested in that side of things.If you are really looking for great resources on your forecasting journey, I can recommend the following (for practitioners, not theorists):Forecasting:Advanced Forecasting with Python by KorstanjeTree Methods:Hands on Gradient Boosting with XGBOOST and ScikitLearn by WadeNeural Networks:1. Hands on Machine Learning with ScikitLearn and Tensorflow by Geron2. Deep Learning with Python by CholletFeature Engineering:Feature Engineering for Machine Learning by Soledad Galli(please make sure to check out the UDEMY course as well!)Feature Selection:Feature Selection for Machine Learning by Soledad Galli(please make sure to check out the UDEMY course as well!)Regression Analysis:Regression Analysis by Jim Frost

Well Done!!

As a consultant and as a teacher, I have truly enjoyed reading this book. Apart from the Python code it provides, which is easily understandable even for beginners in Python, Nicholas also gives many interesting points of view about commonly confusing concepts in supply chain. I highly recommend it.

It should be a standard position for all people working in supply chain. Very accessible language giving strong fundamentals to deep dive into more complicated SCM topics