Abstract

CONTRERAS-JUAREZ, Arturo; ATZIRY-ZUNIGA, Catya; MARTINEZ-FLORES, José Luis  and  SANCHEZ-PARTIDA, Diana. Analysis of time-series on the forecast of the demand of storage of perishable products. estud.gerenc. [online]. 2016, vol.32, n.141, pp.387-396. ISSN 0123-5923.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.estger.2016.11.002.

The forecasts are a tool that provide an estimated quantitative of the probability that future events occur. The relevancy of incorporating forecasts in the demand of storage in perishable products inside the cold chain, drifts of both its economic and social importance. This case of study presents a company with growth trend devoted to the storage of perishable products, and identifies that the applied forecasts nowadays do not contemplate methodological technologies. The present article incorporates technologies of forecasts of time-series in the volume of revenue and expenditure in a cold-storage room, in order to estimate the volume of storage to foresee the requirements of personnel and materials needed for the mobility of the products.

Keywords : Storage; Cold chain; Forecasts; Time-series; Perishable products.

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