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Demand and Supply Analytics (edX)

Offered by Columbia University, ColumbiaX,

Learn how to use data to develop insights and predictive capabilities to make better business decisions. How do airlines decide when to increase ticket prices? Should a hotel charge less per night for a long stay than a short one? Why do some software companies bundle very different products together? How should a fashion retailer decide when do start discounting clothes? Why do so many discounted rates end in ".99"? How should a company balance the risk of holding too much inventory on hand and the risk of turning away customers?

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Does it ever make sense for retailers to lie to suppliers about how much they will need to order? Should retailers with multiple locations hold most of their inventory in a central warehouse or at the individual locations?
These are only a small sample of the operational and pricing challenges all businesses regularly face. These challenges are often addressed individually and in isolation but, in reality, all of these decisions interact with each other. This class looks at the demand and supply management challenges faced by companies in various industries and provides an introduction to the tools that can be used to address these challenges.

What you'll learn

To identify, evaluate, and capture business analytic opportunities that create business value
Build models to support and help make managerial and business decisions
Basic analytical methods and their applications
Analyze case studies on organizations that successfully deployed analytical techniques

Course Syllabus

Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Predicting outcomes I
Week 3: Predicting outcomes II
Week 4: Quality of predictions

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