Martins Ehichoya

Forecasting Product Demand and PET Bottle Return Flows in Closed Loop Supply Chains: A Hybrid Machine Learning Approach for Emerging Markets

This study examined whether monthly demand and PET bottle return forecasts improve planning in a closed-loop beverage network in Nigeria. The analysis covers Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Big Cola, and Eva from 2019 to 2024, combining product observations with variables calibrated from th...