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Demand Forecasting
A PROJECT REPORT
ON

DEMAND FORECASTING OF RETAIL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT USING STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
By
AVINASH KUMAR SONEE 2005B3A8582G
KRISHNA MOHAN YEGAREDDY 2006B3PS704P
AT
HETERO MED SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Madhuranagar, Hyderabad
A Practice School–II station of
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BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI
DECEMBER, 2009

A PROJECT REPORT
On
DEMAND FORECASTING OF RETAIL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT USING STATISTICAL ANALYSIS by AVINASH KUMAR SONEE - (M. Sc. (Hons.) Economics) - 2005B3A8582G
KRISHNA MOHAN YEGAREDDY - (M. Sc. (Hons.) Economics) - 2006B3PS704P

Prepared in partial fulfillment of the Course
PRACTICE SCHOOL-2
Submitted to
Mr. J. T. RAO
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BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI
DECEMBER, 2009

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to thank the founder and chairman of our PS Hetero Drugs Ltd., Mr. B. Parthasaradhi Reddy for giving us the opportunity to work in the prestigious company. Mr. B. Vamsi Krishna, MD, Hetero Med Solutions Ltd. has inspired and guided us since the beginning of the project and we owe a great deal of knowledge earned during the project to him. We also thank Mr. Suresh, Manager, I. T. Department and the in charge of our project for his invaluable assistance, encouragement and suggestions for improvement and taking his time to guide us for the entire project.

We are indebted to Mr. G. Sundar, Dean, Practice School Division BITS-Pilani for the opportunity to work at Hetero Drugs . Ltd. Hyderabad as part of Practice school- II programme. We owe our sincere thanks to Prof. J. T. Rao, our PS Instructor for extending his constant support and guidance. We also are grateful to few other people who have directly or indirectly helped us in our successful completion of the project.

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
PILANI (RAJASTHAN)
Practice School Division
Station: Hetero Med Solutions Ltd. Centre: Hyderabad
Duration: Six months (From: 2 July,

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