"Demand forecasting is a crucial operational function that constitutes the basis for many important organisational planning and control activities. Industry sectors such as the military, aerospace, automotive, IT and after-sales deal routinely with products characterised by intermittent demand....

Demand for spare parts is typically intermittent and forecasting the relevant requirements constitutes a very challenging exercise. Why is the demand for spare parts intermittent and how can we use models developed in maintenance research to forecast such demand? We attempt to answer these...