Nicolas Vandeput

Nicolas Vandeput is a supply chain data scientist specialized in demand forecasting and inventory optimization. He founded SupChains in 2016. SupChains builds demand forecasting and inventory planning models for international companies and delivers forecasts as a service.

He wrote Data Science for Supply Chain Forecasting (2018, second edition 2021), Inventory Optimization: Models and Simulations (2020) and Demand Forecasting Best Practices (Manning, 2023). The SupChains Way, the method SupChains applies with its clients, comes from these books.

Nicolas teaches demand forecasting and inventory optimization to master students at CentraleSupélec, Albert School and Mines Paris - PSL. He organized the VN1 forecasting competition in 2024 and the VN2 inventory competition in 2025. He is based in Brussels, Belgium.