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Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management, Twelfth Edition
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Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management, Twelfth Edition

by Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Chuck Munson
February 2016
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
219h 58m
English
Pearson
Content preview from Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management, Twelfth Edition

The Strategic Importance of Forecasting

Good forecasts are of critical importance in all aspects of a business: The forecast is the only estimate of demand until actual demand becomes known. Forecasts of demand therefore drive decisions in many areas. Let’s look at the impact of product demand forecast on three activities: (1) supply-chain management, (2) human resources, and (3) capacity.

Supply-Chain Management

Good supplier relations and the ensuing advantages in product innovation, cost, and speed to market depend on accurate forecasts. Here are just three examples:

  • Apple has built an effective global system where it controls nearly every piece of the supply chain, from product design to retail store. With rapid communication and accurate ...

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ISBN: 9780134422404