“The only certainty is uncertainty.”
— Pliny the Elder
The future has uncertainty for sure. The best we can do is plan for it. And for meticulous planning, we need to have a peek into the future. If we can know beforehand how much the expected demand for our product is, we will manufacture adequately—not more, not less. We will also rectify the bottlenecks in our supply chain if we know what the expected traffic of goods is. Airports can plan resources better if they know the expected inflow of passengers. Or ecommerce portals can plan for the expected load ...