8Envisioned Supply Chain Leadership Future
8.1 What You Will Learn in This Chapter
The chapter starts with a discussion on risks that can happen (and have happened) when attempting to forecast future conditions. Next, forecasting methods and forecasting event types are considered, along with a recommended closed-loop forecast development process.
An alternate approach to forecasting is then presented and described.
An SC future is then envisioned for each of:
- The SC’s business environment.
- SC customers.
- SC suppliers and service providers.
- SC people and SC culture.
- SC process – strategy, design, execution, and people.
- SC sustainability – social, environmental, and economic.
- SC risk management.
- SC technology.
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