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The Definitive Guide to Modern Supply Chain Management (Collection)
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The Definitive Guide to Modern Supply Chain Management (Collection)

by Chad W. Autry, Thomas J. Goldsby, John Bell, Mark A. Moon, Chuck Munson, Michael Watson, Sara Lewis, Peter Cacioppi, Jay Jayaraman
June 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1233 pages
30h 29m
English
Pearson
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2. Demand Forecasting as a Management Process

Our research team published an article several years ago titled, “The Seven Keys to Better Forecasting.” Key number 1 is “Understand what forecasting is and what it is not,” which relates directly to the topic of this chapter. We made the point that for too many companies, the management of forecasting begins and ends with the selection of forecasting software. For other companies, forecasting is the same as planning, and for still others, forecasting is an exercise in goal-setting. As emphasized in the article, forecasting is a management process, and like any other management process, it must be carefully organized, with attention paid to the people, processes, and tools that constitute forecasting ...

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ISBN: 9780133474626