Dr. Chaman L. Jain

Journal of Business Forecasting and Planning

JBF 2018 Special Issue: Letter From The Editor

Dr. Chaman L. JainJanuary 19, 2018

The Journal of Business Forecasting Winter 2017/2018 Issue is available now for download. Below is a letter from the Editor, Professor Chaman L. Jain, revealing why this issue comes at an especially important time in the evolution of business forecas... Read More...

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Q&A: Dr. Jain Answers Your Forecasting and Demand Planning Questions

Dr. Chaman L. JainJanuary 3, 2018

Dr. Jain, editor of the Journal of Business Forecasting, answers readers' questions on forecasting and demand planning. Dr. Jain answers readers' questions on demand planning and forecasting I’m working in the retail industry (home center) and ... Read More...

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eCommerce/Omnichannel Planning & Forecasting – Special IBF Journal Issue

Dr. Chaman L. JainJanuary 20, 2017

The lastest special issue of IBF's Journal of Business Forecasting (JBF) - Winter 2016-2017, is dedicated to the newly emerged channel of distribution, e-Commerce. A total game changer, it has disrupted many markets and has revolutionized the forecas... Read More...

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Where Should We Place the Forecasting Function?

Dr. Chaman L. JainAugust 10, 2016

Chaman L. Jain, Ph.D No matter where you place the forecasting function, you will have a bias in forecasts unless you create an independent department. Production people tend to over-forecast because it gives them fewer headaches resulting from o... Read More...

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Dr. Jain Answers your S&OP and Forecasting Questions — July 2016

Dr. Chaman L. JainJuly 6, 2016

We regularly receive S&OP and Forecasting questions from the IBF Membership base that are answered in the Journal of Business Forecasting (JBF). I have identified 5 common questions with my responses below. In your judgment, should we centralize ... Read More...

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Product Portfolio Optimization – Journal of Business Forecasting (Special Issue)

Dr. Chaman L. JainFebruary 29, 2016

Within the pages of this particularly exciting issue, you will read articles written by the best minds in the industry to discuss multiple important aspects of Product Portfolio Optimization. This is an important topic because in today’s highly compe... Read More...

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Special Edition: Leveraging Predictive Business Analytics – Journal of Business Forecasting Winter 2015

Dr. Chaman L. JainFebruary 3, 2015

Predictive Business Analytics, the practice of extracting information from existing data to determine patterns, relationships and future outcomes, is not new; it has been used in practice for many years. What is new, however is the massive amount of... Read More...

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Interdepartmental Cooperation Optimizes Supply Chain Limitations – Journal of Business Forecasting Fall 2014

Dr. Chaman L. JainOctober 22, 2014

Volume 33 Issue 3 Fall 2014 Click here to download a sample copy of the latest Journal of Business Forecasting (JBF) Click here to Become an IBF member and get a JBF subscription FREE Featured Articles: Interdepartmental Cooperation Optim... Read More...

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IBF Report: Benchmarking Forecast Errors

Dr. Chaman L. JainOctober 22, 2014

Within demand planning and forecasting, there is nothing more important than forecast accuracy. The success of any plan greatly depends on it. Forecasts allow you to determine opportunities and risks; they also help to effectively manage supply and... Read More...

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Demand Planner Salaries: Benchmarking Report

Dr. Chaman L. JainJanuary 30, 2014

It is not uncommon to hear the frustration about turnover of personnel in the forecasting and planning profession. “We invest a lot of money in training them, but they leave.” This may be because their salaries are not competitive, while ot... Read More...

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