Forecasting and Planning

The Importance of an Early “Win” in Developing a Predictive Business Analytics Capability

Thomas SchleicherMarch 18, 2015

Predictive analytics are increasingly becoming a necessary capability for organizations that wish to better achieve business goals through the use of data. They... Read More...

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Reaching Supply Chain Success with Demand Planning at the Royal Commission Health Services Program

Majed Ahmed AlOsaimiMarch 14, 2015

“To provide Jubal Industrial Community with integrated comprehensive quality health services” is our hospital’s mission. Complex as it is, supply chain managem... Read More...

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Forecast Value Added (FVA) – Series 3 Interview

Michael GillilandMarch 2, 2015

Interviewer: Michael Gilliland, SAS This month’s interview is with Steve Morlidge of CatchBull. Steve has 30 years of practical experience in designing and ru... Read More...

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S&OP and Culture Change: How To Stay The Course

Kathleen WinterFebruary 19, 2015

We have all read, discussed and used the famous quote from Peter Drucker, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” and S&OP is definitely a strategic approac... Read More...

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Developing a Formal S&OP Process – Entrematic's Forecast Journey

David ReedFebruary 16, 2015

Over the years, Entrematic’s Amarr Door division has grown into North America’s leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of residential and commercial g... Read More...

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IBF Webinar Summary – The Timken Corporation: Organizational Alignment and Consensus: How to Engage All Functional Areas within the Forecast Development Process

Tom SavageFebruary 11, 2015

Joe Eschenbrenner CPF, General Manager of Demand Management at The Timken Corporation, recently presented an extremely informative IBF Webinar entitled Organi... 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; ... Read More...

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Improving Forecast Accuracy: Using Lean Principles to Improve the Forecasting Process

Terry FearnJanuary 26, 2015

Nearly all supply chain practitioners are familiar with, or have been trained on, the use of Lean/Six Sigma tools for reducing waste and improving processes. ... Read More...

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Forecast Value Added (FVA) – Series 2 Interview

Michael GillilandJanuary 21, 2015

Interviewer: Michael Gilliland, SAS This month’s interview is with Shaun Snapp, founder and editor of SCM Focus, where he provides independent supply chain s... Read More...

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IBF Webinar Series – Alan Milliken: Transforming Big Data into Supply Chain Analytics

Tom SavageJanuary 16, 2015

Alan Milliken recently presented an outstanding IBF webinar entitled Transforming Big Data into Supply Chain Analytics. Alan's presentation on the use of Big... Read More...

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