eCommerce/Omnichannel Planning & Forecasting – Special IBF Journal Issue
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-Commer... Read More...
My Powerful Journey in Demand Planning – Hooked on Analytics
My career in forecasting has been challenging, at times frustrating, and above all immensely rewarding. This is my story of how I learnt to predict consumer tre... Read More...
How I Got into Demand Planning & Forecasting and Went from Novice to Knowledge!
Scott Roy Starting My Career In Demand Planning
A few years ago I found myself reviewing an Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning - IBF presentati... Read More...
Dedicating an Independent S&OP Process for New Product Planning
In today’s economy, being on top of what is on the consumer’s mind is key, and having a successful stream of new products remains of paramount importance. New p... Read More...
S&OP: Hire for Strategy, Not for Need
“You’ve got the req. — go get to hiring.” Hearing these words from a superior can be enlivening… or startling… or both. In the still-evolving world of Sales &... Read More...
Where Should We Place the Forecasting Function?
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. Prod... Read More...
Never Good Enough
One way for a demand planner to reach the other side of the shore is to always question your process, reporting, and audience needs. Market dynamics are changin... Read More...
Is Communication More Important than Accuracy in Demand Planning?
Demand Planning performance is driven by metrics. MAPE and bias provide a compass to evaluate performance, and make necessary changes to the forecast. It is for... Read More...
Supply Chain Risk Mitigation Strategies within the S&OP Process
As a three-time S&OP process owner in a couple of Fortune 100 manufacturers, I’m painfully aware of how difficult it is to achieve a good working S&OP ... Read More...
Dr. Jain Answers your S&OP and Forecasting Questions — July 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 iden... Read More...