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Never Good Enough: The Blind Spot in Forecasting & Planning

Michael Kelleher CPFDecember 21, 2011

Motivational speaker Lou Tice called it a “Scotoma”—an area of partial alteration to one’s field of vision. Allstate Insurance represents something similar in one of it’s television commercials featuring a man by the name of “Mayhem”. In this par... Read More...

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Managing Risk and Forecasting for Unplanned Events.

John BrownOctober 6, 2011

How often have you heard these words during a meeting in your office? “Say what? Forecast for an unplanned event? Isn’t that like buying flood insurance in Phoenix? Regardless of whether or not we choose to plan for them, catastrophes happen. Ho... Read More...

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LEANing Into a Better Forecast

John GallucciAugust 24, 2011

“So, even a well thought-out forecasting process can be wasteful if it is not done properly.” This was a remark made by one of the attendees who came to hear my “Lean Forecasting & Planning” presentation at IBF’s recent Business Forecasting &am... Read More...

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Resolving Conflict & Building Consensus in the Monthly S&OP Process

Alan Milliken CPFMay 12, 2011

This past week the mighty LA Lakers, were swept by the Dallas Mavericks in four games. The Lakers had won two straight NBA titles and were favorites of many to three-peat. Immediately after the 4th loss, which turned out to be one of the five wor... Read More...

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Engaging Your Business Users on the Value of Forecasting in Order to Maintain a World Class Supply Chain

Adam CoyFebruary 18, 2011

I suffer from a recurring dream. In that dream, I am standing in front of 300 Stock Controllers explaining how an external baseline will work alongside causal forecasting. The results of this will generate a Simple Exponential Smoothing forecast wh... Read More...

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The Buzz on Demand Planning & Forecasting Software

Maria SimosMay 6, 2010

A big treat in attending a conference is not only learning from attendees, but also having the benefit of one-stop shopping when it comes to vendors in the exhibit hall. These vendors travel across the country, often times lugging huge displays, s... Read More...

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Confessions of a Demand Planner

Maria SimosApril 29, 2010

Wednesday afternoon kicked off this year's Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning's Best Practices Conference with a near-standing room only pre-conference Demand Management Forum. The Forum was led by Mike Gilliand from SAS and a panel ... Read More...

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