Demand-Driven Forecasting: A Structured Approach to Forecasting

This is a practitioner based book that provides readers with real proven processes, methodologies, and performance metrics that can be applied immediately with significant improvement in forecast accuracy.It will be filled with real life examples and case studies to illustrate both best-in-class approaches as well as initial start-up approaches. This new edition provides case studies on why Excel is not a forecasting tool and package to order versus make to order. In addition, alternative methods for creating weights using new SAS Weighted Combined methods. The tentative contents is: (1) Demystifying Forecasting: Myths versus Reality; (2) What Is Demand Driven Forecasting?; (3) Overview of Forecasting Methods; (4) Measuring Forecast Performance; (5) Quantitative Forecasting Methods Using Time Series Data; (6) Quantitative Forecasting Methods Using Causal Data; (7) Weighted Combined Forecasting Your Demand Forecasting Process. Additional ISBNs 9780470415023Demand-Driven Forecasting: A Structured Approach to Forecasting 1st Edition is written by Charles W. Chase Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons P&T. ISBNs for Demand-Driven Forecasting: A Structured Approach to Forecasting are 9781119014904, 1119014905 and the print ISBNs are 9781118669396, 1118669398. Additional ISBNs include 9780470415023.