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Questions to ask while reviewing the becnhmarking data

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Practicioners who wish to use the Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning's (IBF) data on business forecasting should first examine their company's forecasting processes to better understand the other companies' practices. The five general areas of IBF's benchmarking data are forecast errors, processes, organizational, forecast characteristics and forecast models and packages used.

Author: Lapide, Larry
Publisher: Graceway Publishing Company Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Business Forecasting
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0278-6087
Year: 2007
Services information, Business Associations, Services, Commercial associations

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How often to forecast

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Increasing forecasting frequency leads to more accurate forecasts, but businesses may not react fast enough and take advantage because of too frequent changes. A cost-benefit analysis will help businesses determine how frequent forecasting should be.

Author: Lapide, Larry
Publisher: Graceway Publishing Company Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Business Forecasting
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0278-6087
Year: 2007
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Demand management revisited

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Strategies for planning and managing the demand processes in a business are presented.

Author: Lapide, Larry
Publisher: Graceway Publishing Company Inc.
Publication Name: Journal of Business Forecasting
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0278-6087
Year: 2006
Management, Company business management, Demand (Economics)

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Subjects list: United States, Practice, Business forecasting, Logistics, Business logistics
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