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The Business Forecasting Deal
Exposing Myths, Eliminating Bad Practices, Providing Practical Solutions
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eBook - ePub
The Business Forecasting Deal
Exposing Myths, Eliminating Bad Practices, Providing Practical Solutions
About this book
Practical-nontechnical-solutions to the problems of business forecasting
Written in a nontechnical style, this book provides practical solutions to common business forecasting problems, showing you how to think about business forecasting in the context of uncertainty, randomness and process performance.
- Addresses the philosophical foundations of forecasting
- Raises awareness of fundamental issues usually overlooked in pursuit of the perfect forecast
- Introduces a new way to think about business forecasting, focusing on process efficiency and the elimination of worst practices
- Provides practical approaches for the non-statistical problems forecasters face
- Illustrates Forecast Value Added (FVA) Analysis for identifying waste in the forecasting process
Couched in the context of uncertainty, randomness, and process performance, this book offers new, innovative ideas for resolving your business forecasting problems.
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Table of contents
- Praise
- WILEY & SAS BUSINESS SERIES
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- CHAPTER 1 - Fundamental Issues in Business Forecasting
- CHAPTER 2 - Worst Practices in Business Forecasting: Part 1
- CHAPTER 3 - Worst Practices in Business Forecasting: Part 2
- CHAPTER 4 - Forecast Value Added Analysis
- CHAPTER 5 - Forecasting without History
- CHAPTER 6 - Alternative Approaches to the Problems of Business Forecasting
- CHAPTER 7 - Implementing a Forecasting Solution
- CHAPTER 8 - Practical First Steps
- CHAPTER 9 - What Management Must Know About Forecasting
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- APPENDIX - Forecasting FAQs
- Index