Fall 2016

Journal of Business Forecasting Volume 35 | Issue 3 | Fall 2016

The Journal of Business Forecasting has been providing demand planning, forecasting, supply chain, and S&OP practitioners with jargon-free articles on how to improve the value of their roles and company performance from improved forecasting and planning for over 30 years.

Featured Articles:

• The U.S. Economy’s Steady Growth Path, Yet Uncertainty Prevails

  By Jamal Nahavandi

• Capital Expenditures on Free Fall Will Deepen Global Slowdown in 2017

  By Evangelos Otto Simos

• Improving Inventory Productivity at Asian Paints Limited with a Statistical Middle-Out Estimation

  By Nikhil Zele

• Forecasting Communications Technology Products with Leading Economic Indicators

  By Jawad Hussein, Thom J. Hodgson, Russell E. King, Steven D. Jackson, and Kristin A. Thoney-Barletta

• Does Demand History Really Need To Be Cleaned?

  By Charles W. Chase, Jr., CPF

• Retail Omnichannel Needs Better Forecasting & Planning

  By Larry Lapide

• Balanced Strategy for Inventory Optimization

  By Michael Morris, CPF

• Five Trends That Will Impact S&OP Over the Next 10 Years

  By Mark Covas

• Answers to Your Forecasting Questions

  By Chaman L. Jain