Michael Gilliland – The Business Forecasting Deal

Michael Gilliland – The Business Forecasting Deal
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Michael Gilliland – The Business Forecasting Deal: Exposing Myths, Eliminating Bad Practices, Providing Practical Solutions

Practical, non-technical 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 business forecasting problems.

Contents:
Foreword – Tom Wallace
Foreword – Anne G. Robinson
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1 Fundamental Issues in Business Forecasting
2 Worst Practices in Business Forecasting: Part 1
3 Worst Practices in Business Forecasting: Part 2
4 Forecast Value Added Analysis
5 Forecasting without History
6 Alternative Approaches to the Problems of Business Forecasting
7 Implementing a Forecasting Solution
8 Practical First Steps
9 What Management Must Know about Forecasting
Epilogue
Glossary
Appendix – Forecasting FAQs
Index

Format: PDF
Length: 275 pages
Published: 2010 by John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470574437

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