Summer 2017

Journal of Business Forecasting Volume 36 | Issue 2 | Summer 2017

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:

• U.S. Economy: Growing Signs of Decoupling from Washington

  By Jamal Nahavandi

• The Traits of an S&OP Leader

  By Patrick Bower

• The Importance of Segmenting Your Products

  By Charles W. Chase, Jr., CPF

• Should Forecasting Be Outsourced?

  By Larry Lapide

• Investment Predictive Analytics Continue to Point to Anemic Global Economic Growth

  By Evangelos Otto Simos,Ph.D.

• Four Steps to Achieving Enterprise S&OP That Businesses Will Love

  By Neil James

• Demand Planning Business Process Owners

  By Carlos Madruga

• Demand Planners, Supply Planners, and Inventory Management

  By Mark Lawless, ACPF

• Answers to Your Forecasting Questions

  By Chaman L. Jain