Summer 2002

Featured Articles:

• Challenges Facing a Demand Planner: How to Identify and Handle Them

  By Dephney P. Barr

• A Review of 52 Forecasting Software Packages

  By Fara Elikai, Ravija Badaranathi, and Vince Howe

• What Decision Makers Need to Do to Improve and Speed Up Their Decisions

  By Michael S. Podsedly

• New Developments in Business Forecasting: You Need Sales and Operations Planning

  By Larry Lapide

• Key to a Successful Closed Loop Forecasting Process

  By Stephan Johnson

• A Survivor's Guide to Integrated Demand and Supply

  By Bob Reary

• 10 Step Approach to Win the Support of Top Management for a Forecasting Function

  By Chaman L. Jain