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Eight Ways to Critically Evaluate a Forecast Don't get caught up in 'worthless' prediction measures, such as long-range, detailed forecasts. |
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July 11, 2012 |
Forecasts Are Always Wrong, but They Can Be a Lot Less Wrong Companies are learning to rely on solid forecasts, rather than on formal budgets. |
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How To Get Your Forecasts Wrong, In Ten Easy Lessons Learn what to do - and what not to do - from this list of "forecasting fallacies." |
IndustryWeek
April 21, 2010
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Forecasts Demand Change The economy may have forever altered the way manufacturers think about sales and demand forecasts. Here's a look at demand-planning strategies that have improved forward-looking visibility for several companies. |
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Compensation Trends: Modest Raises, Merit Rules Manufacturers are projected to increase salaries by 2.9%, in line with employers as a whole. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
How Credible Are Management Forecasts? Not Very A "perfect world" is one where you can take these earnings forecasts at face value. But that perfect world doesn't exist, and investors know it. Managers face tremendous incentives to strategically manipulate their forecasts to achieve particular results in the marketplace. |
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Why Budgets Matter Even start-ups need to forecast and plan - especially now. |
CFO
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Freed from the Budget Many companies see budgeting as a time-consuming exercise of limited value. Some are resorting to a radical fix: getting rid of the budget. |
IndustryWeek
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Parts Forecasting New programs to cope with configuration volatility. |
CIO
December 1, 2002
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Busy Online Santas If the economy remains sluggish and retailers are jittery about the holidays, they can take comfort in forecasts that consumers will buy more gifts online this season. |
Financial Advisor
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Hearing The Whispers Whisper forecasts, while relatively new, appear to be more accurate than traditional methods advisors use in evaluating individual securities. |
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Litigation Nation: By the Numbers Patent infringement claims bedevil manufacturers, survey finds. |
Finance & Development
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Picture This Economic forecasts: hard to rely on? |
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November 1, 2005
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Help for Small Manufacturers This Commerce Department program is aimed specifically at helping small and midsize manufacturers compete with foreign manufacturers. |
CIO
July 15, 2003
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Future Results Not Guaranteed Contrary to what vendors tell you, computer systems alone are incapable of producing accurate forecasts. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
Logistics in the Process Industries: By The Numbers Over 60% of best-in-class manufacturers have implemented a transportation management system. |
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October 1, 2008
John Teresko |
Grading Design Performance A look at product development initiatives across vertical industries. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2006
Solow & Kitces |
Your Financial Future Foretold Financial planners insist that they cannot predict the future. But they do, all the time -- and typically, without realizing it. |
BusinessWeek
November 26, 2007
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A Hot Hand in Oil Speculation Goldman analyst Jeffrey Currie keeps calling oil's next move correctly and gaining influence. |
The Motley Fool
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On Goldman and Black Gold Goldman Sachs kicked off the trading week with a bang, laying the groundwork for a surge in oil stocks as it trumpeted a prediction of $85-per-barrel oil by year-end, rising to $95 a barrel in 2008. To which investors reply: bunk. |
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Imperfect Futures Is business forecasting an art, a science, or an exercise in futility? As the recession drags on, companies rethink their attitudes, and their approaches. |
IEEE Spectrum
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Hurricane Watchers Hit Their Mark Hurricane Katrina, despite the tremendous problems with the evacuation of New Orleans, provided a vivid example of today's more skillful hurricane predicting. |
The Motley Fool
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Solar Earnings Roundup A look back at how solar manufacturers stacked up in the third quarter. |
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April 15, 2009
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Food Safety Concerns: By the Numbers Consumers think food manufacturers should be held more accountable for their product quality. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2003
George Taninecz |
Best-Laid Plans Diverse manufacturers are migrating to demand-planning and demand-management applications, but best practices must underpin software deployment. |
IndustryWeek
June 17, 2009
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A Wise IT Move Targeted IT spending in a down economy boosts the bottom line and sets the stage for top-line growth when the market recovers. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 18, 2003
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Optimism: Don't Let it Run Away with You Many M&A decisions may be the result of hubris. Here's a technique to help executives avoid the bad kind of optimism. |
Insurance & Technology
November 12, 2007
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SAP's Falk Reiker Discusses Real-Time Operability Change It will not be an overnight transformation. Banks will start with a phased approach that first simplifies the processes they currently have in place to reduce technology. |
Geotimes
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Oil prices outlook high Forecasts indicate that gas prices will continue to climb though there is debate as to how high. |
