Tag: forecasting

5 Applications of Predictive Analytics

What’s in a name? For predictive analytics, quite a lot the name…

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Don’t Fine Tune Your Forecast!

Does your forecast look like a radio? No? Then don't treat it…

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ATM Replenishment: Forecasting and Optimization

Why do people steal ATMs? Because that's where the money is!!! Why…

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Alfred Hitchcock and a Classic Forecasting Scam

The Forecasting SavantSuppose you received an email from a self-proclaimed forecasting savant,…

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Gaming the Forecast

Business forecasting is a highly politicized process, subject to the biases and…

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The “Avoidability” of Forecast Error [PART 2]

While I've long advocated the use of Coefficient of Variation (CV) as…

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Planview Improves Long-Range Planning Potential

Planview recently announced general availability of Planview Enterprise 11. The new release enhances…

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One-Number Forecasting: A New Worst Practice?

The one-number forecasting concept has been debated for years.Advocates argue that having…

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SAS Innovates into the Big Data Analytics Era

SAS Institute held its 24th annual analyst summit last week in Steamboat Springs,…

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Forecasting the Stock Market: Lessons Learned

There is a well recognized phenomenon that combining forecasts, derived from different…

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