5 Applications of Predictive Analytics
What’s in a name? For predictive analytics, quite a lot the name…
ATM Replenishment: Forecasting and Optimization
Why do people steal ATMs? Because that's where the money is!!! Why…
Alfred Hitchcock and a Classic Forecasting Scam
The Forecasting SavantSuppose you received an email from a self-proclaimed forecasting savant,…
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…
Planview Improves Long-Range Planning Potential
Planview recently announced general availability of Planview Enterprise 11. The new release enhances…
One-Number Forecasting: A New Worst Practice?
The one-number forecasting concept has been debated for years.Advocates argue that having…
SAS Innovates into the Big Data Analytics Era
SAS Institute held its 24th annual analyst summit last week in Steamboat Springs,…
Forecasting the Stock Market: Lessons Learned
There is a well recognized phenomenon that combining forecasts, derived from different…