Fall 2024

Journal of Business Forecasting Volume 43 | Issue 3 | Fall 2024

The lead article of this issue reveals how mature planning organizations leverage demand shaping to optimize inventory according to supply constraints or surpluses and to serve strategic goals. Other highlights include a dive into forecast accuracy in Japanese companies from the country's preeminent academic and author, a primer on demand outliers that dispels some widely held misconceptions, and an interview with a planning leader who makes the case of IBP over S&OP.

Featured Articles:

• Adding Strategic Demand Shaping to Your IBP Process

  By

  • Steven Hainey, CPF
  • Brad McFadden
• Forecast Accuracy Management: Lessons Learned From Japanese Companies

  By Yudai Yamaguchi

• Case Study: Optimizing Delivery Scheduling at a Large Restaurant Chain

  By

  • Michael Liebson
  • Curtis Ying
  • Chao-Ming Ying
• Navigating the Demand Anomaly Myth: The Right Way to Deal With Outliers

  By Charles Chase

• S&OP Or IBP?

  By Helmut Leitner

• Preparing for an Effective Demand Review

  By Tania Bustos

• Demand Optimization Planning Under Severe Supply Shortages

  By Larry Lapide

• US Growth Remains Modest But Sustainable as Central Banks Cut Rates

  By Nur M. Onvural