Winter 2023-2024

Journal of Business Forecasting Volume 42 | Issue 4 | Winter 2023-2024

In this Supply Chain Planning special issue, you're invited to see the demand planning role through a supply planning lens. The lead article of this issue examines a rapidly emerging future state whereby demand planning must operate in the context of permanent supply constraints. Practical advice and examples are provided to help Planners navigate an age where infinite supply can no longer be relied upon. Other highlights of this issue include the merits and demerits of nearshoring to Mexico and how to reconfigure supply chains when crises hit.

Featured Articles:

• Demand Shaping With Supply in Mind—The Planner’s Role in a Supply Constrained World

  By Larry Lapide

• Supply Chain Plasticity: The Ability to Reorganize Supply Pathways in the Face of Disruption

  By Patrick Bower

• How Digital Transformation of Supply Chains is Enabling Cross-Enterprise Collaboration

  By

  • Allyson Wood
  • Jeff Tackes
• Still Optimizing Your Inventory In Siloes? Unlock the Power of Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization

  By Maarten Driessen

• Location, Location, Location: Key Steps in Reshoring Your Supply Chain

  By

  • Barry Neal
  • Richard Gehlmann
  • James Reckitt
  • Louis Rolland
• What Gets Measured Gets Managed— The Supply Chain Metrics You Need to Know

  By Sunil Bharadwaj

• US Economy To Slow Down In 2024 & Dollar To Fall

  By Nur M. Onvural