Comments on: Forecast First, Ask Questions Later? https://demand-planning.com/2011/02/17/forecast-first-ask-questions-later/ S&OP/ IBP, Demand Planning, Supply Chain Planning, Business Forecasting Blog Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:39:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 By: Jim Burke https://demand-planning.com/2011/02/17/forecast-first-ask-questions-later/#comment-170 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:39:29 +0000 https://demand-planning.com/?p=1087#comment-170 Some good questions and pointers to the need for more data to make accurate forecasts. One of the challenges for an internal forecaster is the curse of expertise, the tendency to ignore or downright belittle information that indicates changes in the marketplace. One way to counter that is to demand that forecasts take into account a broad range of trends–social, technical, economic, environmental and political. This helps complement forecasting with lagging indicators to leading indicators.
Jim

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