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Business fluctuations; forecasting techniques and applications, Bails, Dale G. and Peppers, Larry C., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc., 1982. Price: £23.95/$37.75. Pages: 482

✍ Scribed by Lester Sartorius


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1983
Tongue
English
Weight
201 KB
Volume
2
Category
Article
ISSN
0277-6693

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✦ Synopsis


Set up a tracking system and use an adaptive process if applicable. Emphasize that ex-post adjustments by management are to be done only at their own risk. Distribute the forecasting results only to those who need them, along with detailed explanations about how they were derived (no black boxes). Set up an evaluation system (the 'annual physical' in the words of Wynne and Hall, Chapter 3) to evaluate the forecasting accuracy.

1 believe that the reader will find many important ideas for assimilation into his or her own forecasting situation.