Integrated Planning – Module 2 1 Agenda • Forecasting‚ • Factors influencing Demand • Basic Demand Patterns • Basic Principles of Forecasting • Principles of Data Collection • Basic Forecasting Techniques‚ Seasonality • Sources & Types of Forecasting Errors Forecasting can be conducted at various levels Strategic Required for • Product life cycle • Long-term capacity planning • Capital asset/equipment/ human resource management Examples • Product line transitions • Annual volume out
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Preparing forecasts will help you to assess your likely sales income‚ costs‚ external financing needs and profitability. Financial forecasts are essential if you need to raise money from a third party‚ such as a bank. But they also provide you with the means to monitor performance on‚ say‚ a monthly basis and thereby exercise effective financial control - arguably the second most important management function in running a business. Objectives The aim of this section is to help you to prepare financial
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2 BACKGROUND Forecasting relates to the management functions of planning‚ organizing and controlling. It is one of the key elements of operations management. Companies serve their customers and the society at large by producing various goods and services. The market need is continuously changing. In order to cope up with the changing demand companies must develop a good forecasting technique to determine the demand level For this term paper‚ five different products from different companies‚ selected
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TYPES OF FORECASTING METHODS Qualitative methods: These types of forecasting methods are based on judgments or opinions‚ and are subjective in nature. They do not rely on any mathematical computations. Quantitative methods: These types of forecasting methods are based on quantitative models‚ and are objective in nature. They rely heavily on mathematical computations. QUALITATIVE FORECASTING METHODS Qualitative Methods Executive Opinion Market Research Delphi
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CONTENTS 1.0. Introduction 2 2.0. Competitive Priority 3 2.1. The sales division 3 2.2. The cafeteria 4 2.3. The hire branch 5 3.0. FORECASTING 6 3.1. Time series 6 4.0. Discussion 7 4.1. Expend Population 7 4.2. Environmental 8 5.0. Conclusion 8 6.0. Recommendation 错误! 未定义书签。 7.0. References 10 1.1. Introduction Gardening becomes hugely popular in the last decade‚ and this trend will continue. According to Key Note (2014)‚ over the next 5 years‚ a considerable growth of 3.3% in the garden market
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variability overtime… TX non seasonalized and seasonalized 3) Combined seasonally adjusted with non-seasonally adjusted De-seasonalizing the data helped with the removal of seasonal component that creates higher volatility in model. Now‚ variations more stable 4) No cyclical component. No evidence of unfixed wavelike rises and falls around the trend 5) Test for stationarity employs a correlogram. This correlogram exhibits a pattern that shows values of rks that decline
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advantage‚ NIL successfully managed to retain its leadership in the instant noodles category even until the early 2000s. Over the years‚ NIL extended the Maggi brand to a variety of culinary products like soups‚ sauces and ketchups‚ and cooking aids among others. However‚ these product extensions were not as successful as the instant noodles. In 2005‚ NIL started offering a range of new ’healthy’ products under the Maggi brand‚ in a bid to attract health-conscious consumers. This case looks at the various
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Forecasting "Best Practices" "Effective demand planning and sales forecasting across the supply chain can bring a host of benefits. Specifically‚ it can help improve labor productivity‚ reduce head count‚ cut inventories‚ and speed up production flows‚ and increase revenues and profits. -Edward J. Marien To find the "best practices" for forecasting‚ our team researched many cases of forecasting success‚ and found five companies with a common theme. Rayovac‚ the Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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DISCUSS HARD AND SOFT MODELS HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Literature Review of Soft and Hard HRM Models 6 3. Discussion on Soft and Hard HRM Models 10 4. Conclusion 12 5. References 13 DISCUSS HARD AND SOFT MODELS HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Introduction Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization ’s most valued assets - the people working there who individually and
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