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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Business forecasting"”.
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Impact of business forecasting on demand planning. A strategy for improving business forecasting and reducing inventories throughout the supply chain for fast moving consumer goods in the Middle East market.
Poor quality of information and forecasting create a number of problems for manufacturing companies, such as poor planning of products and insufficient service levels, which leads to increased inventory and stock holding or stockouts and increased total costs. Cussons (UK) Limited is experiencing …
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Effect of override size on forecast value add
Business forecasting frequently combines quantitative time series techniques with qualitative expert opinion overrides to create a final consensus forecast. The objective of these overrides is to reduce forecast error, which enables safety stock reduction, customer service improvement, and …
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Forecasting macroeconomic models with artificial neural networks : an empirical investigation into the foundation for an intelligent forecasting system
… to assist decision makers in a specific business problem, namely business forecasting. In time series and macroeconomic modelling, there are many assumptions being imposed on the behavior and functional relationship of the underlying variables. In addition, one may face the complexity in …
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Using a Bayesian model for bankruptcy prediction : a comparative approach
… of cut-off points, sampling procedures, and the business cycle on the accuracy of bankruptcy prediction models. Misclassification can result in erroneous predictions leading to prohibitive costs to firms, investors and the economy. To test the impact of the choice of cut-off points and sampling …
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Reducing the redundancy of financial ratios and assessing the stability of financial patterns
The purpose of this study was to examine the financial patterns of Australian industrial firms along the lines of Pinches et al.’s (1973; 1975) study. The financial ratios used in prior Australian corporate failure studies were used to derive a reduced set of factors that was predictive of …
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The Effect of SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 142 on the Accuracy of Financial Analysts' Earnings Forecasts after Mergers
… SFAS 141, 142 than for firms that went through business combinations before those accounting changes. Study results present strong evidence that earnings forecast errors for companies involved in merging and acquisition activity decreased after the adoption of SFAS 141, 142. Test results also …
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Diseño de un portal de autogestión de previsión empresarial
El objetivo de este estudio es proponer una solución basada en herramientas tecnológicas para mejorar los procesos de negocio de previsión empresarial en Sector Exequial (Se cambia el nombre de la empresa para proteger la información de dicha empresa). Los retos identificados se asocian a la carga …