Should We Forget About the Forecast? | SupplyChainBrain

Should We Forget About the Forecast?

Jim White, Jake Barr and C.J. Wehlage

December 10, 2013

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Is the forecast really dead? Should conpanies instead shift their focus to acquiring the ability to respond quickly to whatever happens in markets? A SupplyChainBrain Power Lunch discussion with Jim White, vice president of central operations with Applied Materials; Jake Barr, chief executive officer of Blue World Supply Chain Consulting; and CJ. Wehlage, vice president of high tech solutions with Kinaxis. [Run Time (Min.): 22:09]

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