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How to bridge the gap between forecast and reality!

Its one of the very few certainties in life: when we make business forecasts the one thing we can rely on is that the reality will turn out to be different. The question is not if, but by how much? Businesses everywhere struggle with the consequences. From car makers to hospital suppliers, from laundries to hotels, businesses have significant challenges in planning and managing their capacities and supply when the reality of demand inevitably varies from the forecast and expectation.

The results are poor service levels, longer waiting times for services, higher product inventories and lost sales. …and, not least, a whole load of management stress and hassle.

This situation has been around for such a long time that it is virtually engrained in the mindset of the organisation – managers cannot image a world without these problems. But it does not have to be that way. A wide variety of businesses have made massive improvements in service levels, reduced inventory, increased sales … and reduced stress by working out how to bridge the gap between the forecast and the reality.

Here’s how…

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IT Disasters - how to avoid them and how to put them right!

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