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That way it would offer clues as to whether a forecast was reliable.
Overall, the process of generating a forecast was cut from eight weeks to mere days.
Companies should note when a forecast was made, on what information it was based, and its level of detail (for example, was it on the aggregate or the SKU level?), and they should later compare it with actual demand.
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However, a forecast is never a neutral or objective assessment.
A forecast is an estimate of what might happen in the future under the current regime.
As for 2018, there are so many ways things could go that a forecast is impossible.
Of course, a forecast is only as good as its accuracy.
A forecast is a prediction of what may happen and sometimes contains prescriptions for dealing with future events.
Change the lead time of the forecast: Every month, a seasonal forecast is issued for the next three months; for example, in January, a forecast is issued for February-April (the default), which has a "lead time" of 1 month.
The Met Office has a precipitation probability measure that reveals how accurate a forecast is likely to be.
And even if a forecast is off-base, there are few repercussions because they are almost always quickly forgotten.
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