Business Forecasting

Prepare for the ongoing and future impact of AI and machine learning on business forecasting with dozens of insightful resources While modern business forecasting is only 60 years old, its impact has been enormous and wide-ranging. From keeping supermarket shelves stocked to informing the decisions of business executives across the world, business forecasting is the foundation for much of the global economy. Business Forecasting: The Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning offers readers a collection of over 60 of the most impactful, insightful, and provocative articles and commentaries on the growing impact of AI and machine learning on the practice of business forecasting. Ranging in subjects from the role of neural networks in forecasting strategies to big data in supply-chain forecasting, judgmental forecast model selection, and the use of forecast error metrics, the book dives deep into topics of central importance to modern forecasting and machine learning. Ideal for financial controllers and other executives engaging with forecasts for decision making in companies of all sizes and across a wide range of industries, Business Forecasting will also earn a place in the libraries of business analysts, forecast managers and directors, and demand planners who hope to stay on the cutting-edge of what business forecasting has to offer.