The objective of this assignment is to investigate different business forecasting methods, and demonstrate the benefits of their use for a specific organization. We have learned that demand forecasting invokes the processes of determining exactly what service/products are needed, in what quantity, and in what amount of time. Organizations that are able to implement effective forecasting will be better equipped to find the balance between managing demand for a product/service and the capacity …showed first 75 words of 1398 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1398 total…product availability based on actual product demand. References: Dell.com (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/en/home?c=us&l=en&s=corp&~ck=mn University of Phoenix (Ed). (2001). Operations Management. [University of Phoenix Custom Edition e-Text]. Ohio: Prentice Hall Viswanadham, N. (2002, January 25). Dell-on-Line: A Build-to-Order PC Supply Chain. Retrieved from http://lcm.csa.iisc.ernet.in/scm/nv-1.pdf.