Conducting a sales forecasting audit

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-25

  Moon, Mark A ^a   Mentzer, John T ^a   Smith, Carlo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit; Forecasting management; Forecasting practice; Forecasting systems; Performance measurement; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037250457     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(02)00032-8     Document Type: Article

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