Forecast errors and inventory performance under forecast information sharing

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 830-841

  Ali, Mohammad M ^a   Boylan, John E ^a   Syntetos, Aris A ^b  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forecast information sharing; Forecasting accuracy; Inventory forecasting; Sales forecasting; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865130564     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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