Logistics is the efficient flow and storage of products from their point of origin to the point of consumption. Operation planning, on the other hand, is the strategy employed by an organization that ...

Both service operations and manufacturing operations are in the business of satisfying customers, and that requires organization and planning. While the mechanisms and inputs for creating customer ...

This is a revised column from one that Dr. Chaman Jain, the editor of the Journal of Business Forecasting (JBF), recently asked me to write. It discussed the relationship between strategic and ...

In today's volatile business environment, CEOs are increasingly recognizing that sales, inventory and operations planning (SIOP) is not merely an operational function but also a strategic lever for ...