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Forecasting: the prediction of outcomes, trends, or expected future behavior of a business, industry sector, or the economy through the use of statistics. Forecasting is an operational research technique used as...; Forecasting definition on BNET »

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Minister Uses NASA Forecasting to Study Signals of Jesus' Return.: By WorldNetDaily Will Jesus return to Earth in the year 2015? And can studying NASA's website provide evidence for such a scenario? A minister who promotes the Old Testament roots of Christianity suggests a rare string of lunar and solar eclipses said...; Tags: eclipse, forecasting, INTERNET, Jesus, Manufacturing, NASA; Research articles 2008-05-02
Pre-harvest price expectations for corn: the information content of USDA reports and new crop futures: Futures prices play an important price discovery role in the marketing of storable commodities. This function requires that agents (1) have informed expectations regarding the size of the future crop and futures prices reflect that available information. Hence, two interesting questions that arise are: What sources of information contribute to...; Tags: agent, alphA, corn, Delta, forecasting, Hamilton, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Research articles 2008-05-01
High-performance polymers: market report: in a newly published study on high-performance polymers, analyst firm Frost & Sullivan makes an upbeat assessment of the market, forecasting high growth rates in the medium to long term: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] High-performance polymers occupy the top position in the performance pyramid (Chart 1); they are characterised by their superlative mechanical, chemical, and thermal properties. These also have been among the. fastest-growing product groups for many years, giving way to new applications driven by innovation and product development. ...; Tags: Companies, forecasting, Frost & Sullivan, high-performance, Leadership, PEEK, polymer, supplier; Research articles 2008-02-01
Many Americans down on economy, Bernanke says Fed set to help: A new Harris poll finds 45 percent of Americans believe the economy will get worse in 2008, and 38 percent say they believe their own personal financial situation will deteriorate. Meanwhile, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke noted in a speech that the economy is likely to grow at a...; Tags: Federal Reserve Board, forecasting, SALES; Research articles 2008-02-01
White House not forecasting recession: WASHINGTON AFP — The White House said Tuesday it was not predicting a recession in the United States and but that it was open to a larger stimulus package than its proposed 140-150 billion dollar boost. Spokeswoman Dana Perino also flatly refused to comment on turmoil hitting world financial...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, financial, forecasting, recession, stimulus, White House; Research articles 2008-01-22

Companies in Discrete Industries Need to Focus on More Than Just Demand Planning, According to Recent Aberdeen Report: A recent Aberdeen Report on Demand Management practices concludes that the best-in-class companies focus on external collaboration, customer level forecasting and integration with order management. JustEnough Software Corporation, whose solutions calculate over 1.5 billion forecasts a year for their customers, co-sponsored the report. The study was based on the use,...; Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., forecasting, on-demand, SALES; Research articles 2008-01-17
Fed 'not currently' predicting US recession: Bernanke: WASHINGTON AFP — Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday the central bank is not at the moment predicting a recession in the United States, but sees slow growth ahead. "The Federal Reserve is not currently forecasting a recession," Bernanke said in response to a question after a speech...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Federal Reserve Board, forecasting, recession, Washington; Research articles 2008-01-10
Cold winds in housing markets: forecasting the winter: PARIS AFP — Cold, and in some cases bitter, winds are blowing through the housing markets of many industrialised countries bringing unpleasant questions: will there be a property crash and will the repercussions hit growth and consumption, cut incomes and cost jobs? In trying to assess the length and...; Tags: forecasting, OECD, U.S.; Research articles 2007-12-08
Black Friday, opaque as ever; Why forecasting firms' holiday-sales predictions just lead to uncertainty.(News): Byline: EMILY BRYSON YORK Retail sales will be up 4% this holiday season. Or not. Though the holiday-shopping season doesn't officially start until the day after Thanksgiving, so-called Black Friday, the annual ritual of predicting holiday-sales growth has been in full swing...; Tags: Deloitte LLP, forecasting, SALES, Strategy; Research articles 2007-11-19
Polish Up Your Crystal Ball: Forecasting competencies for crucial positions in the organization will make succession planning easier. The nuclear energy industry was in its heyday in the late 1970s until the 1979 Three Mile Island disaster occurred in Middletown, Pennsylvania. The partial meltdown of the nuclear power plant damaged the industry's image...; Tags: competency, forecasting, Leadership, Nuclear Energy Institute, SALES; Research articles 2007-11-01
Weather forecasting needs huge boost to tackle climate change: WMO: GENEVA AFP — The UN's meteorological agency on Friday called for a multibillion dollar boost for weather forecasting, warning that about 30 percent of economic wealth was directly exposed to the impact of global warming. The World Meteorological Organisation urged the international community to pay greater attention to helping...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, forecasting; Research articles 2007-09-20
Forecasting and Planning Solutions Improve SLA Compliance by 18% and Productivity by 20%: In the face of myriad planned and unplanned constraints and activity, a majority of Best-in-Class service organizations recently surveyed by Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks company (NYSE: HHS), stated they are systematically integrating their demand forecasting, capacity planning and service execution processes. The ultimate goal is to achieve the most cost-effective, productive...; Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., forecasting, SALES, SLA; Research articles 2007-09-11
Forecasting world agricultural production: The Special Sensing Microwave lmager SSMI measures the temperature in the canopy and the level of moisture in the soil from both precipitation and irrigation. Because the signal is in the microwave spectrum, similar to our cell phones, transmission occurs through almost all types of cloud coverage, night and day....; Tags: forecasting, MARKETING, moisture, NETWORKING, Pricing, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Research articles 2007-07-01
UN weather agency pledges help to poor countries: GENEVA AFP — The UN weather agency closed out its congress here on Friday pledging to help poor countries cope with natural disasters through better forecasting and alert systems. The World Meteorological Organisation said poor countries often do not have the means to invest in sufficient technology and that...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, agency, forecasting, Geneva, MARKETING, SALES, secretary; Research articles 2007-05-25
Sun Microsystems Federal and Boeing Collaborate to Solve Extreme Data Computing Demands; 10+ Gigabits per Second Architecture to Facilitate Data Demands of Operational Intelligence, Weather Forecasting, & Epidemic Analysis.: M2 PRESSWIRE-4 April 2007-Sun Microsystems: Sun Microsystems Federal and Boeing Collaborate to Solve Extreme Data Computing Demands; 10+ Gigabits per Second Architecture to Facilitate Data Demands of Operational Intelligence, Weather Forecasting, & Epidemic AnalysisC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03042007 McLean, Va....; Tags: analysis, Boeing Co., forecasting, HARDWARE, SALES, Servers, SOFTWARE, Sun Microsystems Inc.; Research articles 2007-04-04
Rationality of U.S. Department of Agriculture Livestock Price Forecasts: A Unified Approach: This research presents a systematic and unified approach to evaluating forecast rationality that considers the potential of nonstationarity in forecasts and realized values. The approach is applied to one-quarter ahead U.S. Department of Agriculture livestock price forecasts from 1982 through 2004. Results show that forecasts and realized prices are integrated...; Tags: forecasting, SALES, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Research articles 2007-04-01
Weather forecasting gets supercomputing boost.(GOVERNMENTCONNECTION): The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA activated its newest weather and climate supercomputers. The move should increase computing power for the nation's climate and weather forecasts by 320 percent. The two new machines, produced by Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM Corp., can process...; Tags: forecasting, IBM Corp., NOAA, PRODUCTIVITY, SALES, supercomputing; Research articles 2007-04-01
Spending on forecasting can offset climate warming threat: experts: MADRID AFP — Every euro spent on weather forecasting technology can bring sevenfold savings in dealing with the consequences of climate change, the World Meteorological Organisation WMO said Monday. "It has been shown that each euro spent on predicting the vagaries of the weather allows seven to be saved...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, conference, forecasting, Government, SALES; Research articles 2007-03-19
Silent killers: Slow quakes are precursors of mega events, say scientists: PARIS AFP — Geophysicists poring over an earthquake hotspot beneath southern Japan believe massive temblors may be preceded by slow, barely perceptible quakes that can last for days or weeks. In a paper published on Thursday in the British journal Nature, the scientists say the warning signs are buried...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Earth, forecasting, SALES, scientist; Research articles 2007-03-14
US and British jobs to boost LL.: Byline: Florence Chong Jan 22, 2007 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian property development group Lend Lease has received a positive valuation by broking house JP Morgan. The firm is forecasting Lend Lease to record earnings of $A396.7m for 2006-07, and $A446m...; Tags: earnings, FINANCE, forecasting, Investment, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., job, SALES, valuation; Research articles 2007-01-22