Forecasting ÒIn the PocketÓ: Mobile Devices Can Improve Collaboration

The increasing popularity of PDAs, smartphones, tablet computers, and other mobile devices opens up new opportunities for communication and collaboration on business forecasts. As the authors tell us, mobile forecasting (m-forecasting) applications may streamline approaches to collaboration between retailers and suppliers, thus contributing to the provision and exchange of product information, especially since forecasts are strongly tied to local context knowledge. In this article, we present specific approaches for the future of m-forecasting applications. Copyright International Institute of Forecasters, 2014