Commercial advanced planning and scheduling (APS) systems have been around for about 25 years and have seen widespread adoption in a variety of companies. The promises made by APS system implementations are high, and at the same time, APS projects are complex, costly, and carry a significant...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Chapter 1: Profit from Accurate Forecasting -- 1.1 The Importance of Demand Forecasting -- 1.2 When Is a Forecast Not a Forecast? -- 1.3 Ways of Presenting Forecasts -- 1.3.1 Forecasts as Probability Distributions --...

Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- About the Author -- About the Website -- PART One: Introduction to Modelling, Core Themes and Best Practices -- CHAPTER 1: Models of Models -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES -- THE STAGES OF MODELLING -- BACKWARD THINKING AND FORWARD...

Das Buch richtet sich an Verantwortliche in Unternehmen und Organisationen, die wissen wollen, wie Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement effektiv betrieben werden kann. Die Autoren zeigen, welche Bedeutung Nachhaltigkeit, Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement und Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung für Unternehmen und...

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