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Originally Posted by Dimman
One of the girls I work with is a production assistant, and she says that there are whole courses on how companies do, in fact, make very scientific attempts to forecast future demand. Something to do with lean manufacturing. The more accurate they get, the more efficient production can be. And 'The House of Toyota' is a whole section in one of her courses.  |
Very interesting. I wonder if the slow down in the worlds economy has made it harder to anticipate demand or if they have a method to control for that.