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Sven F. Jerry L. Tom took us through the background theory behind PMs -- using the "wisdom of crowds" to aggregate the information held by many people to produce forecasts that are often better than experts, surveys, or analytical approaches.

Prediction markets are not for large-scale forecasting problems, where you need forecasts for hundreds or thousands of items, and where good time-series forecasting software is available and appropriate. It would be unnecessary and impracticle to run a PM for every product in your portfolio. For volatile A and B i. For the less important C items, it was probably not worth extra effort trying to improve their forecasts.

Also, provide advanced analytics to support the human experts. Mike initiated The Business Forecasting Deal blog in to help expose the seamy underbelly of forecasting practice, and to provide practical solutions to its most vexing problems.

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Michael Tramnitzke of Beiersdorf AG, on Using Forecasting Resources Most Effectively Michael discussed the challenges of forecasting at a multinational fast-moving consumer goods company makers of products like Nivea skin care.