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Video

Forecasting Basics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wXZ4_hgsdk
Meredith Skeeters, Manager of Demand Planning at L'Oreal, describes how she provides analytics to help forecast demand.

Forecasting Accuracy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo5YWXDRXv8
This video walks through how to forecast using the moving averages of MAD, MSE, and MAPE.

Coordinating Forecasts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGVO_6pAreI
In this video, Mike Warner of Boeing emphasizes the importance of coordinating with suppliers as they strive to meet demand in a growing market.

Web

Good Forecasts
https://hbr.org/2007/07/six-rules-for-effective-forecasting
This article suggests several rules for forecasting.

Tracking Signals
http://www.threadpunter.com/supply-chain-management/demand-planning/measures-of-forecast-error/
This article describes how tracking signals help operations managers understand forecasting errors.

Forecasting and Ethics
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/1977/09/pinto-madness
This classic article from 1977 looks at the unethical decisions made by Ford Pinto's leadership, informed by the data they considered during forecasting.