Issue number 27 vol.12 n°4 - 2011 Demand Forecasting and Planning in the Supply Chain Editorial Authors: Mohamed Zied Babai, BEM-Bordeaux Management School, France Mark Moon, University of Tennessee, USA Keywords: Demand forecasting planning supply chain View PDF Comparison of Neural Network-Based Forecasting Methods Using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Tools Authors: Atul B. Borade, Jawaharlal Darda Institute of Engineering and Technology, India Satish V. Bansod, Professor Ram Meghe Institute of Research and Technology, India Keywords: forecasting nontraditional forecasts supply chain costs Improving the Performance of Popular Supply Chain Forecasting Techniques Authors: Georgios P. Spithourakis, Fotios Petropoulos, Vassilios Assimakopoulos, Forecasting & Strategy Unit, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Mohamed Zied Babai, BEM Bordeaux Management School, France Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, BEM Bordeaux Management School, France & The Business School, Bangor University, UK Keywords: forecasting fast-moving demand temporal aggregation in-sample optimization forecasting framework empirical investigation Traffic Forecasting in Moroccan Ports Authors: Abdelali Hajbi, University Hassan 1st, Settat, Morocco Keywords: National Ports Agency (ANP) Delphi method forecast investment port sector Tangier-Med Special Agency (TMSA). Forecasting, Production and Inventory Management of Short Life-Cycle Products: A Review of the Literature and Case Studies Authors: Sabrina Berbain, GriIsg Institut Supérieur de Gestion, France Régis Bourbonnais, LEDa, Université Paris-Dauphine, France Philippe Vallin, Lamsade, Université Paris-Dauphine, France Keywords: product life cycle short-life-cycle products demand forecasting inventory management production organisation Impact of the Key Determinants of a Distributed Planning Process on the Performance of a Supply Chain Authors: Uche Okongwu, University of Toulouse, Toulouse Business School, France Jean-Christophe Deschamps, University of Bordeaux, IMS, UMR 5218, France Matthieu Lauras , University of Toulouse, Ecole Mines-Albi & Toulouse Business School, France Julien François, University of Bordeaux, IMS, UMR 5218, France Keywords: planning process supply chain management performance measurement efficiency effectiveness responsiveness A decision framework for supply chain planning in SMEs: A QFD-ISM enabled ANP-GP approach Authors: Jitesh J. Thakkar, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagur, India Arun Kanda, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India S. G. Deshmukh , Director, IIITM Gwalior, India Keywords: supply chain management small and medium enterprises (SMEs) goal programming analytic network process (ANP) quality function deployment (QFD) Monitoring and Control of an Efficient Industrial Performance Improvement within a MAUT Assessment Framework Authors: Jacky Montmain, EMA - LGI2P - Site EERIE, France Keywords: operations management performance improvement industrial performance criterion contribution efficiency multi-criteria decision making