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New product forecasting [electronic resource] : an applied approach / Kenneth B. Kahn ; foreword by Martin Joseph and Alec Finney.

By: Kahn, Kenneth B.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, Inc., c2006Description: xviii, 157 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): New products -- Forecasting -- Methodology | Product managementGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 658.5/75 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Foundations of applied new product forecasting -- Introduction to applied new product forecasting -- Clarifying the terminology of product, service, and/or offering -- A new product forecasting directive -- Beginning the new product forecasting endeavor -- Types of new product estimates -- New product planning versus new product forecasting -- Types of new products -- New product forecasting techniques -- New product forecasting strategy : linking techniques to type of new product -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- New product development and new product forecasting: process and structure -- The new product development process -- Using teams to structure new product development -- The new product forecasting process -- Assumptions management -- S&op and new product forecasting -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- New product forecasting techniques -- Judgmental new product forecasting techniques -- Jury of executive opinion -- Sales force composite -- Scenario analysis -- Delphi method -- Assumptions-based modeling -- Using assumptions-based models to identify critical assumptions and examine risk -- Decision trees -- Markov process model -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Customer/market research techniques for new product forecasting -- Concept testing -- Product use testing -- Market testing -- Conjoint analysis -- Quality function deployment -- The kano model -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Time series techniques for new product forecasting -- Look-like analysis (analogous forecasting) -- Diffusion modeling -- Composite curve approach -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Regression analysis for new product forecasting -- Correlation -- Regression analyses -- Final comments on regression analyses -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Managerial considerations for applied new product forecasting -- Special topics in new product forecasting -- Understanding the launch phenomenon -- The launch cycle -- Pre-launch preparation : launch control protocol -- Launch tracking and the launch scorecard -- Special new product forecasting issues -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- New product forecasting benchmarks -- Review of literature on new product forecasting practices -- New product forecasting benchmarks -- Final observations -- Implications for your company's new product forecasting process -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-152) and index.

Foundations of applied new product forecasting -- Introduction to applied new product forecasting -- Clarifying the terminology of product, service, and/or offering -- A new product forecasting directive -- Beginning the new product forecasting endeavor -- Types of new product estimates -- New product planning versus new product forecasting -- Types of new products -- New product forecasting techniques -- New product forecasting strategy : linking techniques to type of new product -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- New product development and new product forecasting: process and structure -- The new product development process -- Using teams to structure new product development -- The new product forecasting process -- Assumptions management -- S&op and new product forecasting -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- New product forecasting techniques -- Judgmental new product forecasting techniques -- Jury of executive opinion -- Sales force composite -- Scenario analysis -- Delphi method -- Assumptions-based modeling -- Using assumptions-based models to identify critical assumptions and examine risk -- Decision trees -- Markov process model -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Customer/market research techniques for new product forecasting -- Concept testing -- Product use testing -- Market testing -- Conjoint analysis -- Quality function deployment -- The kano model -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Time series techniques for new product forecasting -- Look-like analysis (analogous forecasting) -- Diffusion modeling -- Composite curve approach -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Regression analysis for new product forecasting -- Correlation -- Regression analyses -- Final comments on regression analyses -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- Managerial considerations for applied new product forecasting -- Special topics in new product forecasting -- Understanding the launch phenomenon -- The launch cycle -- Pre-launch preparation : launch control protocol -- Launch tracking and the launch scorecard -- Special new product forecasting issues -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions -- New product forecasting benchmarks -- Review of literature on new product forecasting practices -- New product forecasting benchmarks -- Final observations -- Implications for your company's new product forecasting process -- Key concepts -- Discussion questions.

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