Years ago we were talking with a client of ours and somehow the discussion swung to world peace. Our client quickly proclaimed he had a simple solution. “Provide air conditioning and cable TV to everyone.”

While it’s perhaps a bit far fetched to think that would settle everyone down, it does highlight that often different thinking is required to solve a chronic problem.

The same is true in supply chain planning. Did anyone think that, in order to improve forecast accuracy, the answer is to eliminate virtually all forecasting?