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Achieving Excellence in New-Product Forecasting

Pat Bower, Sr. Dir., Corporate Planning & Customer Service, Combe Incorporated

April 5, 2013

New-product forecasting is occupying an increasingly large portion of the planner's job. Patrick Bower, senior director of corporate planning and customer service with Combe Inc., relates the trends that have caused renewed interest in the discipline. [Run Time (Min.): 9:42]

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