Objectives of long term demand forecasting
1. New unit or expansion: Long term demand forecasting helps in planning of a new unit or expansion of an
existing unit of a business organization.
2. Financial requirements: It is useful in long term financial planning. Long -term sales forecast is necessary
to estimate long term financial requirements.
3. Man power planning: Long term demand forecasting enables the firm to make arrangements for training
and personnel development. Demand forecasting is also useful to the Government in determining import
and export policies.
Supply Analysis, Law of Supply
Supply Analysis is a research and analysis done to understand the supply trends and responses to changing
market and production variables. Supply Analysis takes into account the production costs, raw material
costs, technology, labour wages etc. The analysis helps the manufacturers and companies to understand the
impact of these variables on supply and eventually demand.
Supply Analysis helps manufacturers to analyse the impact of production changes, policies on increase or
decrease in supply of finished goods. E.g. newer upcoming technology can help produce more goods in same
amount of time. The analysis can help determine if this new technology should be adopted or not. Also if this
technology can help produce more, is the demand there for more products. What impact will it have on the
current labour and how would be it impact supply in the market.
Market Supply Curve/Supply Curve of the Industry:
On the demand side of the market for a good, there are individual buyers who
demand the good. Similarly, on the supply side, there are individual firm-
producers of a (homogeneous) good who are its actual sellers.
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