Supply chain forecasting and planning

Introduction to special issue: This issue of the Journal of the Operational Research Society is dedicated to ‘Supply Chain Forecasting and Planning’. This is an area that has benefited, over many years, from Operational Research interventions. Traditionally, OR contributions have been mathematical/algorithmic in nature with an emphasis being placed on new estimation and forecasting procedures. Work in this area continues to prosper. However, OR now includes a wide variety of methodological approaches and an expanded scope in terms of the applications considered