Now more than ever, especially in a difficult economy, it is imperative to have a better handle on Supply Chain Management and what drives it, good forecasts & plans. The result can equal millions of dollars added to the company cash flow.
At the Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning, IBF, we offer training brought to your location, saving you travel costs and expanding training opportunities to include employees that would otherwise be unable to travel. Our emphasis on improving your company’s demand planning & forecasting methods and processes will have an immediate impact on your supply chain and company.
IBF’s senior educators will use their wealth of real-world experience to provide valuable education for empowering employees, uniting departments, gaining consensus, minimizing inventory and improving customer fulfillment & retention during any market condition. Plus, it is geared towards professionals of all levels!
Please contact us to receive the training outline and further details: Tel. +1.516.504.7576
Advantages of IBF’s Corporate In-House Training:
Benchmarks & Best practices: Get access to valuable benchmarking data, as well as best practices that successful companies are using to win in this turbulent economy. Identify the gaps in regards to your people, processes, and technology and learn what action plans are required to correct them through hands-on learning.
Save Money & Unlock the Power of your ERP / Demand Planning Solution: Learn to leverage the power of your ERP for improved demand planning & forecasting. Most companies only utilize a small percentage of their system’s features.
Valuable Bonus Materials: Case studies, exercises, data-sets, templates, and complete presentation slides
Time and Location Flexibility: Workshops can be held at your office, or any location in the world at any time with adequate notice.
Certification Preparation: This training program will prepare participants for the IBF’s Certified Professional Forecaster (CPF) and Advanced Certified Professional Forecaster (ACPF) exams.
20 People or More: Enroll up to 20 employees for the same flat fee plus expenses (greater than 20 extra)
Supply Chain Impact:
This program will benefit those on the supply chain side looking to understand how demand planning drives decisions
Demand Planning & Forecasting Audit (Optional): Let the experts at IBF review your processes, data, and people as compared to Best Practices and quickly identify the opportunities to preserve cash
Plus, our focus on Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and the role of Demand Management will guide you and your colleagues through implementing techniques that will immediately help your company to reach its goals
IBF’s training program is a comprehensive curriculum that is based on nearly 30 years of researching and supporting the demand planning & forecasting field. At the same time it is continuously reviewed to ensure it matches the needs of businesses today.
Hear what our customers had to say about our corporate training:
"The workshop was very thorough and introduced valuable forecasting concepts. It also stimulated discussion on our business process relating to forecasting" -- C. Eland, SC JOHNSON
"Instructor was able to show how to apply topics to real events" -- P. Schroeder, ROLLS-ROYCE
"This training will definitely help to improve my work" -- Z. Mussalam, Forecaster, SAUDI ARAMCO
Training Topics include:
How to improve Demand Planning through Demand Shaping, Demand Creation, as well as Demand Sensing
How to start and structure Demand Forecasting and collaborative processes from scratch such as Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and Collaborative, Planning, Forecasting, & Replenishment (CPFR)
How to forecast & plan for new products, as well as in economic climates where history cannot provide any indication of future outcome
How to measure Demand Planning & Forecasting performance, a key to continuous improvement
How to cleanse data and deal with data outliers, missing data, promotional effects, unit of measure mismatches, seasonal & trend effects, and more ensuring that you have relevant information for ERP System and demand forecasting
How to prepare demand forecasts using the most accurate methods that best in class companies are leveraging. Plus, learn when they are most appropriate to use
How to successfully present forecasts, resolve conflict, improve communication, and gain buy-in from management
How to use POS/ syndicated data for consumption based forecasting and eliminate the painful bullwhip effect
How to audit and select a demand planning & forecasting software solution
And so much more
Please contact us to receive the training outline and further details: Tel. +1.516.504.7576
