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Sales forecasting workshop The role of forecasting in the business. Basic approaches to forecasting. The need for a good seasonal analysis and checks on the validity of of seasonal patterns. Cause and effect modeling. Methods for medium term forecasting, with reference to the demand forecast for a sales and operations planning process. Methods for short term forecasting, including moving average and exponential smoothing.  more...

Introduction to demand planning and forecasting The role of demand planningin this and other organisations, seasonal analysis, commonly used forecasting methods including curve fitting and exponential smoothing, demand planning within sales and operations planning, forecast accuracy measurement, stock policy, managing exceptional demand. Course material is backed up with worked examples using Microsoft Excel and demonstrations using specialist  more...

Demand planning and forecasting workshop The role of demand planning in this and other organisations, seasonal analysis, commonly used forecasting methods including curve fitting and exponential smoothing, demand planning within sales and operations planning, forecast accuracy measurement, stock policy, managing exceptional demand. Course material is backed up with worked examples using Microsoft Excel and demonstrations using specialist  more...

Time Series Analysis and Forecasting Of fundamental importance in business planning is the ability to generate a usable forecast. Although time series is most often applied to economic sequences of events, the methodology can be applied to any manufacturing, engineering or research data that are collected over time with a stable input pattern. This course will provide participants with a working knowledge of the applications of  more...

CPDF_Master An online, hands-on, instructor-led training program conducted over two days in locations around the world. Aimed for demand forecasters and planners in supply chain organizations, it gives practical insight and experience to the current best practice in modeling techniques, such as exponential smoothing, ARIMA modeling and regression analysis.  more...