The Europe: Business Planning, Forecasting & S&OP / IBP Conference provides an insight on how to bring change to your organization for better S&OP and operations planning.
Topics
S&OP & FORECASTING PROCESS
Cross-functional involvement and consensus building
Process design and interfaces
Forecast user Information needs
Forecaster competencies & skills
Risk and error tolerances
ROLE OF FORECASTING IN THE ORGANIZATION
Responsibilities/Accountability
Benefits and its impact on supply chain, management decisions, financial plans
Relationship to other decision and planning processes
Consensus development and management support
Cross-function participation and involvement
DATA MANAGEMENT AND DATA CLEANING
Structure of time series data
Data identification and definition
Identifying and adjusting for anomalies
Data collection and analysis
FORECAST ERROR MEASUREMENT
Sources and remediation of error
Importance of error measurement and analysis
Mean Absolute % Error (MAPE)
Interpretation and application of error metrics
Error analysis and cost of error
Weighted Mean Absolute % Error (WMAPE)
HOW TO FORECAST WITH REGRESSION ANALYTICS - FORECASTING AND EVALUATING CAUSES OF VARIATION IN DEMAND
Advantages and disadvantages
When to use Regression
Application in estimating effects of promotions, pricing, advertising, and other program actions
How to build a regression model for demand
Using regression methods in conjunction with time series forecasting
HOW TO FORECAST WITH TIMES SERIES MODELS - THE MOST WIDELY USED METHOD OF FORECASTING
Time series model development
Importance of pattern identification
Advantages and disadvantages of time series
When to use time series models
Underlying assumptions
Event adjustments and when to use
Widely used time series methods - averages, naïve model, exponential smoothing, decomposition, trend, seasonal, and other time series methods
NEW PRODUCT FORECASTING - FORECASTING OVER LONGER TIME PERIODS WITH GREATER UNKNOWNS
Opportunity identification and evaluation
Challenges of New Product Forecasting
Qualitative forecasting methods
Product lifecycle structure and estimation
Quantitative forecasting methods
Diffusion models
Expected error and accuracy
Who should Attend
Planning professionals from around the world with responsibilities in:
Europe: Business Planning, Forecasting & S&OP / IBP Conference - Nov 2025, Amsterdam, Netherlands (47621)
Past Events
Europe: Business Planning, Forecasting & S&OP / IBP Conference - 20-22 Nov 2024, DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station, Netherlands (98214)
Important
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