Workshops on Practical S&OP & Demand Driven Forecasting from CPG and Retail

BOSTON - Aug. 15, 2014 - PRLog -- Boston, MA — Demand Planning LLC is announcing the launch of two workshops for the fall of 2014. This is the first time we will be conducting the Practical S&OP workshop in Boston. The workshop will be held on September 17 and 18th.

We will discuss the key components of the S&OP process – the mechanics, reports, consensus and hand-offs as well as the metrics.  Participants will walk away with practical insights to all aspects of S&OP and pre-formatted excel templates for use in their process.

For more details http://demandplanning.net/Sales_Inventory_Operations_Planning_Tutorial.htm


“Very interesting well-presented subject matter. Learned many useful tools to bring back to company. Great workshop, informative useful tools to bring back to the job." –Logistics Manager at Princeton Instruments

On September 19th we will be covering the Demand Driven Forecasting from CPG and Retail perspective. In this Tutorial workshop, we will illustrate the methodology to address challenges specific to Demand-driven planning. We will explain the process to create a demand-driven pull forecast that incorporates the effects of changes in market, consumption patterns, and inventory cycles to model a supply chain forecast.

Pricing: Register Now! Regular price $995 – Early-Bird price $895 available until August 18, 2014

10% discount for groups of 3 or more. For special hotel pricing, please call the office at (781) 995-0685. Register at http://tinyurl.com/dpnetregister

Obtain Skills you can use at Work - We will explain and demonstrate best practices in model selection, illustrate how to improve model quality and teach you how to leverage forecast measurement process.

Learn from Industry Experience - We will provide practical examples from our consulting experience.

Network with Peers – The workshop provides a great opportunity to meet, interact and learn from other Operations folks with team challenges and networking exercises.

Add to Credentials - Certificate of completion from Demand Planning Net: Best Practices for implementing S&OP in your organization!