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Master the demand forecasting skills you need to decide what resources to acquire, what products to produce, and where and how to distribute them.
In Demand Forecasting Best Practices you’ll learn how to:
Demand Forecasting Best Practices teaches you to optimize demand planning to deliver a more effective supply chain. In this unique step-by-step guide, you’ll learn forecasting tools, metrics, and models alongside stakeholder management techniques that work in a live business environment. Follow author Nicolas Vandeput’s original five step framework for demand planning excellence and learn how to tailor it to your own company’s needs. You’ll soon be delivering accurate predictions that are driving major business value.
In Demand Forecasting Best Practices you’ll learn how to:
- Lead a demand planning team to improve forecasting quality while reducing workload
- Properly define the objectives, granularity, and horizon of your demand planning process
- Use smart, value-weighted KPIs to track accuracy and bias
- Spot areas of your process where there is room for improvement
- Help planners and stakeholders (sales, marketing, finances) add value in your process
- Identify what kind of data you should be collecting, and how
- Utilize different types of statistical and machine learning models
Demand Forecasting Best Practices teaches you to optimize demand planning to deliver a more effective supply chain. In this unique step-by-step guide, you’ll learn forecasting tools, metrics, and models alongside stakeholder management techniques that work in a live business environment. Follow author Nicolas Vandeput’s original five step framework for demand planning excellence and learn how to tailor it to your own company’s needs. You’ll soon be delivering accurate predictions that are driving major business value.
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Demand forecasting is vital for the success of any product supply chain. It allows companies to make better decisions about what resources to acquire, what products to produce, and where and how to distribute them. As an effective demand forecaster, you can help your organization avoid overproduction, reduce waste, and optimize inventory levels for a real competitive advantage.about the book
Demand Forecasting Best Practices is a handbook of techniques for effective demand planning for products of all types. You’ll learn how to optimize your data, metrics, processes, models, and even people to make better decisions and deliver value to your supply chains. Discover pro tips from author Nicolas Vandeput’s global career in supply chain consultancy, and dodge the common mistakes you might not know you’re making. Illustrations, clear explanations, and relevant real-world examples make each concept easy to understand and easy to follow.about the reader
For anyone who wants to improve their demand planning process, including demand planners, S&OP managers, supply chain leaders, and data scientists.about the author
Nicolas Vandeput is a supply chain data scientist specializing in demand forecasting and inventory optimization. He founded his consultancy company SupChains in 2016, delivering models and training courses worldwide. He co-founded SKU Science—a demand forecasting platform—in 2018. Passionate about education, Nicolas is an avid learner enjoying teaching at universities. He currently teaches forecasting and inventory optimization to master students in CentraleSupélec, Paris, France.FREE domestic shipping on orders of three or more print books
