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Amidst all the fanfare of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, there’s still an immense opportunity in mastering the basics. This makes successful implementation of S&OP and sound forecasting principles a key competitive advantage - both during business as normal and when crises like Covid-19 hit. You’ll learn how, during difficult times, S&OP ensures your supply chain remains intact and helps maintain sufficient inventory while your competitors face existential threat.
This leadership stream is your opportunity to learn how the world’s best ensure all assumptions are met for better demand planning and S&OP, and how they manage processes to achieve true cross-functional participation, alignment and accountability across all departments. What’s more, you’ll hear how industry leaders are using best practices and fundamentals of forecasting to deliver results in the age of Big Data. Together we will address the changing world and how to mature your planning processes to meet your needs and build on future capabilities. This is your chance to do what most companies have failed to do – deliver a robust, value-adding process that works for today and tomorrow and can handle whatever lies around the corner.
The Knowledge You Will Gain Includes:
- How to integrate internal and external variables into your planning and S&OP processes
- How to better assess risk during times of disruption like Covid-19 and use demand shaping to respond proactively to demand
- The importance of forecasting with consumption data to react to demand changes during periods of disruption
- How to achieve true cross-functional participation, alignment, and accountability across all departments
- How to know what really drives demand during turbulent times
- The appropriate S&OP cadence during Covid-19
- Understanding forecasting methods and process and what you need to know
- How to track and measure S&OP and demand planning effectiveness
Moderator:
John Hellriegel, Sr. Advisor/Facilitator, Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning
Panelists:
Patrick Bower, Sr. Director, Global Supply Chain Planning & Customer Service, Combe Inc.
Debbie Climer, Director of Integrated Business Planning, Cummins Inc.
Anne-Laure Coussot, Director of Demand Planning, Mondelēz International
Hainey, CPF, CPSM, CPIM, MCIPS, C.P.M., VP of IBP, Ashley Furniture
Tim Hotze, SVP Global Network Planning and Global Intelligence, Target
