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IBF CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL FORECASTER (CPF)

  • Duration: four days

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    MILANO

     

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    This course develops the competences to earn the “Certified Professional Forecaster (CPF)” certification by the Institute of Business Forecasting and Planning (IBF), the leading international association in Demand Management, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)  and Forecasting.

    Benefits
    This course prepares for earning the CPF designation by IBF. Adopting international standards and protocols in the field of demand management is significant to be distinguished by methodological approach, recognized as subject matter experts . Visit www.ibf.org for more details.

    Main contents
    Module 1 – What you Need to Know about Demand Planning, Forecasting, and S&OP

    • Role of Forecasting & Planning in Decision Making
    • Demand Planning (Demand Sensing, Shaping, & Creating)
    • Forecasting & Planning Process
    • Consumption (POS Data) Based Forecasting & Planning
    • Consensus Forecasting & Planning
    • Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Process
    • Collaborative, Planning, Forecasting, & Replenishment (CPFR)

    Module 2 – Data Management and time Series Forecasting Modeling

    • Data Analysis & Treatment
    • Fundamentals of Models & Modeling
    • Types of Models
    • Time Series Models
    • Model Selection
    • Metrics: Measuring Forecast Error  and Performance

    Module 3 – Reporting, Presenting, new Product Forecasting and Planning

    • Forecast Reporting, Presentation and Communication
    • Winning Support and-Confidence of Management
    • Getting Buy-in from Stakeholders
    • New Product Forecasting

    Who should attend

    • CEO
    • Managing directors
    • Supply chain directors
    • Marketing/Sales managers
    • Logistics managers
    • Demand planners
    • Anybody who wants to earn a demand management certification

    Instructor
    Giuseppe Lovecchio, CPIM-F, CSCP-F, CLTD-F, DDLP, PMP, CMC
    APICS Master Instructor since 2011.

    IBF Advanced Certified Professional Forecaster (ACPF- Expiry date: November 2018).
    More than 4000 education hours already delivered to managers and executives
    www.linkedin.com/in/giuseppelovecchio

    Other Instructors are available.

  • Duration and delivery mode

    • Four days
    • Sessions in english,  french or italian
    • In-company or in class
    • The course is composed by the above three  modules, with english documentation.

    Documentation
    The course does not include the documentation to prepare the exam (Chaman L. Jain and Jack Malehorn, Fundamentals of Demand Planning and Forecasting, etc.).

    At the end of the course a certificate of attendance will be delivered  by an  APICS Master Instructor.

    Brochure
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    Registration Form
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    Price
    Please contact us at info@lovecchioconsulting.it or from the page Contact Us