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00:00 Introduction
01:23 Orlando Forecasting, Planning & S&OP Conference
02:30 How Starbucks uses your data to make you spend more
03:50 Data analytics still comes down to people and process
06:10 The planning challenges Starbucks has to overcome
09:50 Connecting demand planning to strategic planning to optimize the business
12:02 Scenario planning multiple scenarios is the future
14:40 Will software tools be able to handle scenario planning automatically?
16:00 Integrating predictive technologies and supply responses
17:50 Demand planning requires analytical skills and creativity
20:50 Retaining talent in a competitive market
22:40 Demand planning is about people and their behavior is changing

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02:00 IBF S&OP Maturity Model
03:48 What makes a Vanguard S&OP process
05:40 Is there a difference between basic S&OP and best-in-class S&OP?
08:30 Getting executives onboard 
10:50 The bias towards decision making 
12:45 From functional siloes to end-to-end value chain
13:55 COVID encouraged companies to implement S&OP
18:30 Myth's that hold companies back from S&OP success
21:17 Continuous improvement 
26:00 The next big thing in S&OP

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00:00 Introduction
02:20 What companies did to survive the pandemic
04:18 Dr. Barry Keating - Predictive Analytics expert
05:40 Is Predictive Analytics really any different?
07:43 The difference between time series and Predictive Analytics
08:33 Time series forecasting isn't going away
09:05 The rise of predictive analytics
10:01 Moving from static data to data with different dimensions
12:25 How do we identify what data is useful and what isn’t?
14:55 Can we do advanced analytics without coding skills?
20:10 How do you comfortable with advanced algorithms?
26:00 Defining what Predictive Analytics is

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00:00 Introduction
01:54 Economic outlook - higher inventory and higher costs
05:00 S&OP/IBP is focusing on supply chain costs 
08:20 Does Finance see the value of S&OP?
09:55 No difference between S&OP and a financial rolling forecast
10:10 If you don't understand resources consumption you can't get cash right
11:58 Integrated S&OP vs S&OP
14:50 Who owns the trade off between customer orders, perfect order fulfilment, and days in receivable?
17:00 Can't do cash flow forecasting without a supply chain model
20:35 Every Finance person will want a prescriptive analytics tool
20:11 Advantages of looking at the balance sheet, not just the income sheet

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02:14 Chicago S&OP/IBP Conference, June 17
04:10 S&OP is about decision making 
04:50 Rachel Stafford CPF, S&OP expert
06:25 Why is it so hard to make decisions in S&OP?
08:30 S&OE for tactical decision-making 
10:25 War and inflation: the demand variables that S&OP must address
12:12 Is S&OP not agile enough?
14:54 How to keep focus on decision making in S&OP
17:44 Companies shortened S&OP cadence for COVID - time to reset?
19:43 Preparing for effective S&OP meetings 
21:16 Gaining consensus virtually vs face-to-face
25:38 Improving S&OP with training, maturity models 
29:33 Collaboration, consensus and transparency 

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00:00 Intro
01:21 IBF Conferences https://ibf.org/forecasting-and-plann...
02:48 A peak inside my forecasting tool box
05:00 The types of forecasting methods available to you
08:33 How to decide which method to use - accuracy vs interpretability
12:41 The most common methods used in business forecasting
13:36 Judgmental methods: sales force, jury method, expert opinion, Delphi method
17:09 Time series forecasting: naïve, average, decomposition, exponential smoothing
23:55 Causal and relationship methods: simple linear, multiples, logistic, ratios
26:30 Machine learning: Bayesian, logistic, trees, neural networks"
28:30 Clustering: constraint, hierarchical, distribution, centroid
30:45 How to pick the best model

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00:00 Intro
04:19 How to you keep teams engaged during S&OP transformation projects
06:07 How to get different functions talking the same language
07:45 The "yes and" principle
08:50 Using data and KPIs to reaching consensus across the organization
10:39 The value of cross-functional change management team
11:50 Using external training to unite people towards the goal
14:55 The biggest benefit of external training for S&OP organizations
16:35 Cutting out unnecessary meetings
18:35 What IBF training does for S&OP organizations
22:22 First step if you're considering S&OP training

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00:00 Intro
01:15 Online Training Course in Demand Planning, Forecasting & Planning
02:44 Write for the Journal of Business Forecasting or www.demand-planning.com
05:00 Women in demand planning
09:45 Demand planning at Tesla
14:43 How to attract more women to demand planning
17:12 The impact of diversity on business performance
29:30 Come speak at an IBF conference or write an article

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Get Eric's book, 'Predictive Analytics For Business Forecasting' here: https://bit.ly/predictive-analytics-book

Come to IBF's Predictive Analytics For Business Forecasting Conference from April 26-28. Details & registration: https://bit.ly/3qfU2hF

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00:00 Introduction
01:57 M6 Forecasting Competition - forecasting Walmart sales
03:25 Forecasting wizard, Gee Thompson
05:20 Gee's approach to the Walmart forecasting competition
08:00 Why Gee goes against the machine learning trend
09:35 Proving there's a place for traditional statistical models and human intelligence
12:43 Manual multipliers for seasonality
14:30 Explaining the Innovation State Space Model - is it a kind of Holt Winters method?
22:05 Probabilistic forecasting is here to stay
25:30 How to integrate ML into statistical forecasting

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