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Conference & Tutorials: Conference Details

Business Forecasting & Planning:
A Tutorial @ 3 Levels

Event Highlights

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All You Need to Know About Planning & Forecasting in a Classroom Setting

How to Design a Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Process

How to Calculate Safety-Stocks & Manage Inventory With Forecasts

How to Present Forecasts to Upper Management and Gain Buy-in

Hands-on Experience in Preparing & Using Forecasts

Forecasting Instructions at 3 levels: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

Insight into How Major Companies are Utilizing the Forecasting Function

And Much More!

Seaport Hotel One Seaport Lane Boston, Massachusetts
August 14 & 15, 2008

Companies Presenting:
	Bayer CropScience	IBF
	MIT CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION &LOGISTICS	Tastykakes
	Texas A&M University - Commerce

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BEGINNERS

Thursday, August 14 2008

07:30AM - 08:30AM
Continental Breakfast/ Registration

08:30AM - 09:00AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks

09:00AM - 00:30AM
BEGINNER: FUNDAMENTALS OF FORECASTING & PEOPLE, PROCESS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS

Senior Consultant
IBF

11:30AM - 12:30PM
LUNCH

12:30PM - 03:00PM
BEGINNER: HOW TO DESIGN A BUSINESS FORECASTING PROCESS

Director, Demand Management
MIT CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION &LOGISTICS

03:00 - 05:30PM
BEGINNER: S&OPoly

On-Point Group

Friday, August 15 2008

07:30AM - 08:30AM
Continental Breakfast

08:30AM - 11:00AM
BEGINNER: HOW TO PREPARE FORECASTS WITH TIME SERIES MODELS

11:00AM - 12:00PM
Software Demo

12:00PM - 01:00PM
LUNCH

01:00 - 03:30PM
BEGINNER: HOW TO PRESENT FORECASTS TO UPPER MANAGEMENT

INTERMEDIATE

Thursday, August 14 2008

07:30AM - 08:30AM
Continental Breakfast/ Registration

08:30AM - 09:00AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks

09:00AM - 11:30AM
INTERMEDIATE CONSUMER BASED FORECASTING, HOW TO PREPARE FORECASTS WITH POS & SYNDICATED DATA

Senior Consultant IBF

11:30AM - 12:30PM
LUNCH

12:30PM - 03:00PM
INTERMEDIATE: HOW TO SELECT, CLEAN, AND MANAGE DATA FOR THE FORECASTING PROCESS

03:00 - 05:30PM
INTERMEDIATE: S&OPoly

On-Point Group

Friday, August 15 2008

07:30AM - 08:30AM
Continental Breakfast

08:30AM - 11:00AM
INTERMEDIATE: HOW TO CALCULATE SAFETY-STOCKS & MANAGE INVENTORY WITH FORECASTS

Director of Supply Chain Operations
Tastykakes

11:00AM - 12:00PM
Software Demo

12:00PM - 01:00PM
LUNCH

01:00 - 03:30PM
INTERMEDIATE: HOW TO START A COLLABORATIVE PLANNING, FORECASTING, PLANNING, & REPLINISMENT (CPFR) PROCESS

Sr. Forecast Analyst/S&OP Process Manager
Bayer CropScience

ADVANCED

Thursday, August 14 2008

07:30AM - 08:30AM
Continental Breakfast/ Registration

08:30AM - 09:00AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks

09:00AM - 11:30AM
ADVANCED: HOW TO DESIGN A SALES & OPERATIONS PLANNING (S&OP) PROCESS

Director, Demand Management
MIT CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION &LOGISTICS

11:30AM - 12:30PM
LUNCH

12:30PM - 03:00PM
ADVANCED: HOW TO PREPARE FORECASTS WITH REGRESSION MODELS

03:00 - 05:30PM
ADVANCED: S&OPoly

On-Point Group

Friday, August 15 2008

07:30AM - 08:30AM
Continental Breakfast

08:30AM - 11:00AM
ADVANCED: HOW TO PREPARE FORECASTS FOR NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

11:00AM - 12:00PM
Software Demo

12:00PM - 01:00PM
LUNCH

01:00 - 03:30PM
ADVANCED: FORECASTING WITH UNIVARIATE BOX-JENKINS