This conference is the beating heart of the European forecasting and planning community, bringing together planning professionals from around the world for 2 or 3 days of workshop sessions, round robins, and panel discussions. 2 maturity streams are designed to implement planning in your organization or take an existing process to the next level. This is where professionals come to learn, share knowledge, and take inspiration for real change that drives competitive advantage. A community-focused event, there are multiple networking and socializing opportunities, all in the centre of Amsterdam.

• Join the largest gathering of global professionals from all industries with S&OP/IBP, Demand Planning, Supply Chain, Forecasting, and Analytics responsibilities in Europe
• Meet other professionals from Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Executive Management, and other key functions in the S&OP/ IBP process
• Learn how to bring change to your organization for better S&OP and operations planning
• Bring your organization to best-in-class levels in performance through better business planning & forecasting
• Learn step-by-step from lessons learned and case studies shared by well-known global companies
• Get instant feedback on your specific challenges and truly network during our Round-Robin Round-Table Discussions
• Enjoy further networking during our after conference cocktail reception
• Take advantage before or after the conference of our exceptional location in the heart of central Amsterdam
• All this and more

The Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning – IBF is a membership organization recognized worldwide as the premier full-service provider of S&OP/ IBP, Demand Planning, Forecasting, Business Analytics education, benchmarking research, training, certification, world-class conferences, and advisory services. Since 1982, the IBF has been helping businesses improve their forecasting and planning performance in an effort to enhance growth, optimize supply chains, improve cash-flow and their bottom line. It has been said that no other organization on the globe has as much depth in its services and educational content for S&OP/IBP, Demand Planning & Forecasting as IBF.

Having some of the world’s most well known global companies as its members, the IBF is constantly finding and disseminating better ways to manage demand, improve organizational efficiency, and company performance. By becoming an IBF member, you can ensure that you stay current with proven best practices, link with global professionals facing similar challenges, ascend in your career, and bring your organization to best-in-class levels in performance. The IBF is a pioneer in developing a Demand Planning, Forecasting, and S&OP Certification program that can help boost your credentials, as well as, give management greater confidence in its people. The IBF is known for two levels of certification: Certified Professional Forecaster (CPF®️) and Advanced Certified Professional Forecaster (ACPF®️).

IBF members will receive expert instruction on the Fundamentals of Demand Planning & Forecasting, based on IBF’s body of knowledge used by 1000’s of global companies. You’ll hear about what works and what successful companies are doing today to improve business performance.

Key Learnings:

• Learn how to measure forecasting performance, a key to continuous improvement
• Learn next level forecasting analytics used by best-in-class companies
• Learn how to analyze and treat data before using your ERP System
• Learn how to prepare baseline forecasts using Time Series methods, the most widely used method for forecasting
• Learn how to use Regression/ Causal analytical methods to explain, forecast, and drive demand
• Learn how to forecast and plan new products, where limited or no data may be available
• And much more

This workshop is an excellent step in preparing for and becoming a Certified Professional Forecaster (CPF®️). Select 'GOLD CERTIFY PACKAGE' below to register for both the conference and the CPF exams. Find out more about the CPF program here.