IBF’s Supply Chain Planning Bootcamp is an interactive, immersive, and practical program that provides participants with a solid grounding in Supply Chain, with a focus on Supply Planning.

Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to build upon the first 2 days with our optional 3rd day, Demand Management and S&OP Workshop.

• Get a full review of the whole planning process, from the production plan to the detailed master scheduling process
• Receive expert instruction that introduces both experienced professionals and newcomers to the best tools and methods that enhance Supply Planning, Demand Planning, and S&OP capabilities.
• Meet and network with Supply Chain, Inventory Management, S&OP, Demand Planning, and Forecasting professionals
• Earn 10 points towards IBF recertification
• All this and much more...
• This hands-on program will enable you to hit the ground running upon return to your company. The path to S&OP maturity starts here.

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®️).

Topics (partial list):

• Supply Chain Planning Overview
• Production Plan and the Master Schedule
• Understanding the scheduling process and logic
• Supply Planning parameters that impact production plan outputs
• Fundamentals of Demand Planning
• The forecast and Demand Planner
• Materials, Resource and Work Center Planning
• Bill of material calculations
• Supply Planning and Inventory Management
• Financial impact of inventory
• Determining safety stock
• Achieving the required service levels
• Supplier metrics and scorecard
• Inventory management metrics and visibility
• Supply & Demand Planning Forum Review
• Managing risk and disruption to schedules
• Dealing with abnormal demand and the impact on Planning
• Demand Planning metrics
• Forecast bias and accuracy
• Using commonly known forecast models and methods
• S&OP process overview
• S&OP horizon and timelines
• New product planning within S&OP

When you complete IBF Boot Camp, you have the option of earning IBF’s S&OP/ IBP Certificate, which validates your knowledge gained through the program. This digital certificate demonstrates an understanding of the fundamentals of Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and Integrated Business Planning (IBP), and reveals to employers that you have a working knowledge of the associated processes and best practices.

To gain the Certificate you will have 1-hour to take a knowledge check which validates your understanding of the course content. This knowledge check covers the end-to-end planning process and best practices. The S&OP Boot Camp contains all the knowledge required to pass.

Upon successful completion of the knowledge check, you will be awarded with IBF’s internationally recognized S&OP/ IBP Certificate.

This digital certificate is shareable on platforms such as LinkedIn. To get your S&OP/ IBP Certificate, choose "ADD-ON" along with your Boot Camp registration.

BENEFITS:

• Get recognized in S&OP/IBP by the leading organization in the field
• Demonstrate to employers that you have a working knowledge of S&OP/ IBP best practices
• Stand out to employers and secure the best remunerated planning roles
• Use the skills gained to improve KPIs including customer service, inventory turns, forecast accuracy, cash flow, revenue, and EBITDA
• Add to your credentials and share your certificate on LinkedIn