Town Hall: Understanding Metrics for Improved Demand Management
Misty Eldridge
Sr. DT Manager, Planning and Fulfillment Systems
GE Appliances
Prior Roles
- Several leadership roles in multiple industries ranging from food and packaging to CPG companies. She has a wide area of expertise including S&OP, demand planning, inventory, and supply planning
Education
- University of Illinois
Award
- Excellence in Business Forecasting & Planning award from IBF
Eric Wilson, ACPF
Director of Thought Leadership
Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning
Eric is a predictive analytics and business planning innovator, author, teacher and speaker. As Director of Thought Leadership at IBF, he brings over 20 years of experience, previously leading demand planning at Escalade Sports, Berry Plastics, and Tempur Sealy. Eric is an IBF Advanced Certified Professional Forecaster (ACPF) and received IBF’s Excellence in Business Forecasting & Planning award in 2016. He is a frequent speaker and panelist who has published extensively in The Journal of Business Forecasting and APICS Magazine. Eric is also the author of Cultural Cycles, Predictive Analytics for Business Forecasting & Planning, and Practical Guide to Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP/ IBP).
Sujit Singh
Chief Operating Officer
Arkieva
Sujit is a recognized subject matter expert in demand planning, forecasting, and Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). He is a certified fellow in production and inventory management (CFPIM) and a certified supply chain professional (CSCP) by APICS, the Association for Operations Management. In 2010, Sujit was named as a “Pro-to-Know” by Supply and Demand Chain Executive Magazine. His industry experience includes work in the semiconductor, chemicals, and glass (industrial and commercial) industries.
What gets managed gets improved. Metrics are a crucial component when it comes to tracking and improving the performance of your forecasting and planning processes. In this free town hall, demand and supply planning experts will reveal the metrics that will drive real value in your organization, adding value to demand planning, marketing and sales, and inventory management.
You will learn:
- How to understand the most common forecast metrics
- How to understand your forecast and communicate it to key stakeholders
- How to identify the right metrics that apply to your organization
- How to use your metrics to tell a compelling story about what is happening in your organization
- How forecast metrics can identify meaningful actions for demand planning, marketing and sales, inventory, S&OP and beyond