You will learn:

• The basic logistics of a consensus meeting – who should attend, facilitate, as well as what the content should look like, including the necessary preparation steps
• How to integrate different internal points of influence over the demand plan (Sales, Marketing and Finance)
• How to gain consensus for new product forecasts, and what a typical consensus output looks like for passing to supply planning/S&OP
• How to include inputs like POS data, econometrics, and weather data into your plan
• The necessary infrastructure to support this process