Embracing Uncertainty: How To Make Better Decisions In Demand Planning and Scenario Planning With Decision Science
Virtual Best Practices Conference: Business Planning, Forecasting & S&OP/ IBP
Embracing Uncertainty: How To Make Better Decisions In Demand Planning and Scenario Planning With Decision Science

You will learn:

  • The importance of recognizing cognitive biases in your business culture that negatively impact demand planning and scenario planning
  • How to develop planning scenarios and a high-level approach to using probabilities in scenario planning
  • How to mitigate your own biases using decision science to really understand what is happening in your business
  • Effective and practical techniques to support your decision-making processes in demand planning
  • The elements of a good decision that can support your scenario planning
author
Alberto Gomez
Director of Integrated Business Planning
Adidas North America

Alberto started his career as a management consultant, specializing in logistics and operations. This helped him develop a strong foundation in Supply Chain Management and instilled a passion for understanding complex demand-supply systems and the science behind successful management practices. Alberto joined Adidas as a Demand Planner seven years ago and has held several different demand planning roles across Europe, Latin America, and North America. Currently, he is responsible for the execution and continual improvement of the end-to-end planning process across all commercial channels and Adidas brands in the US. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering with a minor in Systems Engineering from the Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico and is currently pursuing a Management Science and Engineering Graduate program at Stanford University.