Share Your Knowledge with The Community
IBF is a global network of leading forecasters and business planning professionals. Speaking allows you to expand your professional network, build credibility, and get instant feedback on what you're working on. At the same time, your contribution helps grow the field, while helping others to become more effective in their roles. We are looking for people to share experiences, best practices, challenges, successes, and thoughts for the future in the field. You don’t necessarily have to be an ‘expert’ – we want to hear your lessons learned, sharing insights that stimulates discussion and debate.
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To apply to speak, simply select an event below, and share topics you can share. Please provide as much detail as you can. We will get back to you if there appears to be a good fit. Giving back is at the core of what IBF does, and we invite you to help other professionals by proactively sharing your experience in the field Demand Planning, Forecasting, and Supply chain by becoming a speaker at IBF's events. For more information about IBF events,
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SUGGESTED SPEAKING TOPICS (Partial List):
Forecasting and planning during a pandemic and economic downturn
Amazon and other E-tailor collaborative planning & forecasting best practices
Engaging your CEO to support S&OP
Life-Cycle management best practices
Optimizing revenue for End-of-Life (EOL) planning & forecasting
Product portfolio optimization and SKU rationalization strategies
Planning for short Life-cycle products
Leveraging E-Commerce data and signals for improving operations planning
Role of Consumption Based Data (POS and/or Syndicated) in Demand Planning
How to get full involvement of Sales & Marketing in S&OP
How to teach Sales & Marketing to forecast and engage in the process
Talent Management: How to build a more effective Demand Planning & Forecasting team
Measuring Forecasting & Planning performance to gauge demand planning & S&OP effectiveness
Predictive Business Analytics, Big Data, and Data Mining
Determining how many Demand Planners/ Forecasters are needed
How to effectively deliver bad news such as lower forecasts
Keeping aspirational forecasts in check
How to re-start or re-vitalize your Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Process
Improving S&OP: key factors and considerations
Global S&OP process considerations
How to properly leverage social media data (Facebook, X, etc.) for better planning and forecasting
Leveraging demand signals for better forecasting and planning
How to energize the S&OP meeting and keep management committed to the process
Collaborative Planning, Forecasting & Replenishment (CPFR) and lessons learned
How Forecasting & Planning can improve your Supply Chain Management (SCM) strategy
How to collaborate with your customers such as Wal-Mart, Carrefour, Home Depot, Tesco, Target, or another major retailer for effective demand planning and forecasting
Practices of Demand Shaping, Demand Sensing, and influencing Demand
Calculating and explaining the cost of Forecast Error to gain buy-in from management
Techniques for improving longer term Forecasts
Mergers & Acquisitions: merging processes and sustaining successful Forecasting and S&OP during a merger
How to incorporate market intelligence into statistical modeling
New product Forecasting & Planning: issues, experiences, and success factors
Using leading indicators as predictors
Calculating safety-stock levels with Forecasts
Calculating ROI on new Forecasting & Planning initiatives
Strategies for improving inventory and customer service for your business
Role of Forecasts & Plans in managing inventory
Organizational design/ Ownership; where should the Forecasting & Planning Function reside
Managing politics/ biases in Forecasting & Planning
How to tie Forecast Error to the bottom line
Synchronizing the Supply Chain with Consumer Demand
Technology: How to choose the right forecasting and planning system or plug-in, what features to look for
How to prepare your business for implementing a forecasting & planning system package
How to prepare your data for use in a system
Running an Effective Demand Review
Creating and managing expectations of Forecasts & Plans
Goals & Plans vs. Forecasts - why is this important?
Centralized vs. decentralized Forecasting & Planning: pros and cons
Qualitative vs. quantitative Forecasts: considerations, pros and cons
Cost of Forecasting vs. benefit of Forecasting: The Economic Trade-Off
Error experience by industry: trends, differentiating factors, and implications
Creating a Forecasting & Planning continuous improvement process
Managing the Forecast consensus meeting: agenda & action items
Demand Management: getting the best Demand outcomes for your company
Proving your Forecasting Departments worth: is it adding value?
Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) and Forecasting
Lean Forecasting & Forecast Value Add (FVA)
Event based Demand Planning & Forecasting
Promotional Planning & Forecasting
Forecasting & Planning for Intermittent Demand
One Number/ consensus Forecasting
Data cleansing and data Grooming, turning data into useful Information
Forecasting over different time horizons: short, intermediate, and long term
Fostering collaboration & consensus both inside and outside the organization
Learn how to integrate your customers & suppliers within your S&OP process for greater rewards
How to manage multiple processes, including demand and supply planning for S&OP on a global level
Worst Practices in Forecasting & Planning
How to effectively develop your company's demand planning capability
How to develop a new product with S&OP
How to plan and launch a new product for best results
How to forecast the demand for a new product
Retail Planning & Forecasting
Change Management in Planning
Supply Chain Risk Management and Mitigation
Lean Techniques in Planning & Forecasting, Reaching Success with Less Resources
Leveraging Predictive Analytics and AI
Forecasting For eCommerce and Omnichannel
New Forecasting Models For Predictive Analytics
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