Advanced Demand Planning and Forecasting Course

Name: Advanced Demand Planning and Supply Chain Forecasting Training Course
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Build defensible demand forecasts, measure bias and value added, manage exceptions, and connect consensus demand to supply, inventory, and service decisions.

Advanced Demand Planning and Forecasting Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Manama, Istanbul, Chicago, Lagos, Dubai, Cairo and more
Next session: 8 – 12 November 2026, Manama
Average fee: 5,750 €

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Overview

Advanced Demand Planning and Supply Chain Forecasting is a one-week course for demand, supply, inventory, procurement, logistics, commercial, operations, S&OP, and IBP functions who leave with a Demand Planning Forecast and Decision File. The course connects demand history, segmentation, statistical baselines, causal events, new-product and intermittent demand, accuracy, bias, Forecast Value Added, scenarios, consensus, inventory, and service decisions through an exception-led planning cycle. Agile Leaders Training Center presents advanced demand planning and forecasting as traceable decision practice.

Who Should Attend

Demand-planning functions responsible for baseline forecasts, overrides, consensus, and performance review
Supply-planning functions responsible for capacity, material, inventory, and service handoffs
Commercial functions responsible for promotions, launches, customer intelligence, and event assumptions
Operations and logistics functions responsible for constraints, replenishment, and execution signals
Planning-governance functions responsible for S&OP, IBP, exceptions, and decision records

The course assumes participants work with demand history, planning calendars, or forecast reviews and leaves out introductory spreadsheet skills, software configuration, and AI model development.

Departments and Industries

The course supports demand decisions across product and service supply chains.

Demand planning, supply planning, inventory, procurement, and logistics departments
Sales, marketing, finance, commercial analytics, and customer operations teams
Manufacturing, retail, distribution, and consumer-goods sectors
Healthcare, energy, transport, technology, and professional-service sectors
S&OP, IBP, portfolio, and operations-governance functions

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Analyze demand history, patterns, segments, hierarchies, and data quality.
Compare baseline forecasting methods and coherent hierarchy choices.
Evaluate causal events, launches, intermittent demand, and scenarios.
Apply accuracy, bias, tracking, and Forecast Value Added measures.
Build consensus demand reviews, exception routes, and S&OP handoffs.
Use forecast decisions to assess inventory, capacity, and service effects.

Course Agenda

Day 1: Demand Data and Planning Structure

Demand History Cleaning and Data-Quality Decision Log
Trend, Seasonality, Lifecycle, and Event Pattern Map
Volume-Variability and Planning-Behavior Segmentation Matrix
Product, Customer, Channel, and Location Forecast Hierarchy
Planning Horizon, Time Bucket, and Ownership Design Canvas

Day 2: Statistical Baselines and Reconciliation

Naive, Moving-Average, and Exponential-Smoothing Baseline Comparison
Trend and Seasonal Component Decomposition Method
Prediction Interval and Forecast Uncertainty Record
Bottom-Up, Top-Down, and Reconciled Hierarchy Decision Grid
Baseline Model Selection and Assumption Register

Day 3: Drivers, Events, and Special Demand

Causal Driver and Predictor Evidence Map
Promotion, Price, Campaign, and Calendar Event Adjustment Protocol
New-Product Analogy and Lifecycle Assumption File
Intermittent, Lumpy, and Low-Volume Demand Treatment Matrix
Scenario Range, Trigger, and Contingency Planning Sheet

Day 4: Accuracy, Consensus, and Supply Handoff

Forecast Error, Accuracy, and Bias Metric Scorecard
Tracking Signal and Persistent-Bias Escalation Rule
Forecast Value Added Review and Override Challenge Log
Collaborative Demand Review and Consensus Decision Agenda
S&OP and IBP Demand-to-Supply Handoff Pack

Day 5: Demand Planning Decision Simulation

Exercise: Clean, Segment, and Structure a Demand History
Exercise: Select and Reconcile a Statistical Baseline
Exercise: Test Event, Launch, and Intermittent-Demand Adjustments
Exercise: Diagnose Accuracy, Bias, Inventory, and Service Effects
Capstone Exercise: Build the Demand Planning Forecast and Decision File

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities to move from demand evidence to traceable cross-functional decisions.

Suggested activity: clean a demand history, classify patterns, and select planning segments and hierarchy levels.
Suggested activity: compare baselines and adjustments using accuracy, bias, uncertainty, and Forecast Value Added evidence.
Suggested activity: conduct a consensus review and record assumptions, overrides, exceptions, owners, and escalation.
Suggested activity: test demand scenarios against inventory, capacity, procurement, logistics, and service choices.

FAQs

Who suits advanced demand planning and forecasting training, and what does it assume?

It suits demand, supply, inventory, procurement, logistics, commercial, operations, S&OP, and IBP functions; it assumes participants work with demand history or forecast reviews.

How does advanced demand planning differ from general supply chain management training?

Advanced demand planning concentrates on data, forecasting methods, hierarchy, events, accuracy, bias, scenarios, consensus, and supply handoffs rather than the full sourcing, production, logistics, and supplier-management scope.

How should demand planners select a forecasting method?

Demand planners should compare data quality, pattern, volume, variability, horizon, hierarchy, uncertainty, error, bias, operational use, and the stability of causal drivers before selecting and documenting a method.

What do forecast accuracy, bias, and Forecast Value Added show?

Accuracy shows error magnitude, bias shows persistent over- or under-forecasting, and Forecast Value Added shows whether a process step or override improves or worsens the baseline.

How does a demand forecast enter S&OP and IBP decisions?

A demand forecast enters S&OP and IBP through a documented consensus plan, scenarios, assumptions, exceptions, financial implications, and a handoff for supply, inventory, capacity, procurement, logistics, and service decisions.

Conclusion

Participants take back a Demand Planning Forecast and Decision File. It connects demand data, segmentation, baselines, events, scenarios, accuracy, bias, value added, consensus, and supply handoffs. The capstone makes assumptions, exceptions, overrides, ownership, uncertainty, inventory effects, service effects, and escalation visible in one planning record.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Manama	Week 45, 2026 8 – 12 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700
Istanbul	Week 46, 2026 9 – 13 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Chicago	Week 46, 2026 15 – 19 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€12,000
Lagos	Week 47, 2026 22 – 26 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,100
Dubai	Week 48, 2026 23 – 27 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Cairo	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,100
Madrid	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
London	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Rome	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Accra	Week 50, 2026 13 – 17 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,100
Milan	Week 52, 2026 21 – 25 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Bali	Week 52, 2026 27 – 31 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Paris	Week 01, 2027 4 – 8 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Amsterdam	Week 01, 2027 4 – 8 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Baku	Week 02, 2027 11 – 15 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,000
Barcelona	Week 03, 2027 18 – 22 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Madrid	Week 03, 2027 18 – 22 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Marbella	Week 03, 2027 24 – 28 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Doha	Week 04, 2027 31 January – 4 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,500
Frankfurt	Week 06, 2027 8 – 12 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewAdvanced Demand Planning and Supply Chain Forecasting is a one-week course for demand, supply, inventory, procurement, logistics, commercial, operations, S&OP, and IBP functions who leave with a Demand Planning Forecast and Decision File. The course connects demand history, segmentation, statistical baselines, causal events, new-product and interm…

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Yes. Available dates and destinations are listed in the course dates section on this page.

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Advanced Demand Planning and Forecasting Course