Need to predict the future?

Need to predict the future?, available at $19.99, has an average rating of 3.95, with 9 lectures, based on 21 reviews, and has 141 subscribers.

You will learn about Goal: Improve sales forecast accuracy, resulting in higher sales (fewer stock-outs) and lower inventory holding costs (better inventory turnover) Objective 1: Apply exponential smoothing to your sales data Objective 2: Test various forecasting methods and settings to find the best combination Objective 3: Measure your forecasting accuracy This course is ideal for individuals who are Individuals involved in sales or demand forecasting or Finance managers or Product managers or Sales managers or Sales operations or Marketing managers or Salespeople It is particularly useful for Individuals involved in sales or demand forecasting or Finance managers or Product managers or Sales managers or Sales operations or Marketing managers or Salespeople.

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Summary

Title: Need to predict the future?

Price: $19.99

Average Rating: 3.95

Number of Lectures: 9

Number of Published Lectures: 9

Number of Curriculum Items: 9

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 9

Original Price: $24.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Goal: Improve sales forecast accuracy, resulting in higher sales (fewer stock-outs) and lower inventory holding costs (better inventory turnover)
Objective 1: Apply exponential smoothing to your sales data
Objective 2: Test various forecasting methods and settings to find the best combination
Objective 3: Measure your forecasting accuracy

Who Should Attend

Individuals involved in sales or demand forecasting
Finance managers
Product managers
Sales managers
Sales operations
Marketing managers
Salespeople

Target Audiences

Individuals involved in sales or demand forecasting
Finance managers
Product managers
Sales managers
Sales operations
Marketing managers
Salespeople

In about one hour you can learn to:

Use exponential smoothing, the most popular forecasting method.
Test your forecasts before putting the company (or your reputation) at risk.
Assess whether your forecasts are adding value.

Most managers involved in forecasting are missing one or more skills in basic forecasting. We boil it down to five steps, and show you how to master each one.

This course is all about doing. You look over our shoulders and view the computer screen as we forecast sales for multiple products and industries.

Every forecaster should be able to do exponential smoothing. It is by far the most popular forecasting approach among experienced forecasters.

One of the biggest leaps you can make as a forecaster is in accuracy measurement. We show you the best way, and we demonstrate it throughout the course.

Forecasting software works, so you don’t need to understand detailed forecasting formulas. Instead, we focus on how to use forecasting software wisely.

We are confident that mastery of the basic concepts provided in this course will significantly increase your forecast accuracy. The result: fewer stock-outs, higher sales, and lower inventory costs.

Included in this course:

9 lectures
6 Excel workbooks (actual spreadsheets from lectures)

We tap into the very latest thinking on forecasting. But rather than bore you with our technical mastery of the subject, we focus on simplicity and practicality. Only the essential ingredients of forecasting excellence are presented. And we do so with passion.

We hope you enjoy the course. Good luck and good forecasting!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Lectures

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Background

Lecture 3: Accuracy

Lecture 4: Testing

Lecture 5: Linear Extension

Lecture 6: Exponential Smoothing

Lecture 7: Data Cleaning

Lecture 8: Multiple Forecasts

Lecture 9: Five-Step Forecasting

Instructors

Mark Blessington
Founder at Mark Blessington Inc
Karl Hellman
Sales and Marketing eLearning
Kevin OConnell
Sales and Marketing eLearning

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3 stars: 6 votes
4 stars: 7 votes
5 stars: 7 votes

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