Demand & Supply Planning

What you'll learn

• Distinguish dependent from independent demand and plan industrial demand from the work programme, not history alone
• Apply basic forecasting methods and choose an appropriate horizon and level of aggregation
• Measure forecast performance separately for bias and accuracy, and act on what each reveals
• Run the planning cycle from demand signals through netting to a supply plan reviewed with stakeholders
• Explain the bullwhip effect and how buffer-hoarding and late signals amplify it
• Plan shutdown and turnaround materials, manage constraints and expedite without breaking the plan

Curriculum

Progress through each competency level in order.