Demand Planning 101.1 Managing Through Crisis

Understanding what external and internal events will impact the Demand Planning function and they ways to manage them

What you’ll learn
Students will understand the roles and functions of a Demand Planner
Students will understand the importance of historical and current data accuracy
Students will learn about business limitations and strengths and apply this to demand forecasting
Students will understand the drivers to successful Demand Planning

Requirements
A knowledge of Supply Chain systems and functions

Description
In this course we cover all elements of Demand Planning. The following modules make up this course;Introduction – we discuss the different elements of demand planning including procurement, equipment forecasting, labour units, operations requirements, logistics, etcModule 1 – Historical Data – the importance of accurate historical data and its relevance to current data,Module 2 – Customer – understanding the customer order patterns and when to query anomalies,Module 3 – Logistics – lead time implications on demand planning and when to call out anomaly impacts to BAUModule 4 – Facilities – how the facilities can impact demand planning and how to apply limitations imposed,Module 5 – Measurement – understanding the outputs of the functions and processes can assist with the demand planning activity,Module 6 – Operations – knowing the operations elements and their capabilities will provide the demand planner in knowing TMP and when to adjust,Module 7 – Labour – The demand planner will learn at what ratio to maintain full time employees and and when to engage casual labour,Module 8 – Asset Management – understand machine operation capacities and convert this to labour units,Module 9 – Communications – Demand Planners need to call out early any changes in planning requirements based on changes perceived or actual.Students engaging with this course will have a more structured approach to demand planning and will stand out amongst their peers.

Overview
Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Module 1: Historical

Lecture 2 Historical Data

Section 3: Module 2: Customer

Lecture 3 Customer

Section 4: Module 3: Logistics

Lecture 4 Logistics

Section 5: Module 4: Facilities

Lecture 5 Facilities

Section 6: Module 5: Measurement

Lecture 6 Measurement

Section 7: Module 6: Operations

Lecture 7 Operations

Section 8: Module 7: Labour

Lecture 8 Labour

Section 9: Module 8: Asset Management

Lecture 9 Asset Management

Section 10: Module 9: Communications Strategy

Lecture 10 Communications Strategy

This course is designed for students wanting a challenging career within a business supply chain