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Is there anything you'd like to tell your management?  Of course, in the spirit of the holiday season, I mean is there anything you'd like to tell your management that isn't anatomically impossible?

If so, please join me and Ryan Rickard, Sr. Supply Chain Manager at Newell Rubbermaid, for our 1/2 day workshop on "What Management Must Know About Forecasting." We'll give you plenty of things to talk about.

Ryan and I will be presenting at the Institute of Business Forecasting's Supply Chain Forecasting Conference, being held February 26-28, 2012, in Scottsdale, AZ.  (Register by January 27 and participate in the free golf outing on Sunday February 26.)

The workshop has three sections:

  • Review of fundamental forecasting issues like definition of demand, forecastability, demand volatility, accuracy expectations, and evaluating performance.
  • Step-by-step instructions for conducting Forecast Value Added analysis, including data collection, data analysis, and reporting.
  • Case study on how Newell Rubbermaid is applying these approaches.

While at the event, be sure to visit my colleagues Ed Katz and Phil Weiss at the SAS exhibit booth, and catch Charlie Chase's presentation (with Arnaud Joliff of Nestle) on "Demand Sensing, Shaping and Managing a Promotion-Driven Business: A Case Study from Nestle."

Free Takeaway: The BFD

During the breakfast hour on Tuesday February 28, I'll be handing out signed copies of The BFD (the book) -- the perfect belated Valentine's Day gift for someone you love -- yourself.

 

 

 

 

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Mike Gilliland

Product Marketing Manager

Michael Gilliland is a longtime business forecasting practitioner and formerly a Product Marketing Manager for SAS Forecasting. He is on the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Forecasters, and is Associate Editor of their practitioner journal Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting. Mike is author of The Business Forecasting Deal (Wiley, 2010) and former editor of the free e-book Forecasting with SAS: Special Collection (SAS Press, 2020). He is principal editor of Business Forecasting: Practical Problems and Solutions (Wiley, 2015) and Business Forecasting: The Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (Wiley, 2021). In 2017 Mike received the Institute of Business Forecasting's Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2021 his paper "FVA: A Reality Check on Forecasting Practices" was inducted into the Foresight Hall of Fame. Mike initiated The Business Forecasting Deal blog in 2009 to help expose the seamy underbelly of forecasting practice, and to provide practical solutions to its most vexing problems.

3 Comments

  1. Virgil Stanphill on

    My question is what kind of follow up is planned after the event? Will you be posting any of the research on fundamental forecasting? I'd also be interested in the Rubbermaid case study if that'll be made public. Regarding Feb's golf outing - right time, right place :-)

    On the lighter side, when I first saw your mention of the BFD book for Valentine's Day I was thinking of what the inside of our doghouse might look like in mid-Feb - then saw who the gift was intended for. Does it come with flowers?

    • Mike Gilliland
      Mike Gilliland on

      Virgil, Thanks for your comment. The workshop slides (including the Rubbermaid material) will be available after the event. Just drop me an email (mike.gilliland@sas.com) to request a copy. No flowers with the book, but you can enjoy it with a coffee, bagel, and cup of yogurt at the conference breakfast.

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