IBF0 Eric Wilson CPF

IBF On Demand

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The forecasting, demand planning and S&OP podcast designed for practitioners in the field. Brought to you by the Institute of Business Forecasting with your host Eric Wilson, ACPF.

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IBF0 Eric Wilson CPF

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www.ibf.org

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Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

The Soft Skills Required For The Demand Planning Of Tomorrow 24.11.2020

Sponsored by Arkieva, your One-Plan S&OP software. Find out about Arkieva's approach to demand planning: https://bit.ly/3hCcw62 Benchmark your company's S&OP maturity with IBF's free-to-use S&OP maturity model. Get recommendations to improve specific areas of your process and progress to the next stage in your S&OP evolution. Try it now for free: https://bit.ly/33BiL...

How To Forecast After Covid-19 09.11.2020

Sponsored by Arkieva, your One-Plan S&OP software. Find out about Arkieva's approach to demand planning: https://bit.ly/3hCcw62 Benchmark your company's S&OP maturity with IBF's free-to-use S&OP maturity model. Get recommendations to improve specific areas of your process and progress to the next stage in your S&OP evolution. Try it now: https://bit.ly/33BiLSE 02:22...

The Art of Demand Planning & Why Demand Planners Should Visit Store Locations 12.10.2020

Sponsored by Arkieva, your One-Plan S&OP software. Find out about Arkieva's approach to demand planning: Benchmark your company's S&OP maturity with IBF's free-to-use S&OP maturity model. Get recommendations to improve specific areas of your process and progress to the next stage in your S&OP evolution. Try it now: https://bit.ly/33BiLSE I talk to demand planning exp...

Bringing Predictive Analytics & Forecasting Together 29.09.2020

IBF on Demand sponsored by Arkieva. Learn about Swiftcast, Machine Learning Enabled Demand Forecasting from Arkieva: http://bit.ly/swifcast IBF's industry-leading S&OP Assessments assess your company's maturity level and provide tailor-made recommendations to improve specific areas -  all designed to take you to the next level in your S&OP evolution. Click here for more informati...

How To Sell Demand Planning To Execs For Support & Investment 14.09.2020

IBF on Demand sponsored by Arkieva. Learn about Swiftcast, Machine Learning Enabled Demand Forecasting from Arkieva: http://bit.ly/swifcast  IBF's industry-leading S&OP Assessments assess your company's maturity level and provide tailor-made recommendations to improve specific areas -  all designed to take you to the next level in your S&OP evolution. Click here for more informat...

The Supply Chain Triangle of Service, Cost And Cash 31.08.2020

Sponsored by Arkieva, your One-Plan S&OP software. Find our more about Arkieva at www.arkieva.com  IBF's industry-leading S&OP Assessments assess your company's maturity level and provide tailor-made recommendations to improve specific areas -  all designed to take you to the next level in your S&OP evolution. Click here for more information: https://bit.ly/3d58dMT I intervie...

How To Build Your S&OP Process 18.08.2020

IBF on Demand, sponsored by Arkieva, your one-plan S&OP software. Learn more about Arkieva's approach to S&OP here: https://bit.ly/improving-sop-performance See how IBF's S&OP assessments help your company get started in S&OP or improve existing processes with industry-leading bench-marking and recommendations: https://bit.ly/3d58dMT What exactly are the new 5 steps in S&...

Why S&OP Needs S&OE To Work Properly 29.07.2020

Sponsored by Arkieva, your one plan S&OP software. Learn more about Arkieva's approach to S&OP here: https://bit.ly/improving-sop-performance Right now nearly half of companies have abandoned S&OP and moved to S&OE (Sales & Operations Execution) to help manage the current demand disruptions. But is it a good idea, and what does a good S&OE process look like? I invited...

Stop Saying Forecasts Are Always Wrong! | Embracing Uncertainty & Range Forecasts 14.07.2020

IBF on Demand episode 10 sponsored by Arkieva, your one-plan S&OP software. Learn more about Arkieva's innovative approach to forecasting here: https://bit.ly/forecast-modeling Become an IBF member here: https://bit.ly/ibf-membership I get on my soap box and explain why that statement is wrong and how you can, in fact, be 100% right. I also discuss why moving away from just a point foreca...

Data Scientists Suck At Demand Planning! | Interview With Author Nicolas Vandeput 29.06.2020

IBF on Demand Episode 9 (28.6.20) Sponsored by Arkieva, your one plan S&OP software. Learn more about Arkieva's approach to demand planning here: https://arkieva.com/software/demand-planning/ Learn about IBF 's world-leading consulting services to build or transform demand planning here: https://bit.ly/3d58dMT Data Scientists Suck At Demand Planning! Or do they? Can they learn the re...

Developing Your Demand Planning Career | Salaries, Skills Required, & Career Mapping 16.06.2020

IBF on Demand Episode 8 (13.6.20)  Sponsored by Arkieva, your one plan S&OP software. Learn more about Arkieva's approach to demand planning here: https://bit.ly/demand-planning-solution Learn about IBF 's world-leading cooperate consulting services to build or transform demand planning here: https://bit.ly/3d58dMT Here I talk about demand planning as career and what it can do you fo...

Building Relationships With Supply Planning 01.06.2020

07:28 What supply planners do 10:00 The central plan and changing culture 13:25 One number forecasts vs. one set of assumptions 18:23 Time horizons in supply planning 21:21 Supply planning lead times and frozen zones 27:00 Understanding the fundamentals of the planning process 30:48 Recommendations to build bridges with supply planning Find out more about IBF at www.ibf.org and www.demand-planning...

The Magic Of Forecast Value Added 18.05.2020

IBF on Demand Episode 6 (19.5.20) Sponsored by Arkieva, your one plan S&OP software. Learn more about Arkieva's approach to demand planning here: https://bit.ly/demand-management-reso... Here I discuss Forecast Value Added (FVA) with special guest Sara Park, Vice President, Exec S&OP, Forecasting COE and Supply Chain Planning at The Coca-Cola Company. We discuss how to use FVA to dete...

Is S&OP Dead & What Would Replace It? 06.05.2020

IBF on Demand Episode 5: Is S&OP Dead & What Would Replace It? Sponsored by Arkieva, your one plan S&OP software. Learn more about Arkieva's approach to S&OP here: https://bit.ly/demand-planning-perfor... . S&OP isn't adding value for most companies, failing to improve key KPIs like days of inventory or customer service. Eric Wilson discusses whether this 32 year old...

Predictive Analytics & Digital Transformation - The good, the bad, and the ugly 21.04.2020

Over 70% of predictive analytics implementation initiatives fail. Eric Wilson CPF and special guest, Misty Doan CPF, dive into how to make digital transformation work. Hear how Misty achieved a 26% improvement in forecast accuracy after 18 months, reduced excess inventory, increased fill rates by 10%, and reduced premium freight costs and fines by 17%. And hear Eric's 5 tips for digital trans...

Segmentation & Clustering To Go Beyond Pareto Analysis 17.04.2020

IBF on Demand Episode 3 (3.4.20)  Sponsored by Arkieva.  Eric talks to special guest, demand planning expert Andrew Schneider ACPF, to answer a fan question about segmentation and clustering. They explore multidimensional segmentation of items, going beyond standard Pareto distribution to find hidden correlations and reveal which items you need to prioritize.  Check us out at ibf.org and at www.de...

Forecasting During Coronavirus & Planning For Black Swan Events 01.04.2020

IBF on Demand Episode 2 (14.3.20). Learn about Arkieva's What-if Scenario Planning: bit.ly/what-if-planning "The world is coming to an end, we're all going to die, and you didn't get that forecast right." How do you forecast black swan events like Coronavirus? Short answer is you don't because if you could predict them, they wouldn't be black swan events. But wha...

Is AI Coming For Our Demand Planning Jobs? How Our Roles Are Changing 27.03.2020

IBF on Demand Episode 1 (4.3.20) Learn about AI-driven forecasting with Arkieva: bit.ly/smart-forecast-ai Welcome to the very first episode of IBF On Demand. In this episode, I discuss the impact of AI and machine learning on demand planning and forecasting. I also discuss Big Data and the challenges and opportunities it presents, and how you can survive and thrive in this new era. Check us out at...

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