Have you ever wondered how companies know how much to produce in advance so that they do not make too much or too little? Matching supply and demand requires planning. This course introduces you to the exciting area of supply chain planning. Part of a broader specialization on Supply Chain Management, you will master different forecasting techniques, essential for building a Sales and Operations Plan. At the completion of this course you will have the tools and techniques to analyze demand data, construct different forecasting techniques, and choose the most suitable one for projecting future demand.
This course is part of the Supply Chain Management Specialization
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Try Coursera for BusinessSkills you will gain
- Forecasting
- Microsoft Excel
- Planning
- Demand Forecasting
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Try Coursera for BusinessSyllabus - What you will learn from this course
Simple Forecasting Methods, Naive Forecast and Cumulative Mean
Forecast Accuracy and Moving Average
Exponential Smoothing and Forecast Selection
Supply Chain Planning
Reviews
- 5 stars80.40%
- 4 stars15.60%
- 3 stars2.25%
- 2 stars0.90%
- 1 star0.82%
TOP REVIEWS FROM SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING
The course is very rewarding. The knowledge gain is invaluable and putting the principles into practice will be fun. Thank you for making it relatable and easy to understand.
I really liked how the instructor explained everything theoretically and provided extra reading sources, in addition I liked how we implemented the use of forecasting methods mathematically
This course was very fruitful and efficient for me, it contains calculation, forecast methods and excel skills. The quizes and assignment were very challenging and practical
It gets harder as the course goes. But very well explained. I wish there was a bit more explanation for the reasoing behind the fourmula. Peer review is sometime questionable...
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