scenario planning

Understanding Your Consumers’ Behavior

Mark LawlessMay 17, 2022

Businesses run in an environment of change and evolution that has multiple dimensions – Economic, Sociological, Political, Competitive, Regulatory, and Technological. At the very heart of the drive for business success is the customer/consumer de... Read More...

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Mitigating Interest Rate Risk With Scenario Planning & FP&A

Mark LawlessFebruary 1, 2022

2022 is beginning with substantial uncertainty and risk for businesses of all types. Much of this comes from the financial markets, and part of it relates to operating for 2 years in the pandemic. The list is long, but the main risks for demand p... Read More...

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Effective Demand Planning Is The Difference Between Survival & Insolvency

Andrew Scuoler CPFApril 27, 2020

SPECIAL REPORT: Coronavirus disruption to sales forecasting has made an already complex process seemingly impossible. Until a vaccine is widely available to the public and infection rates are under control globally, businesses face many confusi... Read More...

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Predictive Analytics & Probabilistic Planning

Eric Wilson, ACPFNovember 18, 2019

What if we not only knew what the forecast will be for an item for the next period, but also understood a range of potential outcomes for that item? What if we didn’t just have a number, but we also had a list of drivers that contributed to many p... Read More...

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The 3 Scenarios To Plan For To Mitigate Supply Chain Risk

Jiong JiangAugust 1, 2019

In most companies Demand Planners load the base plan for the most likely scenario into the demand planning tool, which in turn triggers the supply plan. The downside with this approach is that only the most likely plan is considered. The future is un... Read More...

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