Demand Planning Courses That Scale With Your Supply Chain Team
Upskill your global supply chain team with demand planning training built for real-world performance. Our expert-led, simulation-based courses are tailored to your roles, operations, and growth targets.
This Learning Content Includes:
- High-impact learning
- Exams & assessments
- Simulations
- Expert Reviews
- Application based tasks
- Microlearning
- Serious games
- Webinar toolkits
Demand Planning Training for the People Powering Supply Chains
From planners to supply chain managers, this training meets your team where they are and moves them forward.
Whether you're forecasting demand or leading regional operations, each course builds sharper decisions and stronger cross-functional performance.
Designed for analysts, coordinators, and leaders, our scenario-based content reflects real-world supply chain pressures and drives role-specific results.
Demand Planning Training That Sharpens Forecasting, Agility, and Accuracy
Demand planning isn't just a spreadsheet exercise; it's the nerve center of your supply chain. We equip your teams with forecasting mastery, scenario thinking, and error reduction tools that drive agility from planning to execution. Here's what they'll master.
Forecasting Fundamentals That Fit the Real World
- Demand Forecasting
Learn how to apply both qualitative and quantitative forecasting methods using real-world scenarios so your team knows when to trust the data, when to trust the experts, and when to challenge both. - Quantitative Forecasting
Master core techniques like moving averages, exponential smoothing, and trend analysis, learning not just how they work, but when (and when not) to use them. - Qualitative Forecasting
Gain confidence using judgment-based methods like the Delphi technique, customer surveys, and executive opinions to refine forecasts for new products or uncertain conditions.
Building Resilience Into the Forecasting Process
- Forecasting Process Optimization
Identify and correct the root causes of forecasting inaccuracies. Equip planners to influence upstream decisions and improve how forecasts are built, reviewed, and applied across functions. - Consensus Forecasting
Learn how to blend top-down, bottom-up, and cross-functional inputs into a single, unified demand plan that supports better S&OP and MRP outcomes. - Forecast Accuracy & Bias
Measure the right errors in the right ways. Explore forecast bias, MAPE, and other key metrics, and learn how to fix deviations before they impact inventory or service levels.
Advanced Techniques for High-Impact Forecasting
- Time Series Forecasting
Level up with Holt's method, Holt-Winters, and damped trends explained with simple logic and full worked examples so teams can apply them with confidence, not confusion. - Regression-Based Forecasting
Use simple and multiple regression models to identify causal drivers like promotions or economic trends, and improve forecast reliability in complex environments. - New Product Forecasting (NPI)
Plan demand for new launches using the Bass diffusion model, expert input, and market intelligence so your product introductions don't derail the supply chain.
Demand Metrics That Drive Better Decisions
- Agility & Asset Efficiency
Track and improve the metrics that matter. From inventory turns to forecast accuracy, your team will know how demand planning ties directly to performance, profitability, and customer trust.
Turn Demand Planning Training into Supply Chain Gains That Scale
Training is only as valuable as the impact it delivers. Our demand planning programs drive measurable improvements across forecasting, inventory accuracy, and operational alignment where it matters most.
Sharper Forecasts, Stronger Decisions
Equip teams to reduce planning errors, improve forecast accuracy, and make faster, data-informed decisions that protect service levels and reduce firefighting.
Smarter Inventory, Lower Costs
Enable more agile inventory strategies with better demand signals minimizing stockouts, cutting excess, and optimizing working capital across SKUs and regions.
Real-Time ROI You Can Measure
Track learning progress, engagement, and business impact through dashboards built for enterprise L&D teams so you can prove capability uplift with clarity.
Enterprise Rollout, Global Consistency
Deploy training across geographies, roles, and business units with one platform. Every learner gets what they need; every leader gets the visibility they want.
Ready to strengthen your supply chain team?
Your Team Will Learn:
- Demand forecasting
- Quantitative forecasting
- Qualitative forecasting
- Creating consensus
- Improving accuracy
- Forecasting process
- Simple and multiple regression
- Demand metrics
Suitable for the Following Roles:
Planner
Buyer
Analyst
Operator
Operations Co-ordinator
Operations Manager
Supply Chain Manager
Supply Chain Executive
Customer Service Associate
Real Clients. Real Teams. Real Results.
Herman Savenije
The individualized learning plans, based on a pre-assessment, enable optimal learning success.
Lindsay Jett
Skill Dynamics gives team leaders a lot of flexibility to develop each of their team members in their specific areas, or grow into new ones.
Stefan Menziger, CEO
Skill Dynamics provides exactly what is needed in the world’s changing environment.
Frequently Asked Questions
You’ll cover everything from foundational data handling and descriptive analytics to predictive models, diagnostic tools, and machine learning tailored to supply chain environments.
It’s designed for supply chain planners, analysts, operations leads, and managers who want to use data to improve decision-making, forecasting, and performance.
The course includes both foundational and advanced techniques, so teams with little analytics background can build up, and experienced analysts can deepen their skills in supply chain-specific contexts.
Yes. our content addresses multi-regional networks, cross-border logistics, control tower visibility, and the application of analytics in complex global supply chains.
Absolutely. With built-in dashboards, you’ll be able to track capability uplift, engagement, and operational impact across key metrics like forecast accuracy and inventory efficiency.
This training is purpose-built for supply chain teams, using logistics, procurement, planning, and fulfillment scenarios, not finance or generic business cases.
Explore More Competencies in Our Supply Chain Academy...
Transportation and Logistics
Teams learn how to keep the full cycle moving: promising, scheduling, shipping, invoicing, without missing a beat.
Supply Planning
When supply doesn’t match demand, everything slows down. This competency helps teams plan smarter, from scheduling production to managing distribution networks, so they can stay one step ahead.
Sustainability
Sustainability isn’t a bolt-on; it’s built into the decisions teams make daily. This competency helps learners reduce environmental impact while keeping supply chains resilient and aligned to ESG goals.
Warehousing
A good warehouse setup makes everything else run smoother. We help teams improve layouts, stay accurate, and run safer, more efficient day-to-day operations.
Order Management
It’s not just about getting the order, it’s everything that follows. Teams learn how to keep the full cycle moving: promising, scheduling, shipping, invoicing, without missing a beat.
Project Management
From planning to execution, this module builds the skills needed to lead supply chain initiatives. Teams learn how to scope projects, build time plans, manage risk, and create business cases that get buy-in.
Strategy
Go beyond firefighting. Using the SCOR framework and real-world case examples, learners develop the tools to design high-performing supply chain strategies that drive sustainable, long-term value.
Procurement
Procurement and supply chain can’t work in silos. We show teams how to build better connections between sourcing and operations so the right things show up at the right time, from the right suppliers.
Manufacturing
Understand the processes and strategies that define modern manufacturing. From production environments to supply chain design impacts, this module connects factory-floor reality with broader planning decisions.
Legal Training
No supply chain professional operates in a vacuum. This module builds confidence in handling contracts, navigating compliance, and understanding the regulations that shape procurement and operations.
Inventory Management
Stock too much, and you waste money. Stock too little, and you lose sales. This module teaches teams how to strike the right balance.
Finance
Demystify the numbers behind supply chain performance. From P&L accounting and total cost of ownership to inventory valuation and the cash-to-cash cycle, this module gives learners the financial fluency to drive better decisions.
Demand Planning
Get to grips with forecasting methods, managing uncertainty, and integrating demand signals into sales and operations planning. Teams learn how to build reliable plans that hold up under pressure.
Analytics
Learn how to turn data into decisions. This module covers the analytics strategies supply chain professionals need to spot trends, increase efficiency, reduce costs, and build a real competitive edge.
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