Strategic Demand and Supply Planning Skills

Overview

In today’s volatile and highly competitive business environment, strategic demand and supply planning skills are more critical than ever. With shifting customer demands, global disruptions, and rising cost pressures, businesses must forecast accurately, align cross-functional plans, and respond swiftly to change. Mastering these skills helps organizations optimize resources, reduce waste, and ensure consistent delivery—ultimately driving profitability and long-term resilience.

Strategic demand and supply planning skills enable businesses to align production, inventory, and procurement with real market needs—reducing stockouts, excess inventory, and operational inefficiencies. By leveraging data-driven forecasting and integrated planning, companies can improve customer service levels, shorten lead times, and enhance decision-making across departments. These capabilities directly support cost control, agility, and profitability, while also building supply chain resilience to adapt quickly to disruptions, seasonal shifts, and market volatility.

This course equips participants with essential skills in integrated demand and supply planning to align operations with strategic business goals. Trainees will learn to forecast demand using proven techniques, manage data effectively, implement S&OP processes, develop inventory and capacity strategies, and execute plans with agility. Emphasis is placed on cross-functional collaboration, performance tracking, and building resilient, responsive supply chains.

Objective

This aims to establish a strategic framework for integrated demand and supply planning, develop accurate forecasts, implement effective S&OP processes, optimize supply and inventory strategies, and ensure continuous monitoring for resilient, high-performing supply chains. Therefore, upon completion of this training program, the trainees are expected to have the ability to:

  • Establish a strategic framework for integrated demand and supply planning that aligns with core organizational objectives.
  • Develop a strong demand forecasts by applying analytical techniques and managing data effectively.
  • Implement a solid Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process to drive cross-functional alignment and decision-making.
  • Formulate optimal supply planning and inventory strategies that balance service levels, costs, and capacity.
  • Execute and continuously monitor integrated plans, ensuring supply chain resilience and driving sustained performance improvement.

Content

Our training will cover the most important below 5 modules:

  • Module 1: Foundations of Integrated Demand & Supply Planning
  • Module 2: Strategic Demand Forecasting & Analysis
  • Module 3: Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
  • Module 4: Supply Planning and Inventory Strategy
  • Module 5: Plan Execution and Monitoring

Who should Attend?

This course is designed for supply chain professionals, demand planners, inventory managers, procurement specialists, operations staff, business analysts, and strategic planners. It’s ideal for anyone seeking to enhance their skills in forecasting, demand-supply alignment, S&OP processes, and building resilient, data-driven supply chain strategies.

Trainer's Profile

He is the Supply Chain Director at a top real estate and resort investment company, bringing over 15 years of experience. As a strategic leader, he specializes in supply chain management, focusing on procurement and contract management. He drives project completion on schedule and budget while enhancing operational efficiency and vendor relationships.

Fee Charged

The course fee is USD 270.00. It is inclusive of course materials, handouts, meals, refreshments, and certificates of completion but does exclude 10% of VAT amount.

We are offering an early bird registration fee to anyone who registers earlier. Interested participants or companies are encouraged to view the course details and early bird registration deadline. For further details on the early bird fee, please find the following:

USD 230 (Register before 04 July 2025)
USD 250 (Register before 11 July 2025)