Past Events

In this one-hour webinar, Spyros will provide a brief history of the forecasting field, highlighting the importance of the Makridakis competitions in guiding its progress, and emphasizing the recent achievements of machine learning (ML) methods. In addition, he will discuss the future of forecasting and the challenges and changing role of the professional forecaster when ML methods become widely adopted. This webinar is a recording of Spyros Makridakis' Keynote Presentation from the 2022 Forecast Pro User Conference.

Just as the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted all our lives, it has also significantly impacted virtually all business planning processes. Even years after the onset of the pandemic there is still incredible uncertainty, making business forecasting extremely challenging for demand planners. In this free one-hour webinar, James Berry will discuss common problems organizations are facing and offer some solutions to these problems. He will provide pragmatic insight into how to use various forecasting methods and techniques to create accurate forecasts as we continue to navigate uncertainty from the global pandemic.

Una de las consideraciones más importantes al generar pronósticos es la forma en que se organiza el portafolio o jerarquía de productos. En este Webinar gratuito de una hora, Daniel González, distribuidor de Forecast Pro, explicará algunas de las técnicas para realizar múltiples pronósticos en múltiples niveles de agrupación. Se hablará sobre la posibilidad de realizar pronósticos en diferentes niveles, estrategias de conciliación como Bottom Up, Topdown, Índices Estacionales y Conciliación Personalizada.

One of the biggest challenges in forecasting is knowing how to create accurate forecasts that consider all the variables that could impact demand. Leveraging additional inputs makes it possible to forecast these variables in order to capture the whole story and improve accuracy. In this free one-hour webinar Eric Stellwagen will explore different types of inputs and explain when they can add value.

El taller se enfoca en los métodos de pronósticos de demanda que son más comúnmente utilizados, explica conceptualmente cómo funcionan, discute sus ventajas y desventajas, y demuestra las mejores prácticas para implementarlos en un ambiente de trabajo real utilizando Forecast Pro.

On May 3 Eric Stellwagen will be in the Netherlands to teach a master class and share his insights on the most effective forecasting strategies for various business scenarios.

This workshop surveys the most commonly used business forecasting methods, explains how they work conceptually, discusses their pros and cons, and demonstrates best practices for implementing them in a real-world environment.

Business Forecast Systems (the makers of Forecast Pro) will be running a preconference workshop entitled, Business Forecasting: Techniques, Application and Best Practices on Sunday, June 25th  and will be exhibiting at the 2023 International Symposium on Forecasting—stop by and say hello!