INTRO TO INTEGRATED BUSINESS PLANNING (IBP)

New to IBP? Thanks to increasingly complex supply chains, having full synchronization is extremely necessary. In this intro session, learn how IBP synchronizes forecasting, supply plans and financial plans across functional silos – all designed together for positive, repeatable results.

TOP 7 INVENTORY CASE STUDIES FROM 2019

Listen, learn and go take action inspired by the top projects and results delivered from the inventory community in past months.

REPORTING METRICS

Interested in how to ensure sustainable positive results? We’ll cover everything from identifying key metrics, to drilling down to the ‘big issue,’ to verifying sustainability.

INTRO TO PRICE OPTIMIZATION

Discuss common distribution and retail pricing challenges and best practices – plus a brief overview of Blue Ridge PO. Learn how new pricing science helps identify profit leakage; improve pricing/customer segmentation and customer profitability analysis; identify underperforming segments, products and channels; and achieve better supplier negotiations.

LAUNCH A PROFIT-LIFTING
PERIOD-END PROGRAM

Ensure that each period is more successful and profitable than the previous by executing a proven and powerful period-end program.

BR CONNECT

Did you ever wish to update SCP data without having to go through IT? Now you can! With a few clicks and in minutes you can update items, suppliers, events, etc. Set up templates for your recurring lists of changes, and even schedule regular data imports from within SCP.

DASHBOARDS

Want to be able to share multiple reports with your teams? Need to create a weekly executive update? From creating widgets to scheduling email blasts, learn how use Dashboards to create a true, one-stop reporting shop.

“JUST FIX IT!” #1: REAL SOLUTIONS FOR INFLATED INVENTORY

Avoid the 25 wrong approaches and learn 5 correct steps you can take to guarantee sustainable inventory reduction.

CUSTOM GROUPS

What’s the purpose of Custom Groups? Get a high-level “how-to” on creating, managing and using Custom Groups to work more efficiently.

INTELLIGENT PREDICTION

A look at recent innovations in demand forecasting including IDF, Intelligent Min/Max and Autoregressive methods. We’ll explore demand type applicability, forecast accuracy improvements, and how these capabilities are used and configured. We may even give a sneak peek into what’s coming soon!

“JUST FIX IT!” #2: REAL SOLUTIONS FOR MISSED SERVICE

Discover and repair the true sources of your customer service issues without throwing millions of unnecessary dollars at the problem.

BR EDUCATION NETWORK (LMS)

A deep dive on the Blue Ridge Education Network, an online self-paced learning management system (LMS). Designed to improve your experience with our applications, the system features 90+ courses, training materials and certifications. Learn how your team can take advantage of this powerful tool, report on user progress, and even create/manage content of your own.

INVENTORY DEPLETION & REPLENISHMENT

Part of the Inventory Master’s program. Get a close-up view into the dynamic relationships that trigger an order due.

HEALTHY PROFILE MANAGEMENT

What is the purpose and the benefits of Profiles when forecasting seasonal items? Learn how to properly identify, create, assign, remove and edit profiles for successful seasonal forecasting.

INTRO TO MEIO

If your company has a network configuration where a higher-level node, such as national or regional DC, services downstream customer-facing stores or DC, then you have a multi-echelon network and this session is for you. In this introductory session, see how MEIO optimizes your inventory investment of your multi-echelon network, while seamlessly managing your demand and supply plan.

10 INVENTORY NUMBERS EVERY EXEC & PLANNER SHOULD KNOW

Ensure a common pursuit of service, profit and cashflow through a company-wide focus and understanding of these 10 values.

SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING
YEAR-IN-REVIEW

Details on SCP innovations and customer best practices: new event and promotions management capabilities, including enhancements for event flow and event lift item forecast visibility. Supplier collaboration capabilities, including automated forecast integrations and supply planning to observe supplier capacity constraints. And improved system monitoring and integration options.

CREATE YOUR CUSTOM JOURNEY OF RESULTS IMPROVEMENT

Get what you need to create your 12-month game plan, complete with 32 profit-building steps to drive results improvement.