| COURSE DESCRIPTION: Whether you're already using rolling forecasts, thinking about changing over or just curious about the process, you likely want the answer to this question: How do the best do it? What mistakes do they avoid and what practices do they follow that help them use rolling forecasts to grow profits and improve the effectiveness of their management teams? This program will outline these critical dos and don'ts and show you how leading companies like American Express and Time Warner Telecom get it done. You'll get an inside look at how these top performers have successfully used rolling forecasts to make the leap to advanced continuous planning -- and you’ll learn about the best practices that keep them in front of their competition.
The session will cover:
- Why "forecasting to the wall" can critically undermine the value of your continuous planning efforts
- How to separate forecasting from target setting — and why forecasts must reflect what is likely to happen, not what you want to happen
- Why insisting on "forecast accuracy" is a dangerous trap
- When to rely on Excel spreadsheets and when to toss them out the window
- How to focus on critical drivers and avoid getting bogged down in excessive detail
- Why to use unique time horizons for different planning questions
- Why it’s essential that you match your forecasts to your "ability to see"
- How scenario playing will help you rapidly respond to new opportunities and emerging threats.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Steve Player, Managing Director of The Player Group and Program Director of BBRT North America, is one of the nation’s leading experts on rolling forecasts and continuous planning. Steve founded the Player Group to help clients improve cost and productivity management. Additionally, The Player Group manages leading edge best practices research in to advanced ABM implementations and beyond budgeting applications. Steve serves as the founder and program director for the ABM Advanced Implementation Group and as Program Director for the Beyond Budgeting Round Table in North America.
MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE: We're so confident you'll get what you want out of this conference that we'll refund your full fee if you're not satisfied. It's risk-free.
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