Demand signals
Map a current situation involving demand signals; separate facts from assumptions and identify questions that need clarification.
All programmesProcurement, Contracts & Logistics / PM-PRO-008
Integrated Supply and Inventory Planning
A practical programme in integrated supply and inventory planning, connecting working concepts with team decisions and relevant workplace examples.
About the Course
This programme develops a working approach to integrated supply and inventory planning in the context of sourcing, contract performance and delivery choices. Participants move from understanding the main concepts to examining a case, testing alternatives and explaining a practical recommendation. The three modules focus on demand signals, stock policies and warehouse interfaces. Examples are selected after the training brief so that they reflect the responsibilities and experience of the participant group.
Course Objectives
- Explain the role of demand signals and identify the information required for a reliable assessment.
- Use a structured worksheet to examine stock policies and compare reasonable alternatives.
- Identify assumptions, missing evidence and implementation concerns related to warehouse interfaces.
- Prepare an option comparison with cost, service and exposure considerations for discussion with a supply-chain team.
- Translate the exercise into a workplace action plan with owners, review points and measurable progress.
Who Can Benefit
- Buyers and sourcing professionals: apply demand signals to their responsibilities through a guided case and a course-specific worksheet.
- Contract and supply-chain coordinators: apply stock policies to their responsibilities through a guided case and a course-specific worksheet.
- Operations and logistics planners: apply warehouse interfaces to their responsibilities through a guided case and a course-specific worksheet.
Participant experience and learning needs are reviewed before the programme is confirmed.
Curriculum & Practical Work
Stock policies
Compare two approaches to stock policies; explain the expected benefits, limitations and information gaps.
Warehouse interfaces
Develop an action plan for warehouse interfaces; assign responsibilities and agree how results should be reviewed.
Learning Method
Short concept discussions, guided worksheets, group comparisons and instructor feedback, followed by a workplace action plan.
Educational programme. No professional accreditation is implied; specialist legal, engineering or tax advice requires qualified professionals.