Retail Demand Forecasting Introduction - Self-Study Course

This course provides a comprehensive tour of the Retail Demand Forecasting GUI, the process of creating a workbook via template wizards and its entire component parts, including worksheets and Measures. This training provides a solid learning foundation for further in-depth study of the individual RPAS Retail Demand Forecasting applications.

Learn To:

• Perform tasks using the core RDF application
• Perform tasks using the Grade plug-in
• Apply RDF as a retail solution
• Perform tasks using the PROMOTE plug-in
• Navigate the user interface
• Perform tasks using the Curve plug-in

Audience

• Administrator
• Business Analysts
• Functional Implementer
• Project Manager
• Sales Consultants
• SAP Administrator
• Support Engineer
• End Users

Course Topics Overview of Concepts

• Identify the market challenges that affect retail planning.
• Describe the role of demand forecasting in the retail planning process
• List the challenges to successful demand forecasting.
• Explain how RDF provides solutions to these challenges.
• Summarize the benefits to retail planning provided by RDF.

RDF as a Retailing Solution

• What is Oracle Retail Demand Forecasting?
• Time-Series Forecasting
• Oracle Retail: Integrated Process Workflow
• Oracle Retail Integrated Solutions
• Overcoming Data Sparsity
• Selecting The Best Forecast Method
• Forecasting Overview
• Simplifying Forecast Analysis to Improve Accuracy

Navigating the RDF User Interface

• Summarize the typical RDF user roles
• Describe the RDF User Login process
• Explain the concurrent log-in feature
• List the RDF Workbook Template Groups

Optional Components: Curve® PROMOTE® and Grade®

• Describe the business function of the Curve module.
• List the Curve workbooks and worksheets.
• Describe the business function of the PROMOTE module.
• List the PROMOTE workbooks and worksheets.
• Describe the business function of the Grade module.
• List the Grade workbooks and worksheets.

Course Objectives

• Explain how Explain the role of demand forecasting in the retail planning process.
• Identify challenges to forecasting demand and how RDF provides solutions.
• Describe how RDF integrates with other Oracle Retail software applications.
• List the steps in the RDF business process flow.
• Navigate the RDF user interface.
• Describe the function of RDF optional components: CURVE and PROMOTE.
• Summarize the steps necessary to generate and review a sample demand forecast.