Demand Planning Quiz

What is the main objective of the Demand Planning process in supply chain management?

• To optimize transportation and distribution logistics

• To forecast

  the future demand based on history, patterns and algorithms

• To minimize

  the cost of production

• To ensure

  that the correct quantity of goods

  is produced

What are the usual key contributors to the Demand Planning process?

• Sales Team

• HR Team

• Finance Team

• Marketing Team

• R&D Team

1. Select the correct answer in the list :

3. 1. The front-end screen displaying interactive layouts helping end users carry out data analysis and manipulation is :​ ​ ​ (a)   ​

2. The technical environment for developers that contains dimensions and business rules is : ​ ​ (b)  

3. 3. The group of dashboards that have been designed to represent a business function or process and guide users to relevant Data is : ​ ​ (c)  

4. 4. The blue bar available at the top of each screen gathering the list of all dashboards accessible by an end user​ is :​ (d)  

• Model
• Pages
• Apps
• Header bar

Which of the following are common inputs used in a Demand Planning process?

• Historical

  sales data

• Supplier lead times

• Marketing & promotional plans

• New product management

• Sales

  team’ insights

Historical data is used for most common statistical methods because it allows to identify trends, and seasonality.

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Match each icon with its purpose:

• FILTER

• 
• SHOW/HIDE

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• FIND SEARCH

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• EXPAND

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Which of the following is NOT a category part of the current Demand Planning app?

• DP -

  MasterData & Data Check

• Product Lifecycle Management Item/Market

• Inventory Management

• Market Intelligence

• Forecast Performance Monitoring

What is the main category allowing end users to shape and fine-tune the Demand Forecast through manual inputs ?

• Sellin

• Market Intelligence

• Project Management

• Outlier Detection

The time depth in the Demand Planning application is overall 8 years :

5 years history + 1 current year + 2 years in the future.

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What are the pyramids used as levels of granularity within the app?

• Customer

• Currency

• Geography

• Product

• Supplier