RETAIL LINK® 4: PLANNING & FORECASTING
An accurate forecast begins with knowing the current state of your business. In this class, you will learn how to use Retail Link® data to make decisions that will improve your ability to plan.
Better forecasting will make you a better partner with Walmart Canada.
Keep your products on the shelf by using more Retail Link® data and improving your ability to plan well. Learn better ways to analyze your sales, instocks, and forecasts to improve your accuracy. An inaccurate forecast not only costs your company sales and profit, it will also impact your credibility and eventually damage key relationships within Walmart Canada.
All 8th & Walton classes for Walmart suppliers selling in Canada are taught by Heather Reid of Mississauga, Ontario. For 22 years, Reid worked at Walmart Canada, organizing and facilitating its Retail Link® and other training programs. She has taught over 2,000 suppliers.
This class is for Walmart suppliers selling in Walmart Canada stores.
Suppliers selling in the United States, please check our US classes.
Sam’s Club and dotcom suppliers, please contact us.
You Will Learn
- What to review in your current business to assist with planning
- How to plan for new items
- Why innovation is important to your buyer (category manager)
- How the forecast is created
- Why forecast accuracy is so important
- How to create and retrieve 8 reports:
- Supplier Performance Scorecard
- Demand Forecast Review – POS
- Demand Forecast Review – Forecast
- Demand Forecast Review – Instock (RL)
- Replenishment Instock
- Corporate POS Forecast
- Store Level Forecast
- Corporate Level Forecast
THIS IS AN ALL-DAY CLASS, RUNNING FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M. EASTERN TIME.
PRICE: $650 USD
SAVE 10% WHEN YOU PURCHASE 3 CLASSES AT ONE TIME.
Requirements
ALL STUDENTS
- Register using your supplier email address
- Have authorized access to Retail Link®
- Have your Retail Link® ID and password
- You will need a laptop with wireless internet and Microsoft Excel
WEBINAR STUDENTS
- Access to and use of a web camera in computer
Suggestions
ALL STUDENTS
- In order to produce valid reports, your company should be shipping to Walmart prior to taking this class. Since our classes do not use dummy data, if you are not shipping to Walmart, you will have no data with which to produce reports.
WEBINAR STUDENTS
- Dual monitors (one for the webinar, one for reports)
- Log in 15 minutes prior to class starting time to assure both audio and video are functioning.
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$650 USD