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Demantra Demand Management Fundamentals

Duration: 2 Days

What you will learn

Learn about demand management fundamentals as they pertain to Oracle Demantra Demand Management. This
course tours through the Collaborative Workbench and worksheets from a user perspective. Students learn how to use
the Collaborative Workbench and worksheets to forecast, work collaboratively, analyze accuracy and automate
exception reports. Learn how to introduce new products and combinations and create forecasts based on the
performance of similar products and locations using chaining tools. Shape forecasts based on observed trends and
causal factors, and align forecasts with results. Learn how to use advanced features to make the most use of the
Collaborator Workbench and work offline.

Learn To:

Collaborative Workbench navigationForecastingAnalyzing forecast performanceIntroducing new

productsChainingShape Modelling and Alignment

A Live Virtual Class (LVC) is exclusively for registered students; unregistered individuals may not view an LVC at any
time. Registered students must view the class from the country listed in the registration form. Unauthorized recording,
copying, or transmission of LVC content may not be made.

Audience
End Users
Functional Implementer

Related Training

Required Prerequisites

Demantra Fundamentals

Course Objectives
Understand the Demantra Demand Management capabilities

Understand the planning process and roles

Understand the Collaborator Workbench application and work with others

Navigate, create and format worksheets

Perform baseline forecasting and simulations

Use notes and audit trails

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Finalize forecasts

Use forecast accuracy and exceptions

Introduce new products using methods and Member Management

Create combinations

Create sample forecasts for new products using chaining and shape modeling

Align a new product forecast based on actual sales

Use the dashboard to filter worksheets by product category

Embed a worksheet in an existing worksheet

Create and display user-defined content panes

Export worksheets and work with worksheets offline

Course Topics

Introduction to Demantra Demand Management

Understand demand-driven adaptive planning
Understand where Demand Management fits in the Oracle E-Business Suite, and how it interacts with the other products in the O
Understand the capabilities and benefits of Demand Management
Understand the demand planning process

Navigating the Collaborator Workbench and Worksheets

Use the Collaborator Workbench
Navigate within worksheets and views
Interpreting data shown in worksheets
Analyze results at different levels of aggregation
Changing data in a worksheet

Creating and Formatting Worksheets

Create a new worksheet
Use the Worksheet Designer to customize the views, series, time, aggregation levels, and filters in a worksheet

Forecasting
Understand the role of forecasting in demand planning
Understand batch vs. similation forecasting
Adjust a forecast and simulate "what if" results
Add notes to a worksheet
Review a worksheet audit trail
Approve the forecast
Share the forecast with other users

Understanding Forecast Accuracy and Exceptions

Analyze the forecast accuracy in worksheets

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Set exception filtering
Run exception filtering

Introducing New Products with Member Management

Understand the benefits of using Demantra to introduce new products
Understand Demantra's different data tables
Understand combinations
Understand ways new items can be introduced
Define new items and locations in the worksheet and Member Management

Chaining and Shaping

Understand the benefit of chaining
Populate a new item with data based on one or more products
Forecast the demand for the new product
Understand the benefits of shape modeling and alignment
Record and apply a demand shape to a product forecast
Align the forecast with the latest sales figures to develop more accurate forecasts

Advanced Worksheet Topics

Use the Open With mechanism
Embed worksheets
Create and display user-defined content panes
Set up your offline environment
Export offline worksheets
Work offline
Upload changes to server
Export worksheet combination data to Excel

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