Mandatory Prerequisites:

The learner must have attended the following Instructor-Led Workshops or the equivalent courses on the o9 Academy:

Workshops:

• o9 IBP Functional Workshop
• o9 Platform Technical Configuration Basics Workshop 
• o9 Demand Planning Reference Product - Functional Workshop 

OR

Courses:

• Integrated Business Planning with o9: A Practical Approach
• o9 Platform Essentials: Using Dashboard & Basic Configuration
• Key Functional Insights into Demand Planning Core Solution Building Blocks

Recommended courses to complete:

• o9 Platform Intermediate: Tenant Setup & Model Configuration
• Day in the Life of a Demand Planner

About the course:

Enhance your demand planning capabilities on the o9 Platform with this comprehensive course on the Analysis Cockpit. You will learn how to demystify statistical forecasting, interpret key interface metrics, and evaluate candidate algorithms to improve forecast accuracy and bias. The course covers diagnosing forecast violations, understanding historical demand characteristics like seasonality and trends, and managing outlier cleansing to resolve common business forecasting issues.

The topics included in this course are:

• Analysis Cockpit Purpose and Overview
• User Interface, Indicators, and KPIs
• Historical Demand Characteristics and Segmentation Descriptors
• Outlier Cleansing and Data Adjustments
• Validation KPIs and Model Performance
• Forecast Violations and Reasonability Metrics
• Cycle-over-Cycle Change (COCC) and Stability Analysis
• Candidate Algorithm Insights and Ensembling
• Business Use Cases and Root-Cause Diagnosis
• Limitations and Best Practices

By completing this course, you will acquire the essential skills needed to diagnose model performance, resolve forecast issues, and execute targeted corrective actions within the o9 Platform.