IBF Certification Overview CPF

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IBF Certification OverviewCPF ACPF

• Institute of Business Forecasting Planning -
  IBF

Tel [phone] (New York) Email info_at_ibf.or
g web www.ibf.org
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Why Get Certified?

• How does it benefit the company and the Demand
  Planning Forecasting Professional?

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Benefits For Employees

• Validate your experience, knowledge, and
  skill-sets
• Enhance your credentials, and advance your career
• Set an example for others in your department
• Become more recognized at your company, as well
  as in the field
• Pre-qualify yourself for new positions in the
  field
• Improve your career opportunities

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Benefits For Employers

• Certified individuals are pre-qualified, allowing
  you to identify the right person for a Demand
  Planning Forecasting position with ease
• Increase the value of your forecasting planning
  staff, department, and company
• More likely to improve company performance
• Save time and resources in training! CPF or ACPF
  professionals already have a verified body of
  knowledge

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IBF Certification Program Board of Advisers

• Key Forecasting Management Professional from
• Amgen
• Nestle
• Bayer
• Maidenform
• Astrazeneca
• BASF
• SAS Institute
• Boeing Company
• PG
• Lowe's Companies. Inc.
• MIT
• University of Notre Dame
• Carters

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Companies with CPF or ACPF (Partial List)
Abbott Acuity Brands Lighting ADC
Telecommunications Alberto Culver Alcatel-Lucent A
merican Italian Pasta Company American Red
Cross American Textile Company Amway Anderson
Windows Andrew Corporation Anteon
Corp AOL AstraZeneca Aveda Aventis
Pharmaceuticals Baker Oil Tools Barnes
Distribution BASF Corp Baxter Healthcare Bayer Bes
t Buy Biomarin Black Decker British
Gypsum Brown Forman Capital One Carhartt Cartech C
aterpillar Celgene Char-broil Chemtura Chevron
Texaco Cisco Systems Cleco, Inc. CNH Global Con
Edison Conros Corporation Continental Tire
Cooper Lighting Cordis Corning Cable Systems Coty
Inc. Cummins Day Spring Cards Dealer
Tire Delta Delta Faucet Deluxe Corporation Depuy
Orthopaedics DePuy Spine Discover
Financial Disney Dorel Juvenile Group Dorman
Products Dow Corning Dupont E J Gallo Winery
Canada EAS East Penn Manufacturing Eaton
Filtration GmbH Edmund Optics Eircom Elkay EMD
Chemicals Emerson Process Emirates
Telecommunication Cooperation Emyco ESAB FedEx Fis
her Scientific Fruit of the Loom Fuji Photo Film
USA Gap GE General Mills Georgia
Pacific GlaxoSmithKline Globe Electric
Goodyear Graco Children's Products Grundfos Pump
Corp. Hanes Brands Heineken Heinz Hewlett
Packard Hollister Hypro Pumps Infosys
Technologies Ltd Intuit Invitrogen Ipex Inc. John
Deere Johnson Johnson Juno Lighting
Group Lafarge North America Land O'Lakes
Lifescan Lilly Logitech MAC Manhattan Toy Maple
Leaf Foods Mead Johnson Melaleuca Mepha
Ltd. Merrill Lynch Michelin Microsoft Mine Safety
Appliances Monster Cable Products Motorola
Inc Nature's Path Foods Neiman Marcus Nestle Netje
ts Nordstrom Norfolk Southern Corporation Noveon
Novozymes Nuskin Oberto Ogio, Intl. ON
Semiconductor Corp. OnStar Oracle
Corporation Panasonic Pepsico Pfizer,
Inc. Pharmavite Philip Morris Prevost
Parts Primus Canada Procter Gamble Quantum
Corporation Rand McNally Research In
Motion Revlon Rich-Sea Pak Corp Roche
Diagnostics Rubbermaid Sanford Sappi Fine
Paper Sara Lee Sartomer Satyam Saudi Aramco SBC
Communications SC Johnson SCA Tissue Scholastic
Book Fairs Scunci International Sealed
Air Sears Shire Pharmaceuticals Inc Sigma
Aldrich Smith Nephew Sony Spring Industries
Standard Textile, Inc. Sun Chemical Syngenta SYSCO
Food Systems TastyKake Tektronix Tennant Company
Manufacturing Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Texas AM
University The Boeing Company The Hartz Mountain
Corp The Scotts Company The Toro
Company Thermatru Timberland T-Mobile Turtle Wax,
Inc. Tyson Foods Under Armour Unilever UnitedHealt
hcare University of Notre Dame USAA USG Victoria's
Secret Stores Vi-Jon Laboratories Wal-Mart
Stores Inc Walt Disney World Welch's Woodward Worl
d Kitchen Wrigley Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Xcel
Energy Yokohama Tire Zytec
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Levels of IBF Certification Offered

• Certified Professional Forecaster (CPF)
• Advanced Certified Professional Forecaster (ACPF)

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IBF CPF The Exams

• 3 Exams 100 to 150 questions
• Exams Taken Individually Objective Tests,
  Multiple Choice
• 2 Hours per Exam

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IBF CPF Exam Content

• Exam 1
• Role of Forecasting Planning in Decision Making
• Demand Planning (Demand Sensing, Shaping,
  Creating)
• Forecasting Planning Process
• Consumption (POS Data) Based Forecasting
  Planning
• Consensus Forecasting Planning
• Sales Operations Planning (SOP) Process
• Collaborative, Planning, Forecasting,
  Replenishment (CPFR)
• Inventory Management
• Exam 2
• Data Analysis Treatment
• Fundamentals of Models Modeling
• Types of Models
• Time Series Models
• Model Selection
• Metrics Measuring Forecast Error and Performance
• Exam 3
• Forecast Reporting Presentation
• Forecast Communication

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IBF ACPF The Exams

• 2 Exams
• Exams Taken Individually Objective Tests
  (Multiple Choice)
• 2 Hours per Exam
• Must be CPF

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IBF ACPF Exam Content

• Module 4
• Regression Modeling
• ARIMA Modeling/Box-Jenkins
• Module 5
• Forecasting Systems/Package

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Study Materials Provided and Preparation Related
Events

• Study Materials
• CPF
• Suggested Reading List
• Practical Guide to Business Forecasting
• ACPF
• Suggested Readings List
• Regression Analysis Modeling and Forecasting
• Preparation Related Events
• IBF Tutorials
• IBF Statistical Workshops
• IBF In-House Seminars
• IBF Online Training
• IBF Certification Review Course
• Professional Experience

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Certification Period Renewal Requirements

• Initial Certification Period 4 Years
• Certification Renewals Every 4 Years
• Requirements for Renewal without Reexamination
• CPF
• 40 CE Points for Renewal
• ACPF
• 50 CE Points for Renewal

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How to Keep Certification Current for Renewal

• IBF Conferences, Tutorials, and Workshops
• IBF In-House Training Program
• IBF Membership
• Other Forecasting Related Conferences
• IBF Board or Committee Member
• Publish a Forecasting Book
• Publish Original Research on Forecasting or
  related
• Publish an Article on Forecasting or related
• Speak at a Forecasting or related Conference
• Successful Completion of an Academic Course in
  Forecasting
• Plus, were open to considering others means not
  listed above

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Certification Examination Locations

• Same Locations Globally as
• IBF Conferences
• IBF Tutorials
• IBF In-House Training/ Your Company
• IBF Workshops

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Win-Win For Both Employer Employee

• Enhance Demand Planning Forecasting Skills
  Knowledge
• Improve Business Decisions
• Increase Business Performance
• Build Staff with Relative Ease
• Increase Recognition in the Demand Planning
  Forecasting Field

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For More Information

• Visit the IBF Website
• www.ibf.org
• Call the IBF for more information
• 1.516.504.7576 (9am to 6pm EST, New York)
• Skype IBF_NY
• Find IBF on Social Networks
• LinkedIn
• Twitter.com/DemandPlanning
• Facebook.com/DemandPlanning
• IBF Blog www.demand-planning.com