Applied Forecasting
Professional Certificate Course
Master forecasting and harness 40 years of knowledge and experience in just 6-weeks
Online professional forecasting course – earn a certificate that is digitally verifiable on the Bitcoin Blockchain
Learn how to correctly estimate forecasting uncertainties and figure out its implications to risk
THE STARTING DATE FOR THIS COURSE IS FEBRUARY 10TH, 2020
About the Course:
The purpose of forecasting is to help people improve the accuracy of their predictions and correctly estimate the uncertainty involved. The course is specifically designed to provide complete, hands-on knowledge on how to apply forecasting in business situations and using real-life data to do so.
Forecasts are needed for all future oriented decisions, from setting up inventory levels and constructing production or delivering schedules to all types of planning; from budgeting to strategic. This course covers all types of forecasting, both time series and regression, offering concrete information to business people on how to improve their accuracy and estimate their uncertainty realistically. The most important advantage of the course is its emphasis on hands-on learning by demanding participants use actual data to both predict and estimate the uncertainty of their predictions.
Participants will obtain further insights with the help of live Q&A sessions with the instructors and fellow participants.
The course is taught through online interactive sessions. The fact that they are not pre-recorded allows for live Q&A sessions with the instructor and the direct participation in the session.
Finally, major forecasting applications will be described and fat-tailed uncertainty and its risk implications will be introduced.
Moreover, this course is hugely beneficial to people who work with budgets; by taking this course they will greatly benefit in a number of areas, such as developing skills to create better budgets and the ability to look at different methods while accurately deciding which one of them is the most appropriate for their business.
Highly recommended for:
- Executives in charge of finance, marketing, selling and operations
- Consultants
- Business Owners
- Professionals working with inventories
Who you will learn from:
Course Schedule
Week 1: The Basis of Forecasting
Week 2: Data for Forecasting
Week 3: Statistical Methods
Week 4: Explanatory and ML/Methods
Week 5: Commercial Forecasting Packages
Week 6: Forecasting Applications
Still have questions?
For group registrations, please contact Demetrios Tseas at [email protected] .
The course focuses on real-life examples and case studies, thus has no pre-recorded material. Interaction with the instructors is always live while the team is available to answer any questions throughout the duration of the course.
All assignments will be reviewed by the Spyros Makridakis. Those who have successfully submitted the final assignment will be eligible for the certificate of completion, which will be digitally verifiable.
The certificate will be issued in your name at no additional cost, upon successful completion of the course. There is no extra cost for maintaining your certificate.