Now is the time to invest in your supply chain analytics team! Don’t delay – learn the fundamentals of supply chain design, inventory optimization, forecasting, and more!
Ready to make your data scientists savvy in supply chain? It’s not easy, but next week – May 8 & 9 in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota – we have the intensive, hands-on training to transform the way your data scientists support you.
Unlike much of data science training, Our unique value prop is that we understand both sides – the technical and the practical – and want to upskill your supply chain data scientists to add real value. Our training team (Ralph Asher, MS and Jeff Clement, PhD) have experience in Fortune 500, academia, and the military, in both data science and supply chain management.
I’ve had calls and emails with people who are considering the training, but have concerns – here are a few of the most common.
- Concern #1) We use Python, not R. We use AWS, GCP, Azure, Databricks, or another technology that you don’t cover.
We understand hesitation when your language or tech stack doesn’t match the language or tech stack used in a training event. Programming languages come and go over time, and tech stacks do too (they sure have in my decade + in supply chain data science). But the ways we think about supply chain problems using data and analytics is pretty consistent over time. So while this training is technically intense, the primary purpose is to help data scientists bridge the gap between the technical and the business – teaching lessons they can take back to their org no matter what their tech stack.
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Concern #2) This looks great but I can’t take two days off work and travel to Minneapolis. Can we do a virtual option?
We get it! Taking two days off work sounds like you’ll return on Monday with a massive to-do list and an overflowing inbox. But one of the best parts of in-person training is the small side discussions, the “what if we did this?” kind of questions, the banter back and forth with instructors. That doesn’t happen as much, or as intensely, with virtual training. So while it is an investment to travel and take two days off, it’s just that – an investment. So no, we are in-person only. But the weather forecast into next week looks amazing!
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Concern #3) The cost is kind of steep!Budgets can be tight, for sure. Still, this training is competitively priced for two days of in-person, specialized training. Even with travel costs included, we believe that your team may see a massive ROI in your professional development. After all – if your data scientists are supporting the supply chain function, but don’t understand supply chain, what is that costing you? Additionally, we have some discounts available – see below.
Still interested? Participants will learn how to apply these data science concepts within supply chain management:
- Time Series Forecasting
- Geographic Data Analysis
- Linear Modeling
- Supply Chain Network Design and Optimization
- Inventory Optimization
- Supply Chain Simulation
- Automated Reporting
Training will be offered using the R programing language and the Posit Cloud IDE. Participants will take home all code examples, and a training booklet. If you’re new to R, we will suggest resources to get you up to speed so your training days are as productive as possible. If you’re a Python user, the concepts and learnings from these two days goes beyond just “code” – enabling you to be a better data scientist than when you started.
Training Venue
We’re holding it at Open Book, a charming literary collective in the Downtown East neighborhood of Minneapolis, near US Bank Stadium, Mill City Museum, Guthrie Theater, and University of Minnesota. We held training here in 2023 with participants from blue-chip companies like Ecolab and Target. The venue is amazing:
Open Book has limited free, on-site parking, with paid street parking and garages nearby. Uber and Lyft operate throughout the area. Open Book is a short walk from the US Bank Stadium Light Rail Station, with rail service to downtown Minneapolis, downtown St Paul, and the Airport / Mall of America area.
We will provide morning coffee and bagels or donuts. For lunch, many restaurants are within walking distance or a short drive. Open Book has a kitchenette and refrigerator if you want to bring lunch and snacks.
For out of town guests, there are hotel options near Open Book. Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport (MSP) is about 10 miles away, with direct flights to over 100 cities.
Tourism information for the Minneapolis-St Paul area, including lodging options, can be found at Explore Minnesota and Meet Minneapolis.
Registration
The training is competitively priced at $1,400 per person for the two days. This price includes training materials.
Register here via Stripe (requires credit card). Use the contact form below if you want to register with a different payment method, e.g., corporate PO & invoice.
We’re offering a 20% discount to groups of 4+ from the same organization. We also offer a 10% discount for members of ASCM, CSCMP, ISM, and other supply chain professional organizations (please ask); INFORMS members; students, educators, government, and military personnel (must use official email address to register for , e.g., .edu, .gov, .mil)
Limited lower-cost tickets available, inquire via email or the website comment function.
Discounts will be applied by processing a partial refund.
We’ll see you here in Minneapolis!