This Oracle SCM Cloud: Planning Foundation training helps you become familiar with the fundamental steps needed to support the use of forecasting, planning, and sales and operations management features. The course focuses on Planning Central, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Sales and Operations Planning. Global Order Promising product is reviewed in a different course. This course identifies and discusses common features such as data collection processes, planning data security, configurable planner workbench, predefined views, and customizing worksheets, graphs, and the plan summary. Other feature discussions include analyzing plans, customizing measures, customizing exceptions, and running planning simulations. Note: Planning Foundation course is the preparatory course for the Supply Chain Planning Cloud products and is required before taking any other Supply Chain Planning courses. This course is intended for implementers. Learn To: Collect data for use by the Supply Chain Planning products Manage data security for the planning products Define and run integrated demand and supply plans Manage the configurable planner workbench Configure planning analytics Analyze plans using advanced plan analytics Benefits to You Provide you with a foundation to ensure a smooth and successful implementation of your Supply Chain Management Cloud applications. Taking this course not only helps you better understand the core implementation tasks required to set up your applications; it also gives you an opportunity to delve into the core functionality and how each can benefit your entire enterprise. Instructional Approach Each lesson in this course begins with your instructor presenting important concepts related to the functional setup or functionality of Oracle SCM Cloud.