Training – 206: Inventory Management & Forecasting
November 12, 2008
HOTEL INFORMATION—
http://www.admonsters.org/tr/tr-eu-directions.php
207 Old Street, London EC1V 9NRInventory Management & Forecasting
Registration opens July 13, 2008
Registration ends November 11, 2008 at 12:00 am
Early Bird Deadline: November 01, 2008
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Time: | 9:00 to 17:00 registration opens at 8:30am; enjoy breakfast until 9:00am |
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Fee: | ? (includes course materials, lab fees, refreshments and a networking luncheon) |
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Course Description
This training session will aid ad operations professionals from publishers and ad networks to manage and forecast inventory more efficiently. Inventory management is one of the most complex areas of ad operations. This training session aims to remove the fear factors and confusion surrounding inventory management, growing confidence and insight instead.
This class starts with the basics of what inventory is and why inventory management is important. The session will go on to cover overselling, underselling, ad unit currency, manual systems vs. automated, inventory rules, ownership, data levels and combinations, impact of rich media on inventory, frequency capping, queries, reporting, forecasting. The session will also cover in house advertising, remnant inventory, sell through and yield analysis. The course will not provide detailed training on any specific inventory management or forecasting systems, it is aimed at increasing ad operations professionals understanding of inventory management to help day to day working.
Who should attend?:
This course will be beneficial to entry level ad operations staff, ranging from individuals seeking to enter the field to new hires and staff who have been in ad ops/trafficking for 2-4 months.
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About the Instructor
Elizabeth Townsend studied Applied European Languages (French & German) at Kingston University in Surrey. She began her career at Yahoo! Europe in 1999 after University as an Ad Operations Executive. Promoted to Senior Ad Operations Executive at Yahoo! Europe in 2000.
In 2001 Elizabeth moved to FT.com as Head of Online Advertising Production, managing the global online ads production team for the Financial Times website. Six years later, still at FT.com she manages a team of 10 ad operations professionals and is working on online advertising global strategy.