This is the final article in a 3-part series which explores the challenging role of the Deployment Leader in IBP adoption programmes....

IBP adoption or enhancement programmes are typically complex and demand both significant investment and widespread change in the...

As I have described in various blog posts, the deployment or development of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is challenging. Research...

Integrated Business Planning (IBP) has developed significantly from its origins in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) over the last 10...

At the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, prominent leaders from a range of backgrounds come together to shape global, regional...

The principles of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) have been established for over 30 years, yet the success rate for IBP deployments is...

Whilst Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is a cross-functional, enterprise-wide process the supply chain team is a critical contributor....

As many S&OP practitioners will confirm, building broad advocacy for S&OP deployment is a critical foundation for a successful and...

Many organisations strive to increase levels of S&OP maturity in order to enhance the business value created by the process. These...

Introduction Whilst S&OP was first developed and applied in the 1980s, best practice for its design, deployment sustainability is still...

The deployment of S&OP continues to be challenging for many businesses. The complex, cross-functional nature of S&OP and the cultural...

Integrated Business Planning (IBP) (and its forerunner Sales and Operations Planning or S&OP) have traditionally been perceived and...

Organisations face an ever-increasing series of challenges in order to build sustainable and profitable business. These challenges are...

In previous articles (eg How to Build a Strategic Capability in S&OP), I have highlighted a number of critical foundations required to...

In my last article ‘Cross-Functional Collaboration – A Critical Success Factor For Growth’, I outlined the growing imperative for...

Many major organisations still have at their core a functional organisation design which has its origins in the ‘scientific management’...

In my previous posts, I have discussed the challenges in deploying an effective S&OP/IBP process which are experienced by organisations...

In my previous post Evolving S&OP/IBP for the Real World, I outlined the key challenges in deploying S&OP/IBP and how these result from...

It is widely reported that only a small proportion (typically around 30%) of S&OP/IBP deployments deliver and sustain the full business...

Supply chain blogs and articles have become increasingly dominated with debate on how to best manage the risks and opportunities of an...