Integrated Business Planning (IBP) - A Key Process for the Finance Function
Integrated Business Planning (IBP) (and its forerunner Sales and Operations Planning or S&OP) have traditionally been perceived and...
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Neil James
Sep 27, 20185 min read
Why Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is more valuable than ever
Organisations face an ever-increasing series of challenges in order to build sustainable and profitable business. These challenges are...
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Neil James
Apr 24, 20186 min read
S&OP - 4 Key Drivers of Continuous Improvement
In previous articles (eg How to Build a Strategic Capability in S&OP), I have highlighted a number of critical foundations required to...
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Neil James
Feb 20, 20184 min read
Cross-Functional Collaboration – A Critical Success Factor For Growth
Many major organisations still have at their core a functional organisation design which has its origins in the ‘scientific management’...
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Neil James
Jan 2, 20185 min read
Driving Profitable Collaboration for Growth – Demand Driven S&OP
In my previous posts, I have discussed the challenges in deploying an effective S&OP/IBP process which are experienced by organisations...
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Neil James
Oct 19, 20175 min read
4 Reasons Why Cross Functional Collaboration is Critical for a Modern Supply Chain
Supply chain blogs and articles have become increasingly dominated with debate on how to best manage the risks and opportunities of an...
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Neil James
Jul 18, 20176 min read
3 Reasons why Finance Embrace Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) are often seen as fundamentally supply-chain centred processes...
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Neil James
Jun 6, 20178 min read
What do Commercial Leaders Really Want from S&OP?
My experiences as a commercial leader deploying S&OP/IBP have illustrated very clearly the critical need for cross-functional engagement...
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Neil James
Mar 2, 20176 min read
HR: The Forgotten Partner in S&OP - 3 key contributions for sustainable enterprise S&OP
It is now widely recognised that S&OP (or its successor IBP) is much more than a specialist supply chain process and requires a high...
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Neil James
Nov 22, 20166 min read
3 Tools for Sustainable Cross-Functional S&OP
In my previous articles in this series, I have outlined some of the challenges and approaches to creating a strong cross-functional S&OP...
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Neil James
Nov 3, 20166 min read
The Winning Formula for Building Cross-Functional Collaboration
Over the last 25 years I have led business teams in a diverse range of contexts. In that time, the emergence of cross-functional...
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