#IBP

Neil James

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...

Neil James

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...

Neil James

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...

Neil James

Demand Driven S&OP - The Commercial Perspective

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...

Neil James

Evolving S&OP/IBP for the Real World

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

Neil James

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...

Neil James

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...

Neil James

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...