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
- Feb 20, 2018
- 4 min
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, 2018
- 5 min
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, 2017
- 5 min
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, 2017
- 6 min
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
- Mar 2, 2017
- 6 min
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, 2016
- 6 min
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, 2016
- 6 min
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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Neil James
- Oct 17, 2016
- 4 min
3 Attributes of a Great Cross-Functional S&OP Team
The Commercial/Supply Chain Partnership in Pharmaceuticals In my previous post Arm-in-Arm or Arm's Length?, I outlined the emerging need...
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Neil James
- Sep 29, 2016
- 4 min
Arm-in-Arm or Arm’s Length?
The evolving challenge of cross-functional working in pharmaceuticals The pharma industry has long understood the need for close...
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