By Charity Lopez and Greg Spira Businesses that develop a strong demand planning capability know what consumers want and need…
Integrated Business Planning: How to Design a Reliable Demand Review
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The Fundamental Element in Planning – Trust
By: Greg Spira and Charity Lopez No one can predict the future, but businesses that plan well are better poised…
How to Overcome the Challenge of Demonstrating ROI for Demand Plan Management
By: Greg Spira and Todd Ferguson A new regional operations leader discovered an issue with his company’s demand plans: they…
How to Determine the Root Cause of Inventory Management Problems
By: Leon Dixon When a company has an inventory problem—whether it is too much, too little, or the wrong mix—the…
Integrated Tactical Planning (ITP) vs. Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE)
by: Todd Ferguson and Wilson Stefano, Jr In response to changing business conditions that impact near-term execution, many companies run…
Strategic Vs. Tactical Planning
By: Todd Ferguson Each level of the organization needs processes to achieve strategic, long-term, and short-term goals for a business…
One simple way to measure the effectiveness of your IBP / S&OP process
By: Greg Spira I was recently chatting with a colleague who is working on the integration of an acquisition. He…
Become better prepared for crisis — and opportunity — with effective Scenario Planning
By: Timm Reiher Change is inevitable for every company. Creating plans designed to stand up to anything the future holds…
Emotional Intelligence
By: Donald McNaughton ‘Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our…
Why should your CEO care about Demand Plan Bias?
By: Greg Spira There are many ways to measure the characteristics of a Demand Plan. Its accuracy can be calculated…
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