Develop Capability That Delivers
Equip your team with the foundational skills to execute strategy and improve performance.
Featured Course
IBP From the People Who Created It
Break silos and align teams around one plan.
COURSES
From Classroom to
Bottom Line
Our practitioner-led courses give your team the knowledge and skills they need to hit targets and sustain results.
Integrated Business Planning
Align product, demand, supply, and finance to close gaps, improve visibility, and enhance decision-making.
Demand Management
Build more accurate demand plans and engage stakeholders to improve forecast credibility and drive better business results.
Master Planning and Scheduling
Connect plans across the enterprise to improve flow, reduce disruption, and execute with greater confidence.
Integrated Scenario Planning
Make faster, more informed decisions by modeling scenarios and preparing for both risk and opportunity.
Integrated Tactical Planning
Define each stage of work to see what’s important and where things are getting stuck.
Inventory Management
Take control of inventory by distinguishing what drives value versus waste to improve cash flow and service levels.
End-to-End Supply Chain Planning
Understand how plans connect across the business to improve coordination, accountability, and performance.
WHY OLIVER WIGHT
Built on Experience. Proven in Practice.
Expert Instructors Who Come From Industry
Our Business Advisors have sat in the rooms where tough trade-offs get made, aligned teams across functions, and turned strategy into results under real-world pressure. They’ve held senior leadership roles, bringing a practitioner’s perspective that goes beyond theory. Work with them and get honest insight, practical guidance, and a clear path forward — shaped by people who know what it takes because they’ve done it before.
Built for Lasting Impact
For decades, we have helped organizations move from good intentions to real outcomes. Our approach is grounded in proven principles, refined through hands-on work with global enterprises. We don’t believe in quick fixes or one-size-fits-all models. Rather, the right structure, discipline, and expertise help you make better decisions and ensure lasting success.
Frequently Asked Questions
Oliver Wight consultants coined the term "Sales & Operations Planning" in 1984 and wrote the first book on the process in 1987. We evolved the approach into Integrated Business Planning in the late 1990s, and our advisors have each led decades of implementations across industries ranging from consumer goods to pharma to aerospace. We teach our courses the same way we run client engagements — not a simplified summary of a methodology sold to us by someone else.
Options include a multi-day in-person immersion and a virtual series delivered across several sessions. Both cover the same material; the in-person version typically generates more cross-company networking, and the virtual version is easier to fit around operating responsibilities. Choose based on your schedule and learning style.
Yes — you'll receive a formal course completion credential from Oliver Wight. Many alumni add it to their LinkedIn profile. If you're looking for a deeper credentialing path, we also offer company-level certification pathways beyond this course.
We typically see three types of people in our courses: Leaders standing up or rebuilding an S&OP, SIOP or IBP process, people stepping into a new planning or program-lead role and inheriting something that isn't working yet, and executives — Supply Chain, Commercial, Finance, or Operations VPs — whose monthly reviews feel more like status reports than decisions. Most cohorts include all three, and the mix is part of what makes the room work.
Both work. Individuals return as internal champions with a clear plan. Teams who come together — typically a planning lead plus one or two functional partners — tend to implement faster because they share the same vocabulary from day one.
The most effective way to attend: bring your leadership team to the course, then spend the day after together planning your implementation or improvements while the material is fresh. We offer discounts for teams of three or more.
While hotel accommodations are not included in the cost of the course, we will be happy to make a reservation on your behalf. During in-person course registration, please indicate your hotel needs.
TAILORED Solutions
Customized Education
From improving forecast accuracy to optimizing inventory and enabling IBP, our experts deliver tailored services to help your organization solve specific challenges and create lasting impact.
