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Building High-Performance Capabilities for IBP Deployment Leaders
IBP adoption or enhancement programmes are typically complex and demand both significant investment and widespread change in the...
Neil James
Mar 30, 20205 min read
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3 Key Capabilities for IBP Deployment Leaders
As I have described in various blog posts, the deployment or development of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is challenging. Research...
Neil James
Feb 25, 20205 min read
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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
Sep 27, 20186 min read
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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
Sep 27, 20185 min read
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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...
Neil James
Apr 24, 20186 min read
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Building the Platform for Cross-Functional Collaboration
In my last article ‘Cross-Functional Collaboration – A Critical Success Factor For Growth’, I outlined the growing imperative for...
Neil James
Apr 24, 20185 min read
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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
Jan 2, 20185 min read
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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
Dec 5, 20177 min read
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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
Nov 14, 20175 min read
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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
Jul 18, 20176 min read
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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
Jun 6, 20178 min read
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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...
Neil James
Mar 2, 20176 min read
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3 Ways Coaching & Mentoring Will Improve Your S&OP Programme
In my previous article, “3 Tools for Sustainable Cross-Functional S&OP” I introduced the key roles that coaching and mentoring can play...
Neil James
Jan 23, 20177 min read
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