Organisations face an ever-increasing series of challenges in order to build sustainable and profitable business. These challenges are...

Many major organisations still have at their core a functional organisation design which has its origins in the ‘scientific management’...

In my previous posts, I have discussed the challenges in deploying an effective S&OP/IBP process which are experienced by organisations...

Supply chain blogs and articles have become increasingly dominated with debate on how to best manage the risks and opportunities of an...

Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) are often seen as fundamentally supply-chain centred processes...

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...

In my previous articles in this series, I have outlined some of the challenges and approaches to creating a strong cross-functional S&OP...

Over the last 25 years I have led business teams in a diverse range of contexts. In that time, the emergence of cross-functional...

The Commercial/Supply Chain Partnership in Pharmaceuticals In my previous post Arm-in-Arm or Arm's Length?, I outlined the emerging need...

The evolving challenge of cross-functional working in pharmaceuticals The pharma industry has long understood the need for close...