Forecasting and Planning

Reducing the Heartburn From Change Management for a New Forecasting & Planning Process

Michael MorrisJanuary 5, 2012

Have you ever pitched a new idea or process improvement where everyone agreed, but you kept running into road blocks once you began the implementation? It se... Read More...

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Never Good Enough: The Blind Spot in Forecasting & Planning

Michael Kelleher CPFDecember 21, 2011

Motivational speaker Lou Tice called it a “Scotoma”—an area of partial alteration to one’s field of vision. Allstate Insurance represents something similar i... Read More...

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2012 Forecasting Performance Objectives

Michael GillilandDecember 15, 2011

Forecasting performance objectives are usually set in one of three ways: Relative to “best-in-class” industry benchmarks. Improvement over prior year perfo... Read More...

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Managing Risk and Forecasting for Unplanned Events.

John BrownOctober 6, 2011

How often have you heard these words during a meeting in your office? “Say what? Forecast for an unplanned event? Isn’t that like buying flood insurance in ... Read More...

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LEANing Into a Better Forecast

John GallucciAugust 24, 2011

“So, even a well thought-out forecasting process can be wasteful if it is not done properly.” This was a remark made by one of the attendees who came to hear ... Read More...

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Is Massaging Data Pushing the Passion out of our S&OP Process?

Rohit ParangathJuly 22, 2011

After attending the APICS/IBF Best of the Best S&OP conference I came back with a sense of eagerness and ambition to implement what I had learned over the... Read More...

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What I Brought Back to the Office From the Best of the Best S&OP Conference

Matt TrederJuly 13, 2011

Thank you IBF and APICS for organizing a very successful Best of the Best S&OP Conference. Our company is in the early stages of formalizing our S&OP p... Read More...

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Lessons Learned at the Best of the Best S&OP Conference

Nishad ParmarJuly 11, 2011

This was the first APICS/IBF Best of the Best S&OP conference that I have attended. . It was a great experience to learn from some of the top companies in... Read More...

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Best of the Best S&OP Conference – Learning’s and Application

Edward RodriguezJuly 8, 2011

We are a medium sized privately held business that has a large ERP, but probably hasn’t invested into its processes and user reporting as much as we should. ... Read More...

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Best of the Best S&OP Conference: An S&OP "Newbie's" Point of View

Gary A. ZamboJuly 6, 2011

Although our company is considered to be ahead of many companies where our S&OP Process is concerned, I am what might be considered to be a “newbie” in the... Read More...

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