Getting Top Management Support for S&OP Does Not Mean Running to the Top
If you listen to the buzz about S&OP at an IBF Conference, you will hear a repeated theme. This seemingly endless refrain is recited by Planners, Vice Pr... Read More...
Forecasting and Planning
Welcome to IBF's Blog!
Folks, it is with great pleasure to welcome all of you to the IBF’s Blog! I don’t know why it has taken us so long to get here with the amount of content, know... Read More...
Models Alone are Not Enough for Improving Forecasts
Statistical models are important, but they are not the be all and end all of forecasting. Forecasts can be further improved if: 1) Data is properly analyzed ... Read More...
The Scoop on S&OP: One Company's Recession Story
This is my first posting to the IBF’s new blog, and I’d like to express my thanks, first of all, to you, the readers and also to Anish Jain of the IBF who inv... Read More...
Consumer Products & Retail Forecasting Forum
My thanks to Constance Korol for the invitation to guest-blog on IBF’s site. It is quite the pleasure to follow Tom Wallace, one of my favorite thought-leader... Read More...
Are our Supply Chain Strategies Redistributing Economic Wealth and Standards of Living?
At a time where recessionary forces are at work, many questions are being asked about how businesses have evolved their management practices and how this has ... Read More...
IBF’s Mini Demand Planning & Forecasting Tutorial Brings Together a Global Group
The Global Neighborhood of demand planners and forecasting professionals is coming together. Conversations and discussions are happening throughout the worl... Read More...
How Point of Sales Data Are Used in Demand Forecasting at Heinz North America
Many consumer product goods (CPG) companies use the Point of Sales (POS) or consumption data in their forecasting processes; Heinz is not an exception. We use... Read More...