What Inflation Means For Demand Planners
After many years of absence, cost and price inflation is returning as a risk factor for business performance. This has major implications for Demand Planner... Read More...
Mitigating Supply Chain Risk and Its Financial Effects
It is important for both supply chain and financial professionals to consider the impact of mitigation and risk management efforts on company financial per... Read More...
Remembering Gina Ribeiro, 1962-2021
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of a much loved IBF team member. Gina Ribeiro, Director of Education Programs at the Institute of Busine... Read More...
Earning The Trust Of Sales To Improve Forecasting Inputs
To build a collaborative forecast, you need more than just Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain; you must have Sales involved in the process. They add custom... Read More...
The 8 Elements of S&OP Success
After more than 20 years working in the planning area and more than 10 years in S&OP, I came to the conclusion that implementing, sustaining and evolvin... Read More...
6 Demand Planning Skills You Won’t Find In Textbooks
"Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership." James C. Humes
Demand Planners are commonly characterized as analytical and data mi... Read More...
Growing Revenue & Cutting Costs With S&OP
It was a Monday morning sometime in mid-July. It was a hot and muggy day and, with the traffic, seemed like an extra-long commute to work. I still was able ... Read More...
Using Social Media Data To Improve Forecasts
Web 2.0 is a term that's been used often since the early 2000s. While the itself term is ambiguous, it has in many ways come to mean the socialization of the we... Read More...
What Happened To The Data Gathering Step In S&OP?
The year is 1991. Nirvana just released Nevermind, Baywatch is the hottest show on TV, and it’s your job to gather data to begin the next month’s S&OP cycle... Read More...
Where To Start With S&OP?
Successful S&OP implementation is not a law set in stone; each business is unique and has its own dynamics. Getting started can be one of the biggest ch... Read More...