My “Future Shock” with ChatGPT
It is nearly impossible to avoid the current hype around ChatGPT. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence content creator that generates a variety of outputs... Read More...
Preparing People for S&OP With Change Management
When a large company plans to deploy S&OP there are a lot of things to keep in mind, key among them the 'people' aspect of change management. When ga... Read More...
How Finance Views S&OP (And How We Can Help)
The standard S&OP process is a critical collaboration between sales (demand), production (supply) and leadership. However, when you look over the entire... Read More...
What Is Business Forecasting & Demand Planning?
What is Business Forecasting?
Business forecasting is the process of using analytics and experience to make predictions about future customer/consumer dema... Read More...
Rising Interest Rates Are Changing Everything For Business Planning
Companies have been working on their 2023 business plans and budgets since the beginning of fall 2022. During this time, numerous developments have occurred... Read More...
Is Your IBP Designed to Hit Strategic Targets?
After 8 years implementing, coaching businesses and designing Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes I have accumulated a long list of common challeng... Read More...
Managing Optimism Bias In Demand Forecasting
I recently watched a Ted Talk by Professor Tali Sharot, a specialist researcher in Experimental Psychology at University College London. She described how o... Read More...
The Advancements In Disease Forecasting That Can Revolutionize Business Forecasting
On the IBF On Demand podcast, I recently spoke to a real innovator doing great things in the forecasting space. He comes from a disease forecastin... Read More...
The Rise of S&OE: The Key To Planning Execution
You can’t turn on the TV, open your internet browser or read a business periodical without seeing something new about corporations missing their objectives ... Read More...
Creating New Pricing Models For Inflationary Environments
Retailers, consumer packaged goods manufacturers, and their suppliers are arguably having the toughest year in decades as they struggle to understand changi... Read More...