Q&A on Risk Mitigation, Forecast Value Added (FVA) and Demand Planning Segmentation Strategies
Recently Eric Wilson, CPF , Director of Global Demand Planning and S&OP at Tempur Sealy International delivered an IBF Webinar on Risk Mitigation, Forecas... Read More...
Patience is a Virtue, Especially When Implementing an Integrated Business Planning (IBP)/ Executive S&OP Process
Craig McLaughlin Back in early 2013, when I moved into my current role of leading the global Integrated Business Planning (IBP)/ S&OP program for ... Read More...
Transformation of Demand Planning, Procurement & Supply Chain with Data Analytics
Data can be defined as information in its raw form. Therefore it must be properly captured and organized in order for it to be useful and relevant to any busine... Read More...
A New Approach to Effective Demand Planning – Journal of Business Forecasting Summer 2014
Volume 33 Issue 2
Summer 2014
Click here to DOWNLOAD a preview of the latest Journal of Business Forecasting (JBF) Click HERE to become an IBF member and get ... Read More...
Using S&OP to Drive a Step Change in Achieving World Class Customer Service
In September 2013, I accepted a new challenge as Forecasting and Demand Specialist at Wolf Oil Corporation, an independent lubricants company. Wolf Oi... Read More...
Getting New Innovation to the Market Fast with S&OP Best Practices from Nokia
Ville Hovatta Now, your company has an amazing new product to be launched for the next Christmas season. It’s said to be a make or break for meeting this year... Read More...
Thoughts from IBF’s Supply Chain Forecasting & Planning Conference in Dubai
Sandeep Karkera As I consider the evolution of the role demand planning and forecasting has gone through over the years and what the future may hold for the i... Read More...
Change Management in S&OP – What’s In It For Me (WIIFM)?
Rachel Stafford I imagine we've all been in situations where we are trying to implement a change of some sort for the good of the business, and those around u... Read More...
"Spring Training" at the Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning – IBF
Scott Roy In February in the States is when baseball spring training begins. On the first day of training, all of the players congregate to practice in antici... Read More...
Mitigating Supply Chain Vulnerability & Risk from Implementing a Continuity Plan at the Planning and Forecasting Level
George Wheeler How would your organization recover from a supply chain
interruption and what impact would it have on your customers? In today’s global econom... Read More...