strategy

Converting Company Strategy to Supply Chain Execution

Jorge VargasMay 5, 2023

It is that time of year when leadership starts talking about strategy. The result will be very nice-looking slides that will be discussed in every town hall for the next month. When you are looking at the presentation, two questions will go throu... Read More...

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Case Study: Relaunching Demand Planning for an Aggressive Growth Strategy

Eric Wilson, ACPFMarch 3, 2023

Some years ago I took up a new role as Director of Demand Planning at a global sporting goods company. I was charged with overhauling its planning function. This is challenging at the best of times, but this was complicated by the company’s uniqu... Read More...

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Is Your IBP Designed to Hit Strategic Targets?

Debbie ClimerDecember 20, 2022

After 8 years implementing, coaching businesses and designing Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes I have accumulated a long list of common challenges that often plague IBP deployments. To understand all the challenges it is important to ... Read More...

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Adapting S&OP To Enterprise Strategy

Bram DesmetJune 14, 2022

To understand what strategy is about and how it should direct our approach S&OP, a good place to start is the model devised by Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema in their book The Discipline of Market Leaders. Market leaders are companies th... Read More...

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