Want to understand the relationship between Strategy and S&OP? Need some ideas on how to maintain senior management engagement with your S&OP process? Then check-out our new article in the Journal of Business Forecasting which … Read More →
StrataBridge @ Industry Week – Volatility: Threat or Opportunity?
Volatility… Some see risk, some see new possibilities Some fear loss of ‘control’, some adapt and grow How do you see Volatility; Threat or Opportunity? Check-out the article, co-authored with Steelwedge CEO Glen Margolis, just published … Read More →
StrataBridge Presenting at IBF Amsterdam Supply Chain Forecasting and Planning Conference
Duncan Alexander will be presenting a case study together with Jeff Thomas of PZ Cussons at the forthcoming Institute of Business Forecasting’s Supply Chain Forecasting and Planning Conference to be held on November 15th and 16th … Read More →
Nuclear Incidents, Plane Crashes and Failed Strategies
Failed strategies, like nuclear incidents and plane crashes, only rarely occur due to one catastrophic exogenous shock. These disasters, along with industrial accidents, oil spills, sinking ships and other man-made calamities, usually being the result … Read More →
The Future of S&OP? IBF/APICS BotB Conference Panel
What will it look like? How will it work? Why does it need to change? … I’ve just been in London at IBF and APICS first ever Best of the Best Sales & Operations Planning … Read More →
‘Best of the Best’… Be There!
We’re proud to be part of organising and speaking at this year’s ‘Best of the Best S&OP Conferences’ in association with the Institute of Business Forecasting and APICS. In London on 10-11 May, and Chicago … Read More →
Control and Growth – Tipping the Balance in a ‘VUCA’ World
We Live in Dynamic Times Natural disasters, technological disruptions, transitory advantages, fractured markets, multifarious competitors, increasingly demanding customers and fickle consumers. Thanks to the military, we have a useful descriptor for the conditions and environment … Read More →
The Growth-Control Paradox – A Webinar
VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity) is the new normal in global business. After decades of building finely wrought supply chains, it took just a few days of “Black Swan” events in the past year … Read More →
Maps, Diagrams…. and Strategy
The London Underground Map has long been an example of fantastic graphic design and cartographic innovation; simplifying the complex labyrinth of the tube network and providing a straightforward representation of the many routes, connections and … Read More →
Putting the ‘T’ into Leadership
No, it’s not an example of our bad spelling; it’s a way of overcoming ‘silo thinking’ and looking at a critical leadership quality necessary for establishing joined-up thinking and behaviour. Beyond the Function… Most big, … Read More →