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 you can find here: S&OP and Strategy JBF Spring 2013 … Read More →
Category Archives: S&OP
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 at the Radisson Blu Amsterdam Airport Hotel. http://www.ibf.org/conferences.cfm?fuseaction=conferenceDetail&conID=354
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 (S&OP) Conference outside of the US, which was a great … 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 on 14-15 June 2012, these sessions bring together insight, first-hand … 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 these drivers create; ‘VUCA’ – volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity… … 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 to break them apart. In fact, 2011 was a record-breaking … Read More →
Joined-up Decision Making – What’s Your Perspective?
Assuming you have made some big choices and so are clear on your organisation’s strategic direction – how are you going to bring your strategy to life
In-House, Big Consultants or a Boutique Firm?
At the inaugural IBF London meet-up on Tuesday (www.ibf.org) to hear an interesting presentation from the Business Integration Manager at McCormick (UK) Ltd. on the efforts they have been making to improve demand planning and S&OP within their business. One of the topics which came … Read More →
The Impossible Horizon Question
We’re often asked how long the horizon should be for Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)/ Integrated Business Planning (IBP). 12 months, 18 months rolling, 2 year ends, 24 months, or something else. As usual it depends! If your over-riding interest is in hitting the year-end … Read More →
Leading S&OP – Beware the Dark Side
If you are reading this because you found StrataBridge via a Google search, you are quite possibly a supply chain professional thinking about how best to develop Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) or Integrated Business Planning (IBP) within your organisation. You may well be thinking … Read More →