IBP is a strategic weapon in times of crisis
“Now, absolutely everyone’s convinced of the value of our new IBP process!” said the IBP manager at a client where we set up an Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process last year. The company is now …
Planning
Connected Planning turns every disruption into an opportunity
The COVID-19 outbreak has revealed weaknesses in many supply chains. Every link in the chain does its own planning, but there is often no tool in place to connect all those plans together. In a …
Will the real supply chain leader please stand up!
The coronavirus has turned the world upside down and will continue to have a major impact on people’s personal and working lives for the foreseeable future. Some are even claiming that coronavirus is a game …
IT puzzle requires a holistic approach
I’ve heard the saying ‘Keep it simple, stupid’ many times and have applied it successfully in projects myself. The adage ‘Start simple, create success and build on it’ is in a similar vein and often …
Faster smart supply chain investment needed
Over three quarters of all companies lack the skills and capabilities to further digitalize their supply chains. As a result, they risk missing out on major benefits, such as better alignment with customer demand, significant …
Self-driving supply chains are within reach
A future in which supply chains are ‘self-driving’ is closer than many people think, and the coronavirus pandemic has brought that future even closer. That was the key conclusion from a webinar organized by Supply …
Moving closer to a self-driving supply chain
New technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are giving sales & operations planning (S&OP) an extra boost. The use of external data and scenario planning provides even better guidance when aligning …
Planning, Software, Trends, Visibility
SCM survey: Software for end-to-end visibility in great demand
Over the next 12 months, European supply chain software implementations will be mainly focused on sales & operations planning (S&OP) and end-to-end supply chain visibility. The plans to invest in a particular type of supply …
David Prinselaar, AkzoNobel: “IBP has helped us collaborate in a structured way”
David Prinselaar joined AkzoNobel in 2015 as the company was formulating a vision to transform the supply chain. While enthusiastic to make change, implementing a major transformation was, at that time, not straightforward. A thwarted …
Better planning in times of crisis
The coronavirus outbreak has turned supply chains upside down. While medical equipment is almost impossible to get hold of, demand for many other products has declined and sometimes even completely evaporated. In the meantime, management …
