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The impact of company culture on IBP part VI: Geography 3

Globalization is pushing companies to plan and operate more and more across the borders of their country of origin. This will have an impact global S&OP/IBP processes as well. In my previous blog (the fifth out of this serie from six) on this topic https://supplychaintrends.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/the-impact-of-company-culture-on-ibp-part-iv-geography-2/ I used Geert Hofstede’s ground breaking work on cultures to explore what could be preferred cultural drivers to implement and … Continue reading The impact of company culture on IBP part VI: Geography 3

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S&OP and communication; just listen!

Most people would agree that communication is an essential part of running effective S&OP/IBP processes. Or maybe we should say that communication is part of running an effective business! According to the results of the S&OP pulse check 2011, 144 participants from 30 countries indicated in two ways the importance of communication: 1. They voted as key reason to implement S&OP: ‘Improving cross functional communication’ … Continue reading S&OP and communication; just listen!

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S&OP pulse check 2011

A big thanks to 142 participants from 31 countries. You can download my interpretation of the results here: SCT_S&OP pulse check II 2011 v03 . As this is an open source S&OP project you can download the raw survey data here to create your own interpretation: S&OP pulse check 2011 raw survey data .   Find the S&OP pulse check 2012 here: https://supplychaintrends.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/sop-pulse-check-2012/ Continue reading S&OP pulse check 2011

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The impact of company culture on IBP part V: Geography 2

As globalization is pushing companies to plan and operate more and more across the borders of their country of origin. This will have an impact on IBP processes as well. In my previous blog; https://supplychaintrends.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/the-impact-of-company-culture-on-ibp-part-iv-geography-1/ , I explored three examples on the impact of cultural preferences on cross cultural Integrated Business Planning (IBP). I used as reference the pioneering work on geographical cultural environments ‘Cultures Consequences’, … Continue reading The impact of company culture on IBP part V: Geography 2

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IBP; the best of all possible worlds

In his classic satire Candide, Voltaire makes fun of positivism which was an influence philosophical movement in his time. Positivists see the world we live in as ‘the best of all possible worlds’. In an entertaining and funny way, Voltaire makes sure to the reader that we can question and challenge this statement from different angles. This was 250 years ago. Today S&OP and IBP … Continue reading IBP; the best of all possible worlds

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The Integrated Business Planning journey

We all heard it in a work environment, at a seminar, read it in articles or in blogs. ‘S&OP is a continuous journey’ or ‘IBP is a journey not a destination’. We might even have been nodding at the time in confirmation of the validity of these statements. But is IBP a journey?? According to Cambridge online dictionary a journey is; ‘the act of travelling … Continue reading The Integrated Business Planning journey

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The impact of company culture on IBP part IV: Geography 1

Globalization is pushing companies to plan and operate more and more across the borders of their country of origin. This will also have an impact on IBP processes. IBP stakeholders have to overcome an increasing set of social and cultural differences in their IBP meetings to handle different perspectives, disagreements and come to consensus. To handle this, IBP leaders have to be aware of cultural … Continue reading The impact of company culture on IBP part IV: Geography 1

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