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Introduction to Integrated Business Planning: Understandings the basics of IBP
Ever heard the phrase Integrated Business Planning and wondered what it means? If so, then this is the blog post for you! Integrated Business Planning (IBP)...
What is Sales and Operations Execution? Understanding the basics of S&OE
Ever heard the term Sales and Operations Execution and wondered what is all means? If so, then this is the blog post for you! Sales and Operations Execution...
What is Sales and Operations Planning? Understanding the basics of S&OP
Ever heard the term Sales and Operations Planning and wondered what it means? If so, this is the blog post for you! In today’s volatile business environment,...
Forecasting as a Service (FaaS): Transforming Process Manufacturing
Process manufacturers need to focus on integrating data, which may come from a wide array of sources such as historical sales, production schedules, raw material prices, and real-time market trends.
Maximising Packaging Industry Potential with Advanced Planning
Gaining and maintaining a competitive advantage in the packaging industry is hard. It requires manufacturers to conquer numerous challenges, such as...
Sales and Operations Planning and Execution for Process Manufacturers in Partnership with SAP
I-Plan engineers have been hard at work developing multi directional integration with SAP to help our customers gain more value from their systems with I-Plan Check out our full whitepaper showcasing the power of I-Plan integrated with SAP, the bridge between business planning and operations.
Global Tissue Industry: Study Report 2022
The purpose of the study was to find new ways and areas to improve and focus on efficiency; enable cross-border thinking and end-to-end value creation through...
Agile end-to-end collaboration and integration in the Packaging Industry
Focus on the value chain integration Value chain integration has been one of the cornerstones in packaging industry efficiency improvements for some...
Strategic sales and operations planning for Fedrigoni paper and securities
To support Fedrigoni’s digital transformation with a successful I-Plan implementation that enables them to: Better manage customer service, production...
Rethinking the tissue industry business planning process
What if Tissue Industry leaders choose to rethink their business planning from raw materials through paper production to converting processes to markets?...
The Great Supply Chain Bake Off
In Lora Cecere’s recent article, 'How do we stop buying software the wrong way?' she calls for software buyers to request prospective technologists to...
5 implementation tips from the Fedrigoni Group
The Fedrigoni Group is an Italian manufacturer and a leading player in the production and sale of paper for packaging, printing and graphics as well as...
What makes a great supply chain solution partner?
The world of Supply Chain Planning acronyms such as Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and more recently Sales and...
Could 2021 be the year of Supply Chain Co-operation?
Throughout I-Plan’s history, it’s hard to think of a year when the supply chain faced more tests and challenges more than in its twentieth: 2020. For our...
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: What does it (AI)L mean?
What Does It (AI)L Mean? There is an ever-increasing amount of interest and content appearing around Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)....
What next? Scenario planning in a world of uncertainty
Why Scenario Planning Tools come in handy? The ‘What If’ Scenario Planning capability protects your business from known and unknown risks that may emerge at...
Sales and Operations Planning: People, process and planning
Speaking at the Appita Fibre Chain Conference 2019, Inigo Bridle answers the following question: Is Sales and Operations Planning Process Implementation all...
The Green Supply Chain
It is now commonplace to hear news about organisations overhauling their supply chain in an effort to respond to global...
De-risking the future: Three key takeaways from Supply Chain Insights
The only constant thing is change, according to Lora Cecere, founder of Supply Chain Insights. This was Cecere’s key takeaway following the latest Supply...
The Black Swan Imperative And De-risking Supply Chains
Supply chain management is about the management of risk. The reason so many global manufacturing companies find supply chain risk management difficult...
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