Growth Article
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_aligment="center"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Growth "The main political parties in the UK have set the objective of economic growth for the UK. There is in my opinion no doubt that this is the correct objective for the UK economy. The question is not the objective, it is...
IBP and Growth
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_aligment="center"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]IBP and Growth "Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is well accepted as it says on the tin, an integrated planning process through which the Leadership Team manage the business. Since the early S&OP days (1980s) when the focus was on Demand and Supply the...
The IBP Churn
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_aligment="center"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The IPB Churn "Ever since the development of the IBP 5-Step process was developed by a team of leading edge thinkers that I was a part of at Oliver Wight back in the mid-1990s it has been understood that S&OP/IBP is not a...
Change Management
"The key focus of digital twin is to exploit 3-D data and simulation deeper into the business"...
Can inventory be managed or is it a consequence?
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_aligment="center"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Inventory The idea that inventory can be managed directly is a myth, inventory is a consequence of inputs, outputs and planning modifiers set by ourselves. Read more - download the full article.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="2604" img_size="medium" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="https://www.dmintegration.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Inventory-Article-1.pdf][eltd_button size="medium" type="" hover_type="" target="_blank" icon_pack="dripicons"...
Memories of raising the bar at Mars
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_aligment="center"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Memories of raising the bar at Mars "Mars GCC has unwrapped the secret to business excellence. ’" The Middle Eastern unit of global pet food to confectionary giant, Mars Inc, has raised the bar for the entire group with its world class accreditation for...
THE S&OP/IBP EVOLUTION CONTINUES
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_aligment="center"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The S&OP/IBP Evolution Continues When S&OP was first defined back in 1981 by Walt Goddard who was Oliver Wight’s partner and future president of the Oliver Wight companies who became one of the greatest influences upon my career, the focus of S&OP was...
Demand Planning – ‘BIG THREE’
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_aligment="center"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The Big Three Once you are over the psychological barrier to forecasting that turns ‘the art of the impossible into the art of the possible’ and you are ready to try harder then we need to turn to how to try harder. This...
Vendor Scheduling
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_aligment="center"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Vendor Scheduling "Is Vendor Scheduling in horse racing form terms SFSF" (Started, Farted, Slipped and Fell)? The concept of Vendor Scheduling was developed alongside MRPII (ERP) principals and Lean/JIT thinking back in the 1980’s/90’s. The basic premise is to provide the Vendor/Supplier with stable and...
The Churn and People of S&OP and IBP
[vc_row row_scroll_icon="no" content_aligment="center"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The Churn and People of S&OP and IBP I have been involved in the development of S&OP and IBP since the mid-80s. Despite S&OP/IBP never being a meeting, or even once the ‘5-Step’ process was developed a series of meetings, I have heard...