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ABC Analysis can be put into practise for any business in any industry
Rod Hozack
It is virtually impossible to run a business without having some sort of priority-setting mechanism
Rod Hozack
Manufacturing companies can learn a lot from these examples of successful non-manufacturing IBP implementations, and turn previous weaknesses into strengths by re-examining their own IBP process, beginning with the very next cycle.
Rod Hozack, Partner at Oliver Wight
“Today, the most successful businesses are typically planning 24-36 months ahead. Anything less than 24 months doesn’t allow the organisation to identify and respond to performance gaps soon enough, which leads to continual firefighting.”
Stuart Harman, Partner at Oliver Wight Asia Pacific
“Future success ultimately boils down to the health of your business and its core processes. The Oliver Wight Health Check provides practical, useful advice to help an organisation improve its core processes, not just supply chain, but demand and product management too.”
Mike Reed, Managing Partner of Oliver Wight Asia Pacific
Integrated Business Planning provides the perfect platform for innovation, and it creates opportunities for organisations to drive sales up and costs down.
Mike Reed, Oliver Wight Asia Pacific Managing Partner
Without the successful deployment of Integrated Tactical Planning, it is inevitable senior managers will be drawn into spending their day-to-day problem solving, rather than longer-term decision-making
Rod Hozack
“For a business to be successful and sustain their success they need to start by making changes through the proper application of mind-set and behavioural techniques.”
KS Chan
There is a tendency for an over-dependency on computer-generated forecasts, but without the intelligence, the forecast is just a number. Based on algorithms, forecasting tools take elements of history to fit out a projection of the future, but history doesn’t always repeat itself. Knowledge and processes must be in place before the right tools can be specified and a reliable statistical forecast established.
David Holmes
Today, Integrated Business Planning sits at the heart of many organisations as the management process that runs the entire business
Mike Reed, Oliver Wight Asia Pacific Managing Director
IBP is becoming a key element in the retail sector by changing the scope of supplier collaboration
Ron Ireland, Principal at Oliver Wight Americas
“With its integrated plans and rolling 24-month horizon, IBP is a powerful tool in providing the visibility and control needed to strategically manage the entire organisation. By aligning the tactical plans every month, it allows an organisation to identify any potential gaps early, and to allocate critical resources to satisfy customers in the most profitable way.”
Peter Metcalfe, Oliver Wight Associate
“Many SMEs think supply chain optimisation is just for larger organisations, but if businesses want to compete with larger corporations they need to be thinking about their supply chain too. This workshop will look at what effective supply chain management means for smaller companies and how they can effectively monitor performance and achieve excellence.
Don Harding, Partner at Oliver Wight Asia Pacific
“Straight away we cut lead-times by two days, which was a real benefit for our council customers
Community Chef CEO, Joe Ciccarone
“Straight away we cut lead-times by two days, which was a real benefit for our council customers
Community Chef Operations Manager, Mei Ling Wong
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Benefits of ABC analysis for IBP revealed in new White Paper from Oliver Wight

Business improvement specialists, Oliver Wight, have published their latest white paper entitled ‘ABC for Integrated Business Planning - Focusing on What is Important’.  The paper looks at how ABC analysis is the perfect tool for formalising processes, focusing on the things that matter most and establishing clarity across the business.The paper authored by Rod Hozack of Oliver Wight Asia Pacific explains how ABC Analysis can be put into practise for “any business in any industry”. Hozack discusses the classifications for ABC and the ‘rules’ for a priority-setting process. One way of

Learn from IBP implementations in service industries with new Oliver Wight white paper

In a new white paper, entitled ‘IBP – At Your Service’, Oliver Wight partners Rod Hozack and Stuart Harman examine the lessons that discrete manufacturers can learn from implementations in non-manufacturing environments that continue to yield benefits to the bottom line.A recent study of S&OP/IBP practises by CSCOinsights shows that the majority of manufacturing companies still have relatively immature S&OP/IBP processes. So although initial implementation results in successes for manufacturing companies, many are failing to develop and further optimise their processes. In the latest white

Oliver Wight Integrated Business Planning Survey reveals Australian executives are stuck in the short term

Business improvement specialists, Oliver Wight have published the results of an Integrated Business Planning (IBP) survey conducted at their inaugural IBP conference, entitled ‘Integrated Business Planning for High Performance Organisations’.104 senior managers from 54 companies were polled on their own experiences of IBP and S&OP at the two-day conference held in Melbourne on 24-25 February 2015.  The survey was conduced at the end of day two following presentations given by some of the region’s best-known companies on the lessons learned and successes enjoyed from Integrated Business

How to get fit for the future: Oliver Wight launches new guide

As the mining boom tails off and an air of uncertainty forms over the future of the Australian economy, organisations need to make sure they are ‘fit for the future’, is the message from business improvement specialists, Oliver Wight. Their latest executive guide details the features and benefits of a business health check, and offers pragmatic advice on how organisations can prepare for the future, whatever it holds.“Australian businesses were lucky enough to avoid the brunt of the global financial crisis, but faced with the current uncertainty and cost-cutting culture, following the

Oliver Wight releases new Integrated Business Planning guide

Business improvement firm Oliver Wight has published a new guide to Integrated Business Planning, its blueprint for outstanding business performances and long-term commercial gains.“Integrated Business Planning provides the perfect platform for innovation, and it creates opportunities for organisations to drive sales up and costs down,” explains Oliver Wight Asia Pacific Managing Partner, Mike Reed.  “It gives the senior executive team an accurate and holistic view of the entire business over a 24 to 36 month horizon, which makes it a real asset in the current business environment.” As

Oliver Wight Asia Pacific release Integrated Tactical Planning White Paper

Business improvement specialists, Oliver Wight, have published a new white paper, ‘Integrated Tactical Planning - Tactical planning, effective execution’.  The paper addresses the role of Integrated Tactical Planning and how it is vital in taking control of Integrated Business Planning plans to ensure they are executed successfully.Authored by Rod Hozack of Oliver Wight Asia Pacific, the paper looks at the process and sequence of Integrated Tactical Planning and how it is orchestrated.  It highlights that without the successful deployment of Integrated Tactical Planning, it is inevitable

Oliver Wight appoint new consultant for Hong Kong

Business improvement specialists, Oliver Wight Asia Pacific has appointed a new partner for their Asia Pacific operation.   KS Chan who joins the consultancy firm from Du Pont where he was a Senior Consultant of the Asia Centre of Excellence will be based in Hong Kong.Oliver Wight Managing Partner, Mike Reed says, “KS has huge supply chain experience in operational and consultancy roles spanning 25 years having worked with multi-national companies such as BASF, Air Products and Unilver.  KS will be a great asset to the team offering a wide range of skills and knowledge.” During his time

Oliver Wight release new statistical forecasting white paper

Business improvement specialists, Oliver Wight, have published a new white paper, ‘The Power of Insight: Statistical Forecasting as part of Integrated Demand Management’. Providing an insight into effective demand planning, it addresses the role of statistical forecasting meeting customer demand as efficiently and profitably as possible.Authored by David Holmes of Oliver Wight Americas and Andy Walker of Oliver Wight EAME, the paper discusses the advantages that statistical forecasting can bring to a business when it is embedded across the organisation as part of an integrated demand

Oliver Wight announce first Asia Pacific Integrated Business Planning conference

Business improvement specialists, Oliver Wight, are pleased to announce their exclusive conference, Integrated Business Planning for High Performance Organisations, the first ever Integrated Business Planning (IBP) conference in the Asia Pacific region. Leading organisations will meet to share their experiences in implementing Integrated Business Planning (IBP) at the Crown Conference Centre, Melbourne, on 24th-25th February 2015.This event is an outstanding educational opportunity for industry’s top executives to learn how to take their IBP process to the next level. An unrivalled line up

Oliver Wight speak at Shanghai summit on managing the future with Integrated Business Planning

Peter Metcalfe, Associate at business improvement specialists, Oliver Wight, will speak on ‘Managing the Future with Integrated Business Planning (IBP)’ at the S&OP Innovation Summit at Le Royal Meridien Hotel in Shanghai on 23 October 2014.Metcalfe’s presentation, which takes place on day one of the event, looks at how Chinese executives can take control of their mid- to long-term strategy to make sure they achieve ambitious growth targets. “Whilst most Chinese organisations have forward looking strategies, they tend to operate in the short-term and don’t focus on deploying strategic

CEO Series Workshop with Oliver Wight shows SMEs how to manage supply chain performance

Don Harding, Partner at business improvement specialists, Oliver Wight, will present on ‘Managing Supply Chain Performance’ on October 7 2014 at the NUSS Kent Ridge in Singapore, as part of the October CEO Series.Organised by the Logistics and Supply Chain Management Society, in conjunction with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, the workshop is designed to help CEOs, executives and senior decision makers of small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) manage their supply chains more efficiently to achieve a balanced business model and maximise profit. “To effectively manage

Community Chef cuts lead times and improves customer satisfaction with Oliver Wight

With the help of Integrated Business Planning (advanced S&OP) and business improvement specialists, Oliver Wight, Melbourne-based meals-on-wheels provider, Community Chef, has reduced lead times by 20 per cent, refined its manufacturing model and improved its value proposition.Born out of a market failure to provide for the nutritional wellbeing of the elderly and disabled in Melbourne, Community Chef provides high quality food for vulnerable local residents. Within three years Community Chef evolved from concept to state-of-the-art $24M facility, providing more than 1.2 million meals a

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