People, process and technology improvements drive Order-to-Cash performance but a key to continuous revenue and earnings growth is introducing a pipeline of new products in a fast, effective manner. Agile Development and Business Process Technology Alignment (BPTA) are two techniques that can help create impressive future revenues streams through strong teamwork across your company. A…
You are ready to get started on your Sales Inventory & Operations Planning (SI&OP) journey, so we will lay out the steps and considerations for a robust and enduring SI&OP process. As you follow the roadmap to SI&OP success, you want to ensure effective execution and define your key deliverables. A strong SI&OP process becomes…
You’ve decided to synchronize supply and demand and now you need a roadmap to SI&OP success, which was defined in our last blog as we discussed creating the proper alignment and balance between demand and supply. It’s a journey to enabling Clean Orders, which requires a pilot for steering, a pilot area and a series…
Creating the proper alignment and balance between demand and supply is not easy. Alignment requires a clear, focused process that manages sales/marketing and operational issues in a thorough and efficient manner. How do you bring together sales/marketing, operations, finance, and product management to facilitate joint objectives of the overall enterprise? The answer: an effective Sales…
What keeps you awake at night? All too often, we hear about troubles keeping up with demand. Executives say, “If only we could shorten the order or quote cycle, we could improve our on-time delivery. Where do we start?” The best place to start is by capturing all the business requirements and uncovering root problems…
