Trust the process: Business leaders require courage to implement Integrated Business Planning - it'll be worth it in the long term

Business leaders must prioritize creating a proactive, dynamic organizational culture capable of quick response and adaptation over a 'perfect' plan.

From complexity to simplicity: The power of aligning people, process, and technology.

Integrated Business Planning (IBP) helps organizations take a holistic view of their operations. It's not about just coordinating every function around a well-defined strategy. It also helps management plan for agility by having visibility into operations; and stay true to clear, value-enhancing objectives over longer horizons. The focus of IBP is managing the future to ensure the near term is ready for it.

Five key factors to speed up your successful IBP journey: Intelligent solutions meet your integrated process

Whether you are starting your IBP journey or are looking for ways to make it better or more effective, you will be considering how to integrate your process focus with the right tools to ensure success, without overburdening your teams with complexity that is either difficult to deliver or impossible to manage.

In this paper, we outline five key steps to enabling a more sophisticated and cost-effective IBP integration.

CEOs with visibility across all operations will sail to success in 2023

Next-generation Integrated Business Planning that empowers leaders and their teams with real-time data to improve decision-making is essential to triumph this year and beyond. Read more in our article with CEO Today.

Navigating volatility in a 'permacrisis' world

Investing in people, processes, and technology - not simply focusing on tech - is vital to innovate, empower teams, and better negotiate the choppy waters ahead. Read more in our feature inside The Guardian's Future of Manufacturing report.