Hanna Hamburger

Hackett Group Hanna Hamburger

Hanna Hamburger is a director at The Hackett Group’s Strategy & Business Transformation practice.

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Improving Supply Chain Planning Agility Through Integrated Business Planning

Supply chain agility can be defined as an organization’s ability to profitably manufacture and deliver a broad range of high-quality products and services with short lead times and varying volumes, while providing enhanced value to customers.

FIG. 1 Integrated business planning (IBP) – building on S&OP

Fixing an Overly Complicated Sales and Operational Planning Process

Sales and operations planning has become a cumbersome and complex business management process for many companies.

Figure 1: Integrated business planning (IBP) framework

Selecting a Best-Fit Integrated Business Planning Technology Solution for Your Organization

Integrated business planning software enables integrated forecasting, planning, reporting and analytic capabilities.

Figure 1: Example questions to answer to clear each stage gate

How the Supply Chain Can Help Improve New Product Development Success

Companies that involve supply chain specialists as early as possible in new product development gain competitive advantage.

Figure 2: Typical Benefits from Integrated Business Planning

Integrated Business Planning: Making Planning a Strategic Differentiator

Many companies are moving beyond traditional sales and operations planning to more integrated business planning

Optimizing the Supply Chain Using Advanced Analytics

Application of analytical toolsets facilitate timely and meaningful insights to drive decision-making across the supply chain

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Five Keys to Unlocking Successful Integrated Business Planning

The process should drive decisions on how to best meet demand within supply constraints to optimize financial return