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Blog
22 Aug 2025

Marketing teams: Beware the silent profit drain hiding in plain sight

Complex portfolios confuse customers, consumers and buyers while eroding margins. Good, well-thought-through analysis reveals which products to back and which to kill.

Blog
21 Aug 2025

Why are we missing our financial forecast? Breaking the inaccuracy cycle

Forecast misses are more than just numbers - they’re symptoms of deeper dysfunction. This blog explores the destructive spiral finance teams fall into when accuracy fails, and how Integrated Business Planning offers a way out.

Blog
11 Aug 2025

A Complete Guide To Oliver Wight Public Workshops

Find out how our Public Workshops can build planning skills, improve forecasting, and help you use IBP to solve real business problems.

Blog
08 Aug 2025

Monthly beats annual – why agile portfolio management drives growth

Annual portfolio reviews create incomplete pictures and miss market shifts. Leading organisations use monthly cycles to optimise value and respond to change actively.

Blog
08 Aug 2025

A Complete Guide To Choosing A Supply Chain Consultant

A step-by-step guide to ensuring you choose the right supply chain consultant - especially in the current context of constant change.

Blog
07 Aug 2025

Product Management Consulting: What, How, Why and When?

What is product management consulting? What does it involve? How do they work, and when do you need them? Get the information you need.

Blog
05 Aug 2025

How your financials should build in IBP - ownership is everything

This blog explores how financial ownership transforms IBP, eliminating blind spots and driving sharper, accountable planning.

Blog
31 Jul 2025

Why portfolio planning must come before demand forecasting

Most organisations start business planning with sales forecasts. Smart companies begin with a portfolio strategy. Here's why marketing should lead your planning cycle, not follow it.

Blog
30 Jul 2025

Why your CFO should chair the Integrated Reconciliation Review

This blog explores how financial leadership ensures alignment between operational plans and strategic goals, drives accountability, and enables informed decision-making at the executive level.

Blog
17 Jul 2025

Finance ivory tower: Breaking down barriers for business growth

When finance operates in isolation, it slows down decision-making and disconnects strategy from execution. Discover how breaking down the 'ivory tower' mindset unlocks business-wide collaboration, sharper planning, and real growth.

Blog
11 Jul 2025

Month-end reporting is part of IBP: Why seamless integration matters

Month-end reporting doesn’t belong on the sidelines of your IBP process - it should be at its core. Discover why integrating finance into your planning cycle is key to unlocking forward-looking decisions and operational clarity.

Blog
12 Jun 2025

Supply Chain Management Consulting Services: What? How? Why and When?

What do supply chain management consulting services involve? How do they work, and when do you need them? Get the information you need.