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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.

Blog
12 Jun 2025

What is Leadership Consultancy In 2025… And Beyond

Understand exactly what leadership consultancy is, what it includes, who it's for and when, and its benefits. Leverage experts to drive growth!

Blog
06 May 2025

Finding the signal in the noise – navigating tariff volatility with integrated planning

The recent announcement of US tariff increases has triggered market tremors. Supply chains are being hastily reconfigured, procurement strategies upended, and investment plans frozen, often based more on panic than perspective.

Blog
01 May 2025

Understanding leadership's vital role in achieving successful Integrated Business Planning

IBP can transform organisations, but realising its full potential demands active leadership engagement – from initial buy-in through sustained commitment and robust succession planning.

In the press
25 Apr 2025

FP&A is overtaking the supply chain as the pre-eminent function, but it’s good news for supply chain leaders

Supply Chain World (SCW)

In many businesses FP&A is overtaking the supply chain to become the preeminent business function. It’s a remarkable turnaround, bringing with it a new breed of commercially minded financial professionals focused on helping the business grow.

Blog
07 Apr 2025

Geopolitical tensions reshape global supply chains

As increasing trade restrictions and regional economic blocs transform global commerce, businesses must fundamentally rethink their supply chains, explain Dick Heldoorn and Bas Kersten, Partners at Oliver Wight.