News & Blog

10 Apr 2024

Five myths and challenges of implementing Integrated Business Planning

IBP is a powerful process for navigating today’s complex business landscape, but many organizations fail to realize its potential because of this handful of misconceptions.

18 Mar 2024

Course correction – why Integrated Business Planning is a trusted corporate GPS

Tumultuous times make IBP invaluable for charting routes to strategic destinations. Leaders must harness volatility as an opportunity, not an excuse, and progress intentionally despite uncertainty.

12 Feb 2024

Business cases in flux – why frequent re-evaluation fuels successful launches

By treating initial business cases as living documents and continually revisiting core assumptions, organizations can dynamically realign innovation investments as market realities shift.

09 Feb 2024

Lessons learned and insights gained: a recap of events in 2023

Our Events and Campaign Marketing Executive Hollie Cooper recaps Oliver Wight's thought leadership shared at events in 2023.

02 Jan 2024

Key learnings from the 8th Annual S&OP to Integrated Business Planning Summit

Oliver Wight Partners Bas Kersten and Dick Heldoorn share some key learnings from the 8th Annual S&OP to Integrated Business Planning Summit.

14 Nov 2023

Trust is a must – the human dynamics that unlock integrated business planning success

IBP brings structure, but real transformation requires engaging hearts and minds. Leaders should focus on building trust, creative tension, and shared commitment.

31 Aug 2023

Trust the process

CEO Today

Business leaders require courage to implement Integrated Business Planning – it’ll be worth it in the long term.

30 Jun 2023

My first foray into Gartner’s Supply Chain Symposium….

Oliver Wight Partner Ben Collins shares his experience and learnings from attending the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium earlier this month.

01 Jun 2023

Complexity to simplicity: how Integrated Business Planning aligns people, process and technology

CEO Today

The holistic approach to operations offered by IBP enables CEOs and managers to have greater visibility of the performance of all functions, and that agility is vital in 2023.

08 May 2023

Planning problems: is xP&A the new IBP?

Extended planning and analysis is arguably not the issue when it comes to generating accurate or relevant forecasts, while Integrated Business Planning offers everything organizations require.

03 May 2023

Decision time: beware the hype around generative artificial intelligence

ChatGPT, Bard and other tools are incredibly impressive, for sure, but business leaders need to work out how best to use them – if at all – and not simply feed the robotic beast.

14 Apr 2023

CEOs can’t afford to be busy fools and worry about short-term issues

Today’s leaders have to be more focused on what’s happening in a year, or more, to ensure the organization is heading in the right direction – trust and confidence in an empowering system is critical to succeed tomorrow.