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Managing cash flow and plan alignment with Integrated Business Planning
By Oliver Wight Partner, Mike Snape As organisations across the globe focus their efforts on understanding and combating the pressures and risks presented by the coronavirus pandemic, many businesses are relying on their Integrated Business Planning process to understand the ‘new normal&rsq...
How to Convince Your Colleagues that Integrated Business Planning is Best for Your Business
So, you’re sold on the idea of Integrated Business Planning and want to make a case for change, but you’re sensing hesitation from your colleagues in Product, Sales, Marketing and Finance functions. Maybe they don’t fully understand what IBP is or the huge benefits it can bring to ...

Reflections on 30 years of driving business improvements with Oliver Wight: Part 2
By Oliver Wight Partner, Andrew Purton In part one of this blog series I reflected on working with a diverse range of clients and shared my thoughts on the differences between the challenges businesses are facing today and those experienced 30 years ago. In part two I answer more of the questions...

Five supply chain problems you are likely to miss
Having a robust closed-loop planning system with reliable processes and reporting structure quickly helps organisations to identify and solve supply chain issues which may not become visible until it is too late. In this blog, I share five potential - yet common - problems which tend to go unnot...

What is new for CFOs in Sales and Operations Planning?
The Sales and Operations Planning process has evolved over the years to become what Oliver Wight calls Integrated Business Planning (IBP), providing, among other characteristics, full integration of financial forecasts for the next 2 to 3 years. However, CFOs still do not know or use this capability...

Meet the Team – Andrew Walker
1. How long have you worked for Oliver Wight? Seven years, I joined Oliver Wight in February 2009 – I can’t quite believe it has gone by so quickly. 2. What’s your background? I am a Chartered Accountant by training, spent several years in Mergers and Acquisition at E...

Meet the Team – Lucy Jacobs
How long have you worked for Oliver Wight? Six months, although I spent 12 years working in close partnership with the Oliver Wight team. Tell us about yourself – what does your day-to-day role at Oliver Wight involve? Supporting businesses through diagnostics, leading education...

Planning problems: is xP&A the new IBP?
In 2020, Gartner identified extended planning and analysis as an emerging trend, coining the acronym xP&A. It stated that “xP&A heralds a transformation of financial and operational planning by providing a single platform with the integration and support needed for finance and business...

Managing volatility – business-critical lessons leaders must learn to thrive amid persistent uncertainty
February 24, 2024, marks two years since the onset of Russia’s mass invasion of Ukraine. In the shadow of a worldwide pandemic, the resulting economic sanctions and global instability triggered further supply-chain volatility that persists today. Surely, though, businesses have learnt the ...

Adapt or fail – what Hamilton’s shock Ferrari switch teaches business decision-makers
In early February, the motorsport world was rocked by the announcement that Lewis Hamilton, the record-equaling, seven-time Formula One world champion, would leave Mercedes to join longstanding rival Ferrari in 2025. Speculation abounds regarding the reasons behind the 39-year-old’s surprise e...