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Blog Healing healthcare: Future-proofing your master data
15th December 2020

Healing healthcare: Future-proofing your master data

Written by Gary Connors, Partner at Oliver Wight EAME Why does the healthcare industry struggle with data accuracy? Steve Rowntree and I, both Oliver Wight Partners, have a particular interest in this topic having spent a significant portion of our careers in the industry wrestling with the issue...


Blog Re-aligning demand plans to reflect reality: The importance of demand assumptions in the coronavirus crisis
15th December 2020

Re-aligning demand plans to reflect reality: The importance of demand assumptions in the coronavirus crisis

By Debbie Bowen-Heaton, Oliver Wight Partner The last few weeks have drastically reinforced to me and my clients, the need to truly understand the demand patterns of not only our customers but also our customers’ customers. Whilst some businesses have completely flatlined, others have found...


Blog Is IBP your primary planning process?
15th December 2020

Is IBP your primary planning process?

By Andy Walker, Partner at Oliver Wight EAME Recently, I have been working with several healthcare businesses, which are all struggling with the same issue. Despite having developed and implemented an Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process, they are continuing to run a separate quarterly fore...


Blog The Secrets to Choosing the Right CEO - Part Two
15th December 2020

The Secrets to Choosing the Right CEO - Part Two

By Debbie Bowen-Heaton, Partner at Oliver Wight EAME In part one of ‘The Secrets of Choosing the Right CEO’, we explored why the CEO taking ownership of the change management process is crucial to its success, plus the importance of choosing a CEO whose motivation and ambitions ...


Blog Reflections on 30 years of driving business improvements with Oliver Wight: Part 2
15th December 2020

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...


Blog Reflections on 30 years of driving business improvements with Oliver Wight: Part 3
15th December 2020

Reflections on 30 years of driving business improvements with Oliver Wight: Part 3

By Oliver Wight Partner, Andrew Purton As I conclude my reflections on changes in the world of business over the past 30 years of working for Oliver Wight, I delve into the healthcare industry and share my thoughts on healthcare sector challenges, fallbacks, and lessons to be learnt from other in...


Blog Smarter investment and longer-term thinking is needed to deal with the energy crisis
29th June 2022

Smarter investment and longer-term thinking is needed to deal with the energy crisis

Yes, the oil companies have profited from a perfect storm, but a windfall tax is not the answer – instead, the government should collaborate with these businesses to accelerate innovation and help the most vulnerable. How much can people honestly do to wrestle back control of the energy cri...


Blog Predicting what will happen in 2023 is foolish—but smart businesses can prepare for anything
30th November 2022

Predicting what will happen in 2023 is foolish—but smart businesses can prepare for anything

At this time of year, there is always a torrent of prediction articles packed with educated guesses at what the next 12 months will bring. But how useful are they, really? On the eve of 2020, many commentators smugly claimed to have "20/20 vision" and foresight. And yet very few suppos...


Blog Virtual healthcare trend shows future for all industries
9th March 2023

Virtual healthcare trend shows future for all industries

The old adage that “prevention is better than cure” is attributed to Desiderius Erasmus, the Dutch philosopher who succumbed to death in 1536 at the impressive age of 69 – roughly double the life expectancy of Europeans until 1800. Some 487 years later, Erasmus’ wise word...


Press Amazon & pharma: The great disruptor for the industry?
31st March 2021

Amazon & pharma: The great disruptor for the industry?

Earlier this month it was confirmed that the name ‘Amazon Pharmacy’ is a registered status in the UK. This news follows the disruptor’s successful launch into pharmaceuticals and healthcare in the US and its application for ‘Amazon Pharmacy’ trademarks in the UK and EU ...