A German speaking customer told me last week: โManche Leute denken, IBP ist die eierlegende Wollmilchsau!โ
(๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ โ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ-๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฌ-๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ-๐ฑ๐ช๐จ!โ)
Maybe those people are rightโฆ
A well functioning ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ (๐๐๐) process includes
โจ a solid Sales & Operation Execution (๐&๐๐) Process to manage short term exceptions
โจ a solid Sales & Operation Planning (๐&๐๐) Process to manage risks and opportunities within the tactical horizon
โจ full alignment with all other ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฌ (Finance Plan, Commercial Plan, Product Plans, Marketing Plan, Purchase Plan, Manufacturing Plan, HR Plan, IT Plan etc.)
โจ a solid ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ to translate learnings from the S&OE and S&OP into a better E2E Planning and Execution ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ
โจ IBP in combination with Integrated Business Sensing (๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ) is an opportunity to nourish team engagement and boost organisational performance
A strong IBP deserves the name ยซeierlegende Wollmilchsauยป, doesnโt it?