I had the pleasure to join the CParity Event in Amsterdam with >200 S&OP IBP experts and to learn from many awesome speakers about all aspects of IBP. I contributed with two sessions.
In the presentation โ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ I had the opportunity to explain that a good mix of Integrated Business ๐ท๐ณ๐จ๐ต๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ (IBP) and Integrated Business ๐บ๐ฌ๐ต๐บ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ (iBsing) will generate a virtuous cycle of better culture, better engagement, and better performance.
In the roundtable โ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ง ๐&๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆโ we have conducted a live sensemaking experiment. Based on real examples from the participants we identified the areas, where the S&OP process is getting typically stuck. We identified โ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐โ and โ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ as the two key challenges resonating to most members in our group. The participants shared excellent best practises and ideas how to overcome those types of obstacles.
I shared some of the ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ that we offer for our customersย such as iBsing sense-making, IBP conflict management based on the PRINT motivational model, iBsing evolutionary workshops and weekly iBsing governance, iBsing (de-)escalation and decision-making, iBsing organisational alignmentโฆ.
I have been asked by one participant to share the 7 ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. Happy to do so:
1.ย ย ย ย Do you have a shared ๐๐๐ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ across the organisation (beyond financial health)?
2.ย ย ย ย Are ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ด resolved in a collaborative way?
3.ย ย ย ย Relevant ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ is available in an effective way?
4.ย ย ย ย Are ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด aligned and accountabilities fulfilled?
5.ย ย ย ย Is the right person taking ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด at the right time?
6.ย ย ย ย Do people understand the ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด to bring the organisation to the next level?
7.ย ย ย ย Does a ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ structure exist where tensions related to the IBP framework are addressed?
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody with whom I could interact for a lot of inspiration and especiallyย Tina McKenzie, who was the considerate mastermind behind that fabulous event, andย Steven Hainey,ย who created a perfect learning and networking environment in his role as chairman.