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What’s in it For Me if I Help You Prepare an Accurate Forecast?

May 20, 2011
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What’s in it For Me if I Help You Prepare an Accurate Forecast?

Tweet Taking a 7 hour flight from New York to Heathrow, and then dragging yourself down to Central London can be a brutal commute.  But, on this day, there were no strenuous travel plans that were going to distract me from my excitement for IBF’s first London Forecasting Meet-up, hosted by Accenture.  And I am…

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The Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Journey Continues at IBF

December 18, 2009
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The Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Journey Continues at IBF

Tweet Last week, I attended IBF’s Executive S&OP workshop with Tom Wallace and companies such as LG, Celegene, Integra Life Sciences, UGG Boots, and more.   Some folks flew in to New Jersey from beautiful Southern California just for the S&OP education.  Bless them for coming to the North East.  If that doesn’t show dedication to…

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Demand Planning & Forecasting in Mexico City: A Snapshot of IBF’s Experience

November 18, 2009
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Demand Planning & Forecasting in Mexico City: A Snapshot of IBF’s Experience

Tweet I recently returned from Mexico City from our Spanish based Supply Chain Forecasting & Planning Conference: Latin American Experiences, produced together with Corporate Resources Management – Mexico City and IBF – New York USA. As the IBF continues to deliver more International programs, it is clear that many of the challenges we face in…

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Michael Jackson and Supply Chain Forecasting & Planning

June 30, 2009
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Michael Jackson and Supply Chain Forecasting & Planning

Tweet We all know a strike, natural disaster, large scale power failure/ black out, major retail customer dropping you as a supplier, major competitor dropping out of the market, recall of a product due to contamination and more can have a major impact on your demand, for the worse and for the worse (yes, I…

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Welcome to IBF’s Blog!

June 9, 2009
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Welcome to IBF’s Blog!

Tweet Folks, it is with great pleasure to welcome all of you to the IBF’s Blog! I don’t know why it has taken us so long to get here with the amount of content, knowledge and experience we have to share in Demand Planning, Forecasting, and the Supply Chain. But, we’ve arrived and now full…

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