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New Course on Capacity Planning for the Supply Chain to Ensure on Time Delivery of Purchased Material While Reducing Costs

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New London, NH (PRWEB) September 22, 2011

Oliver Wight Americas, Inc., a consulting and education firm that specializes in integrated supply chain management, has announced its newest offering: Capacity Planning for the Supply Chain designed for top and middle managers.

Capacity Planning is the ability to predict the requirements (people, equipment, facilities) needed to satisfy customer demand. The scope of requirements ranges from internal resources of a manufacturing or services company to the suppliers suppliers in the supply chain.

This course is designed for top and middle managers and buyers who are concerned with ensuring that their Supply Chain has the right capacity deployed in the right place to assure customer delivery performance without sacrificing operating efficiencies and costs. This course will be offered November 16-17, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois for $ 1,550 per person.

Dennis Groves, President of Oliver Wight Americas, explains why this course is important to companies: Corporations are experiencing the need now, more than any time recently, to conserve cash on the one hand and, on the other hand, to invest cash wisely. This situation is causing companies to review decision-making processes, such as capacity planning. There are opportunities to improve capacity planning, chiefly better ways to communicate and align with both internal and external suppliers capacity. With improved alignment and integration come better capacity investment decisions.

One of the instructors of the class is James Correll, a capacity planning expert with decades of experience in helping companies better manage and plan capacity. He is also author of the book Gaining Control: Managing Capacity and Priorities. Jim observes: This course is different than other capacity planning courses in that it is not focused on just planning capacity inside ones own company. Participants will learn how to collaborate with suppliers in developing integrated capacity plans and how to improve risk management. The material is oriented around the supply chain, not just a single node in the supply chain.

Following is the course schedule: http://www.oliverwight-americas.com/courses/public/capacity-planning-course.htm

About Oliver Wight Americas, Inc.

Oliver Wight Americas, established more than 40 years ago, is recognized throughout the world as thought leaders and practical coaches and educators. The company is a pioneer in integrated business planning methodologies, including enterprise resource planning, capacity planning, master scheduling, production planning, demand planning, and sales and operations planning.

The companys coaches and educators are required to have practitioner experience operating to industry best practices as a prerequisite to joining the firm. These seasoned professionals excel at transferring knowledge and experience at all levels of an organization. The largest worldwide consultancy of its type, Oliver Wight has offices throughout Europe, North and South America, and the Asia/Pacific Region. For more information, please visit http://www.oliverwight-americas.com.

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Management Consulting Firm Oliver Wight Americas, Inc. Announces Education Course Scholarship Program for Professors and Students

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New London, NH (PRWEB) October 06, 2011

In an article released by the Associated Press on June 8, Stacy Anderson states, President Barack Obama says the growth of the U.S. economy will depend in part on training new workers for jobs in the manufacturing industry. (Released through Manufacturing.net /News/2011/06.) Oliver Wight Americas desires to help prepare college students for careers in manufacturing by incorporating both professors and students into this education program. The benefit to professors is to help them prepare students for management positions in industry. The benefit to students is to provide them with a vision of key planning and management processes when they become employed after college. It is also common, in many companies, for an Oliver Wight-trained prospective employee to qualify for a higher entry-level pay status.

Oliver Wight Americas will offer two tuition-free seats in each course taking place in the fall of 2011; one for a full-time professor currently teaching a business management curriculum and one for a student currently enrolled in a similar curriculum. The courses available include Business Excellence, Sales and Operations Planning/Integrated Business Planning, Demand Management, Integrated Supply Chain Management, and Master Scheduling. The Oliver Wight Americas website provides detailed descriptions on the business improvement courses along with the dates and locations. Applications for attendance can be filled out on the website. Please visit http://www.oliverwight-americas.com/courses/scholarships/scholarship-student.htm for more information and the application for this program.

About Oliver Wight Americas, Inc.

Oliver Wight Americas has been both a thought leader and hands-on practitioner for over 40 years. As a global business management consulting and education firm, the company specializes in helping organizations work smarter, faster, and better than their competitors. Its principals are seasoned professionals who have real-world manufacturing experience and transfer this knowledge to the people at all levels of an organization, providing tools to help organizations internalize that knowledge and achieve a competitive advantage in the marketplace. The largest world-wide consultancy of its type, Oliver Wight has offices throughout Europe, North and South America, and the Asia/Pacific Region. For more information, please visit http://www.oliverwight-americas.com.

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White Paper Released on the Role of the Coordinators in an Integrated Business Planning Process

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New London, NH (PRWEB) November 14, 2011

Eric Deutsch, a principal with Oliver Wight Americas, has written a white paper on the role that coordinators play in Integrated Business Planning and Sales and Operations Planning processes.

The white paper is based on Deutschs experience as an S&OP coordinator and project manager for a multi-national specialty chemical and biotech firm. The author shares the wisdom of his experience and points out pitfalls to avoid. He also demonstrates how the coordinator is the right-hand person to the executive process owner for each step in the process.

The article highlights the benefits that coordinators gain, including access to leadership and key management, camaraderie within the network or coordinators, and an increased potential for upward mobility.

The article also details the performance expectations of the coordinators for each step of the IBP or S&OP process.

The author addresses the roles of coordinators, sometimes called leads, of each step of the S&OP/IBP process: Product Management Review, Demand Review, Supply Review, Financial Appraisal, Integrated Reconciliation, and Management Business Review.

A copy of the white paper is available at http://www.oliverwight-americas.com/new_white_papers/ibp-coordinator-roles-white-paper.htm.

About Oliver Wight Americas Inc.

Oliver Wight Americas, Inc. has been both a thought leader and hands-on practitioner for over 40 years. As a global business management consulting and education firm, the company specializes in helping organizations work smarter, faster, and better than their competitors. Its principals are seasoned professionals who have real-world manufacturing experience and transfer this knowledge throughout an organization, providing tools to help organizations internalize that knowledge and achieve a competitive advantage in the marketplace. The largest world-wide consultancy of its type, Oliver Wight has offices throughout Europe, North and South America, and the Asia/Pacific Region. For more information, please visit http://www.oliverwight-americas.com.

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New Kanban/ERP White Paper Released

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New London, NH (PRWEB) November 14, 2011

Oliver Wight Americas, Inc., the global business consulting firm that developed Sales and Operations Planning/Integrated Business Planning (S&OP/IBP), has released its newest white paper, Kanban and Enterprise Resource Planning: The True Understanding of Lean.

Dennis Groves and Jim Correll, Oliver Wight principals with decades of practitioner experience, have written the paper to share their insights. They explain how to use both Kanban and ERP together to create a demand-driven system that is responsive to demand volatility and uncertainty. In doing so, they debunk myths about both methodologies. They explain how to use these two methodologies together to gain greater flexibility and responsiveness and simultaneously improve customer service and reduce inventory.

The authors continue to add to the body of knowledge in planning and manufacturing. The Oliver Wight principals previously teamed to author, with Kevin Herbert, the book, Achieving Class A Business Excellence an Executives Perspective. Jim Correll has also co-authored with Kevin Herbert the book, Gaining Control: Managing Capacity and Priorities.

About Oliver Wight Americas Inc.

Oliver Wight Americas, Inc. has been both a thought leader and hands-on practitioner for over 40 years. As a global business management consulting and education firm, the company specializes in helping organizations work smarter, faster, and better than their competitors. Its principals are seasoned professionals who have real-world manufacturing experience and transfer this knowledge throughout an organization, providing tools to help organizations internalize that knowledge and achieve a competitive advantage in the marketplace. The largest world-wide consultancy of its type, Oliver Wight has offices throughout Europe, North and South America, and the Asia/Pacific Region. For more information, please visit http://www.OliverWight-Americas.com.

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Recognized Thought Leader Adds to Body of Knowledge on Sales and Operations Planning and Integrated Business Planning

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New London, NH (PRWEB) November 16, 2011

George E. Palmatier, a recognized thought leader on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and Integrated Business Planning (IBP), has authored a white paper on operating S&OP and IBP in a matrix environment.

The white paper is titled S&OP/IBP Class A Behaviors in a Matrix Environment: You Have a Plan Until You Change It. Who Decides? It highlights three key principles and six key behaviors to support the principles in a matrix environment.

Palmatier has co-authored three books, including Enterprise Sales and Operations Planning: Synchronizing Demand, Supply and Resources for Peak Performance. In his latest white paper, Palmatier draws upon more than thirty years of experience in educating and advising executives on how to operate their businesses with S&OP/IBP.

The white paper covers critical topics, including the decision making interactions between global functional leaders and leaders of local functions. The white paper also provides guidance on the behaviors needed to ensure that the business plans are aligned and re-aligned as needed and how to operate with one planning and control system.

The white paper also covers how to reach consensus on changes to the plan, and the interactions required between the global functional leader and the leadership of the operating business unit.

A copy of the white paper is available http://www.oliverwight-americas.com/new_white_papers/ibp-sop-matrix-environment-white-paper.htm

About Oliver Wight Americas Inc.

Oliver Wight Americas, Inc. has been both a thought leader and hands-on practitioner for over 40 years. As a global business management consulting and education firm, the company specializes in helping organizations work smarter, faster, and better than their competitors. Its principals are seasoned professionals who have real-world manufacturing experience and transfer this knowledge throughout an organization, providing tools to help organizations internalize that knowledge and achieve a competitive advantage in the marketplace. The largest world-wide consultancy of its type, Oliver Wight has offices throughout Europe, North and South America, and the Asia/Pacific Region. For more information, please visit http://www.OliverWight-Americas.com.

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New White Paper – How to Leverage Longer Planning Horizons in Sales and Operations Planning / Integrated Business Planning

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New London, NH (PRWEB) February 24, 2012

Oliver Wight Americas, Inc. has released its newest white paper, How to Leverage Longer Planning Horizons in Sales and Operations Planning / Integrated Business Planning.

George Palmatier and Colleen Crum, Oliver Wight principals with decades of practitioner experience, share their insights into improving Sales and Operations (S&OP) Planning and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) by applying a rolling planning horizon of 24 months or longer.

The authors contrast S&OP backward-looking reporting and analysis with the dynamic advantages of IBP, which applies decision-supporting orientation based on future-focused scenario planning. Palmatier and Crum provide an executive overview of IBP and then outline why moving to a longer planning horizon is a natural step when transitioning from S&OP to IBP.

The paper explains how implementing longer planning horizons with IBP more effectively integrates operational and financial management. Palmatier and Crum detail why longer planning horizons with IBP provide greater visibility and early identification of gaps between the annual bottom-up plan and top-down strategic goals. This vital data empowers the leadership team to take timely action to close the gaps and more easily adapt within a volatile global economy.

About Oliver Wight

Oliver Wight Americas – thought leaders and hands-on practitioners for over 40 years. As a global business management consulting and education firm, the company specializes in helping organizations work smarter, faster, and better than their competitors. Its principals are seasoned professionals who have real-world manufacturing experience and transfer this knowledge throughout an organization, providing tools to help organizations internalize that knowledge and achieve a competitive advantage in the marketplace. The largest world-wide consultancy of its type, Oliver Wight has offices throughout Europe, North and South America, and the Asia/Pacific Region. For more information, please visit http://www.OliverWight-Americas.com.

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