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