In today's volatile business environment, CEOs are increasingly recognizing that sales, inventory and operations planning (SIOP) is not merely an operational function but also a strategic lever for ...

In today's rapidly evolving economic landscape, businesses are navigating challenging shifts in the operating environment. From geopolitical tensions and the resultant supply chain disruptions to ...

The process of operational goal-setting is a critical step when it comes to business planning. It's the step that transforms strategic plans into actionable items. I previously wrote about operational ...

This is a revised column from one that Dr. Chaman Jain, the editor of the Journal of Business Forecasting (JBF), recently asked me to write. It discussed the relationship between strategic and ...

The College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) conducts an operational planning (OP) process to align collective resources with our strategic plans. Each unit (department, program, ...

Six years ago, I wrote (with colleague Jennifer Riel) a Harvard Business Review article on functional strategy. But the questions about functional strategy keep coming unabated. It is a vexatious ...

Plan includes organizational realignment, rightsizing of cost structure, outsourcing, and sales enablement in order to enhance competitiveness and support long-term strategy. Workforce optimization ...