Industrial Manufacturing

As demand accelerates, how can manufacturing companies balance growth, visibility, profitability, cycle times, demand and complexity in the supply chain? Organizations must equip themselves with the right processes, tools and people to gear up for growth. Collaborative demand management will see the supplier and OEM aligning around the demand signal for greater efficiency and profitability. And Integrated Business Planning gives industrial manufacturing companies a holistic view of demand and a clear vision of the future to see any gaps heading towards the business, allowing them to extract more profitable value from complex supply chains.

Oliver Wight has helped some of the biggest industrial manufacturing companies manage volatility, control working capital and optimize the demand plan including, 3M, Automotive & Aerospace Coatings, Caterpillar, CAT Logistics, Cummins, GKN, Jaguar Landrover, Schrader Electronics, Snecma Moteurs and Unilever.

Case studies

Here are some companies we have worked with. Click to download a case study

Industrial Manufacturing

Latest white papers & case studies

Scenario Planning Trigger Points – Creating an Integrated Response to Scenarios

Scenario Planning is crucial to the response and recovery to changes in our environment. This has always been true and is talked about everywhere in business planning today.

Getting the Most From Integrated Business Planning

This series of thought leadership articles has been carefully selected to help you assess the value of your Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process.

From Disorder to Agility

Read expert views from Oliver Wight and SAP and discover how to turn business disruptions into opportunities, thrive in difficult circumstances, and become a market disruptor yourself.

Integrated Business Planning for High Performance Businesses

Integrated Business Planning is a common-sense process that delivers spectacular results.

Boost Performance - Connect Strategy and Execution through Integrated Business Planning

Many companies struggle to bring their corporate strategies to fruition. They simply fail to execute.

Business Transformation in Global Organisations - Lessons learned and successes earned

Transforming a business in one location can present many challenges, so imagine how challenging this might be at a global level.

Successful S&OP through Integrated Business Planning

Sales and operations planning can enable any organisation to streamline its activities and boost profitability - but only if it is properly understood and implemented.

Who Owns Inventory? Stop the Blame Game

People frequently ask: Who owns inventory? They see inventory created as the result of actions or lack of execution by different functions of the company.

Why Annual Planning Should Be a Significant Non-Event

Companies wedded to traditional annual planning and budgeting processes face significant risk of “losing” in the increasingly dynamic global marketplace.

Transitioning from Sales and Operations Planning to Integrated Business Planning

Companies have been improving business performance for almost three decades through Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), but not all have evolved from fundamental demand and supply balancing. Doing so drives even greater operational and financial gains.

The Day Exuberance Trumped a Proven Process

This white paper, The Day Exuberance Trumped a Proven Process; Use the Integrated Business Planning Process to Evaluate and Manage Risk and Opportunity, is about ensuring that Integrated Business Planning is adding value to the business.

Sustainable High Performance and Profitability

The purpose of this white paper is to introduce and describe the steps necessary to start on the journey to Sustainable High Performance and Profitability and how to do it in a holistic manner.

Industrial Manufacturing

Latest videos and webinars

Oliver Wight Conference Highlights

Highlights from Oliver Wight's third annual conference in 2016.

Oliver Wight Event For Healthcare Leaders

Highlights from Oliver Wight's 2018 event for healthcare leaders

Brexit: What next for British companies?

With the future still full of uncertainty how can British companies plan ahead?

Brexit Conference Highlights 2018

Highlights from Oliver Wight's 2018 conference about the impact of Brexit on businesses and their supply chains.

Creating Organisations of the Future, Today

Highlights from our unique workshop which took place in November 2019, focusing on the future of Integrated Business Planning, known as Enterprise Business Planning.

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