Author: Justin Stafford

By Stephen McGrath. As discussed throughout the Integrated Business Planning series, any company conducting true Integrated Business Planning (IBP) will have a single consensus forecast across all functions: sales forecasting and budgeting, commercial planning, revenue management, and trade promotion management. This is often referred to as a ‘one number forecast’. The goal of this ‘one number […]

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Best Practice Tips On The IBP Process: Can You Expect A Different Result When You Repeat The Same Action?

By Stephen McGrath. As we discussed in Part 1 by Justin Stafford, any company conducting true Integrated Business Planning (IBP) will have a single consensus forecast across all functions: sales forecasting and budgeting, commercial planning, revenue management, and trade promotion management. This is often referred to as a ‘one number forecast’. The goal of this ‘one number forecast’ […]

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Best Practice Tips On The IBP Process: Who OWNS the forecast?

Any company conducting true Integrated Business Planning (IBP) will have a single consensus forecast across all functions: sales forecasting and budgeting, commercial planning, revenue management, and trade promotion management. This is often referred to as a ‘one number forecast’. The goal of this ‘one number forecast’ is to have a single set of numbers driving the […]

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MemSQL, provider of the fastest real-time data warehouse, today announced that Blueshift, one of the fastest growing integrated business planning solution providers globally, has deployed MemSQL for real-time analytics on its ONE Solution. The ONE Solution helps fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies merge demand forecasts with profit and loss forecasts for up-to-date information and […]

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