eBook: Integrated Business Planning

Driving Business Action with Agility

As the role of modern CFOs and finance teams expands, many see Integrated Business Planning (IBP) as a natural way to develop and encourage recurring business partnering and cross-functional communication to align financial and operational plans as a team.

IBP is a management framework designed to align planning with execution and to create focus between finance, sales, operations, marketing and HR. With full organizational engagement, IBP goes beyond traditional S&OP – it also incorporates what’s happening outside the company with competitors and consumer trends in order to develop organizational strategy.

This eBook highlights:

• What is Integrated Business Planning (IBP)?
• Today’s Common Business Planning Challenges
• Key Requirements for Effective IBP
• How Customers have Benefited from Implementing an IBP Process