Integrated Tactical Planning Respond to Change, Increase Competitiveness, and Reduce Costs

The experts at Oliver Wight provide business leaders with invaluable information for integrating the tactical planning process 

Integrated Tactical Planning (ITP) is an essential process for regularly re-aligning product, demand, and supply plans in the short term, thereby giving the Executive team the confidence that operational activities are being well managed, unless they formally hear otherwise. This cross-functional re-planning process is vital to responding to change, increasing competitiveness, and reducing costs. Integrated Tactical Planning:  Respond to Change, Increase Competitiveness and Reduce Costs helps senior executives devote more time to strategy and other value-added activities by deploying ITP practices throughout their organization.  

Written by the leadership team at Oliver Wight, one of the world’s most respected firms for effectively integrating business processes and improving business outcomes, this authoritative resource offers a contemporary view of the processes, behavior change methods, and new technology for implementing ITP processes. Throughout the text, the authors share business-proven concepts, define fundamental terms, and provide real-life examples of how Integrated Tactical Planning has been applied in various industries and businesses. Clear and accurate chapters cover essential topics including strategy alignment, product and demand plan execution, supply scheduling, performance improvement, and more. Presenting the information necessary to get an organization started on its Integrated Tactical Planning journey, this book: 

• Describes how to manage and align product portfolio changes and new products within a single management process 
• Explains the mechanisms and behavioral requirements for an organization to successfully execute Integrated Tactical Planning  
• Offers methods for improving reaction time and cost-effectively responding to changes in Demand and Supply 
• Reviews different design and deployment strategies, structures and roles, and the key ITP elements such as process definition and sustainability 
• Features a comprehensive case study that details the challenges and results experienced by an Oliver Wight client company that implemented Integrated Tactical Planning 

Integrated Tactical Planning: Respond to Change, Increase Competitiveness and Reduce Costs  is a must-have book for senior executives, leaders, managers, and planners at organizations of any size across all industries.  

ROD HOZACK is a Partner at Oliver Wight Asia Pacific. He has over 15 years of hands-on experience in the pharmaceutical industry and 20 years of consulting experience.

TODD FERGUSON is a Principal at Oliver Wight Americas. He has over two decades of experience in sales, order fulfillment, demand management and integrated business planning in a variety of industries.

STUART HARMAN is a Partner at Oliver Wight Asia Pacific. He has spent 20 years working in key change agent roles in major manufacturing organizations across the world and 12 years as a consultant.

DAWN HOWARTH is a Managing Associate at Oliver Wight EAME. She has 20 years of experience in global supply chain and demand management in international markets.

Preface 4

About Oliver Wight and the Authors 9

Chapter One – Great Execution: An Overview 17

Chapter Two – Empowering the Organization: Core Disciplines that Set Companies Apart 36

Chapter Three – Delivering the Value: Executing the Product Plan 67

Chapter Four – Optimizing the Go-to-Market Approach: Executing the Demand Plan 96

Chapter Five – Managing the Value: Supply Scheduling and Execution 120

Chapter Six – Driving Performance Improvement: The Management Agenda 164

Chapter Seven – Running Smoothly: Structure and Cadence 195

Chapter Eight – Time to Releasing Value: A Case Study in Speed to Results 224

Conclusion 246

Glossary of Terms 248

References 286

Index 287

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