IBP - Integrated Business Planning
IBP streamlines your business
Which one would be the most important in a business – the strategic, operational or financial sector? There would be good arguments in favour of each, but the truth of the matter is that the one is as important as the other. They are all part of the same business, working towards the same goal and they cannot function without each other. So why do they so often operate as completely separate entities? Wouldn’t it make your decision making so much easier if you could see the financial impact different options would have across all three sectors? This is exactly what integrated business planning, or IBP can do for you.
By employing IBP you can create a single model of the company including all the different sectors of your business. It makes use of the company’s information assets, and through a series of intricate mathematics, it generates mathematical representations of planning constraints and variables. This then allows for quantification of the financial impact or risk a certain decision or strategy would have across all sectors of the business. This allows you to better compare your options and make a truly informed decision.
This effective linking of corporate performance management to sales and operations planning (S&OP) allows you to determine the most appropriate route for your business and to produce a suitable action plan to maximise efficiency and thereby increase profitability. The holistic view of your business it provides will assist you in understanding your business from end to end, and thus better understand the opportunities and threats it faces. IBP also allows for more effective strategic planning and more efficient resource allocation, balancing sales and operations planning in the process and leading to improved profitability.
Business Modelling Associates can provide you with the ultimate IBP solution in the form of Enterprise Optimizer®, the only planning application that models an entire business. It simultaneously considers business processes, customers, products, inputs, constraints, and financials to quickly identify the decisions that generate the highest financial impact. Visit businessmodelling.com now and see your business in a new light.
