Press Release

June 2014
Maximise business processes with new Oliver Wight and Oracle worshop
!usiness improvement specialists" Oliver Wight #$M#" in partnership with Oracle" will
demonstrate how to maximise the return %rom business processes with &ntegrated
!usiness Planning '&!P( at a %ree interactive worshop at the Williams )1 *on%erence
*entre in Ox%ordshire on Jul+ 1 2014,
A recent Oliver Wight poll suggests many organisations are struggling to get the full benefit of
IBP, with fewer than 50% of responents having an Integrate Business Planning or !"OP
process with an #active hori$on% beyon &' months( )his interactive session will e*plore how
Integrate Business Planning managers can ma*imise the benefits of the business planning
programme(
+When implemente properly, Integrate Business Planning can be a powerful management
tool, supporting customer segmentation, reucing costs, increasing profitability an optimising
the supply chain,, e*plains Oliver Wight Associate, Anrew Purton( +But many organisations
fail to stri-e the right balance between process, tools, people an behaviours(,
With real life success stories, interactive brea-out sessions an practical steps to move
forwar, this e*ecutive.level wor-shop will emonstrate how to leverage the enabling
technology to eliver tangible results in less than si* months( Attenees will learn how to
overcome the barriers to getting starte an maintaining momentum, unerstan how to
harness '&st century planning tools an have the opportunity to evise a plan for increase
benefit realisation(
/elegates are avise to atten as a cross.functional team, with representatives from
prouct, eman, supply an finance( +By assessing e*isting !"OP or Integrate Business
Planning processes as a team, potential gaps as well as opportunities for improvement can
be ientifie that will benefit the whole organisation,, says Purton(
)o register, visit http011www(oliverwight.eame(com1news.events1events1ibp.interactive.
wor-shop.u-1ibp.interactive.wor-shop.form or contact 2owie 3ewman on
$owie(newman4oliverwight.eame(com or 566 708&65' 9:; ''0(
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At Oliver Wight, we believe sustainable business improvement can only be elivereby your own people< so,
unli-e other consultancy firms, we transfer our -nowlege to you( Pioneers of !ales an Operations Planning an
originators of the funamentals behin supply chain planning, Oliver Wight professionals are the ac-nowlege
inustry thought leaers for Integrate Business Planning 7IBP8(
Integrate Business Planning allows your senior e*ecutives to plan an manage the entire organi$ation over a '6.
month hori$on, while Oliver Wight%s e*tene !upply =hain Planning an Optimi$ation ensures your supply chain
is esigne an structure to eliver best.in.class customer service with minimal costs( >sing the Oliver Wight
?aturity ?oel to pursue our globally recogni$e =lass A stanar for best practice will eterminea tailore
improvement @ourney for you to evelop your organi$ation%s processes, an reach an sustain e*cellent business
performance( With a trac- recor ofmore than 60 years of helping some of the worl%s best.-nown organi$ations,
Oliver Wight will help you efine your company%s vision for the future an eliver performance an financial results
that last(
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