The theory of Sales and Operational Planning (S&OP) goes back many years. In fact, the first attempts at S&OP were made before personal computers were even available. While theory has remained much the same, the practice has changed dramatically ...

CFOs have long known that businesses aren’t using sound microeconomics when they make decisions…because individual business units within the company aren’t! This practice misrepresents the company’s financial health and reflects poorly on its gatekeeper, ...

Back in September, River Logic was a sponsor at the IE Group S&OP Innovation Summit in Boston, MA. During the event, one of River Logic's customers, Cox Industries discussed how they true Integrated Business Planning at their organization using River ...

As we well know, there are risks inherent in almost every major business decision. Even if decision-makers opt out of an opportunity because it seems too risky, that decision in itself can still be hazardous. Being too timid could lead to things like new ...

The laws of gravity are known to apply to economics. Everything that goes up must come down, meaning a coming recession is a matter of when, not if.

"Big data” (a buzz word) is a term that more and more businesses know. It's essentially a term that signifies large and complex amount of data sets — structured and unstructured — that are notoriously hard to process and analyze with traditional ...

Businesses, non-profits, and even government organizations need cost models to support decision making. Without cost and profitability models, financial planning — much less financial optimization — would be almost impossible.

What is Capacity Discipline? When the infamous bank robber, Willie Sutton, was asked why he'd robbed banks, he purportedly said, "Cause that's where the money is!" Capacity Discipline is a buzz phrase that airlines like to use to describe their own ...

Whether it’s referred to as Integrated Business Planning, Profit Sales & Operations Planning (PS&OP), “Strategic” S&OP or another name, the market is looking for the next generation of the S&OP process to include financials as an integral ...

In the last decade, we’ve seen the role of CFO increasingly take on more responsibilities and move away from just sorting out the finances. 2017 will be no different, with your leadership and decision-making tested by many issues. We’ve highlighted four ...