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Intelligent IBP – a new role for supply chain planners

Supply Chain Trend

Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process. Figure 1 : Demand & supply balancing decisions in an IBP cycle. This, hereby, would solve the traditional IBP decision gaps. A NEW DESIGN FOR THE IBP TEAM.