Embedding Financials into S&OP – What does this mean?
Whether it’s referred to as Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Profit Sales & Operations Planning (PS&OP), “Strategic” S&OP or another name, the market is looking for the next generation...
View ArticleStrengthening the S&OP Process with What-if Analyses – Demand Shaping
While embedding financials is the bedrock for expanding the value from S&OP, adding robust what-if analysis capabilities can unleash its maximum potential, thus delivering true Integrated Business...
View ArticleApplying Integrated Business Planning to Create IT Planning Solutions
A Meaningful IT Planning Solution River Logic is proposing an IT Planning solution far different than that proposed by another vendor in the analytics space (See IBM’s New Data Center Analytics). First...
View ArticleStrengthening the S&OP Process with What-if Analyses – Product Mix
This post is the second in a series intended to provide guiding principles for S&OP managers and their partners to help them better understand which best practices are possible through what-if...
View ArticleStrengthening the S&OP Process with What-if Analyses – Supply Planning
This post is the third in a series providing guiding principles for S&OP managers and their partners to help them better understand which best practices are possible through what-if analyses. In...
View ArticleCalculating Opportunity Value
The single most important differentiator for Enterprise Optimizer® (EO) is its proprietary ability to calculate Opportunity Values™. Opportunity Value is essential in the new economic science,...
View ArticleFinding directions in a complicated world
I am lucky because I work with some really smart people. One of those really smart guys recently said to me that “All problems are search problems”. He went on to point out how Google has taken this...
View ArticleTurn Business Intelligence into Business Wisdom
Embed next-generation analytics into your planning and decision support solutions River Logic’s Enterprise Optimizer® (EO) is the leading modeling and analytics platform for increasing performance...
View ArticleOpportunities for Enterprise Consultants Embracing Advanced Analytics
Enterprise consultants are uniquely positioned to maximize the benefits derived from advanced analytics, provided they act swiftly. The nature of new, complex, advanced analytics requirements places...
View ArticleSpotlight on the River Logic Product Advisory Council
Every year River Logic invites a limited number of partners, who have adopted the Enterprise Optimizer© (EO) platform, to participate in its Product Advisory Council (PAC). These partners have seen...
View ArticleData complexities prove Excel spreadsheets difficult to maintain
Research shows a majority of spreadsheets have data or formula errors. All kinds of spreadsheets are prone to errors, including family budgets, business models, and macroeconomic models upon which the...
View ArticleFree your mind for better enterprise planning
I recently read a story about a teacher at an impoverished elementary school in Matamoros, Mexico, who one day told his young students they were free to decide what they wanted to learn and how to...
View ArticleIntegrated Business Planning in Coal Mining
One of our partners – GMCS out of Moscow, Russia – recently helped us prepare a case study of a comprehensive EO-based planning solution they recently implemented at a large coal producer. The client...
View ArticleThe Power of Optimizing Demand and Supply Simultaneously
Since we are in the business of Prescriptive Analytics – or optimization – I am often in discussions with partners and customers about current and potential use cases. Invariably the question comes...
View ArticleIntegrated Business Planning and Sustainability
Empirical evidence shows that well-run companies, with happier employees and shareholders, tend to be more environmentally and socially conscious – and more willing to fund sustainability programs....
View ArticleDon’t Scare the CFO: Reconciling Managerial & Financial Accounting
In my efforts to develop and implement prescriptive modeling solutions to real business problems, recognizing the business context of the work can have huge implications on its success. One...
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