Sales & Operations Planning Insights

2024 Digital Awards Winner – IBM, Plan-to-Results – AI-Driven Insights for Enterprise Performance Management
In this episode of the “Business Excelleration™ Podcast,” Vin Kumar speaks with IBM about their new transformative strategy. Learn how…

SG&A Cost Survey 2024
In our latest “Business Excelleration™ Podcast,” we share insights from The Hackett Group’s 2024 SG&A Cost Study, exploring how European…

2024 Digital Awards Winner: 3M – Order-to-Cash
The Hackett Group’s “2024 Digital Award” winners are transforming complaint management with artificial intelligence (AI). On this episode of the…

Unlocking Gen AI Potential in Procurement
Vin Kumar, Tim Yoo and Jeff Gilkerson explore the growing interest in generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) among procurement companies.…

MTN Group – 2023 Digital Award Winner, Source-to-Purchase
MTN Group’s Procurement Center of Excellence Leader Andrew Savage talks with The Hackett Group’s Managing Partner and AI and Digital…

Takeda Business Solutions – Growing a GBS Value Proposition
Vanessa Gleason, global head of Takeda Business Solutions, shares her organization’s impressive digital transformation journey with Philip King, senior director,…

Five Questions Every CFO Should Ask Their FP&A Leader
In this episode of the Business Excelleration™ Podcast, today’s challenging business environment, financial planning & analysis (FP&A) is playing a…

Digital World Class® Procurement
What sets Digital World Class procurement organizations apart from their peers? A discussion with Principal Kurt Albertson, Senior Director Elizabeth…

Elevate Your Sales and Operations Planning Process
In an environment of elevated uncertainty and risk, improving the sales and operations planning (S&OP) process has become one of…

Contract Cash Scoring
Contract cash scoring – an easy-to-implement approach for both procurement and sales – elevates attention to cash flow considerations before…