Integrated tactical planning: respond to change, increase competitiveness, and reduce costs Ebook

Rod Hozack (Sydney, AUS; oliverwight-americas.com) is a Partner at Oliver Wight. He has 15 years of hands-on experience in the pharmaceutical industry and 15 years consulting to match. He has delivered many successful business improvement programs with large blue-chip organizations, including Abbott Laboratories, Caterpillar, and Wrigleys and has helped these companies on their journey to Class A business excellence. An accomplished strategist, Rod has a proven record of effective implementations that deliver tremendous value for his clients. Dawn Howarth (oliverwight-americas.com) is a Managing Associate at Oliver Wight.With over 20 years of experience in global supply chain and demand management across international markets, Dawn brings a pragmatic and practical approach to organizational development. At Oliver Wight, Dawn provides education and training to aid organizations implementing Integrated Business Planning and Supply Chain Optimization processes. As a consultant, Dawn has built years of experience advising on transition services for acquisitions and divestments. Dawn believes effective communication based on a culture of trust is the key to the success of any organization, and education and teamwork are essential to achieving this goal. Todd Ferguson (oliverwight-americas.com) is a Principal at Oliver Wight Americas where he offers insights and solutions to help companies achieve improved financial performance. His background includes 2+ decades of experience in sales, order fulfillment, demand management, and Integrated Business Planning across a wide variety of industries. Current and former clients include Cargill, Dow Chemical, Facebook, General Electric, Tiffany, and Zeus Industrial Products. Stuart Harman (Sydney, Australia; oliverwight-americas.com) is a Partner at Oliver Wight Asia Pacific.He has spent 20 years working in key change agent roles in major manufacturing organizations around the world. Whilst gaining deep knowledge in a number of industries including metals and FMCG he has developed extensive experience in improving and linking processes across organizations and supply chains to enable the successful deployment of strategy Stuart has specialist expertise in strategy management, Integrated Business Planning, purchasing and Agile, Lean, Sigma.