{"id":9616,"date":"2023-09-25T14:24:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/orchestrate-your-planning-with-sales-operations-planning-software\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T18:04:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T16:04:59","slug":"orchestrate-your-planning-with-sales-operations-planning-software","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/en\/orchestrate-your-planning-with-sales-operations-planning-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchestrate your planning with Sales &amp; Operations Planning software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Infor<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/en\/infor-supply-chain-planning-the-complete-software-suite-for-optimizing-your-supply-chain\/\">Sup&shy;ply Chain Plan&shy;ning<\/a> <\/strong> soft&shy;ware suite <strong>accel&shy;er&shy;ates and orches&shy;trates plan&shy;ning through&shy;out the sup&shy;ply chain<\/strong>. Its <strong>IBP &mdash; Inte&shy;grat&shy;ed Busi&shy;ness Plan&shy;ning<\/strong> &mdash; <strong>mod&shy;ule<\/strong> <strong>sim&shy;pli&shy;fies the indus&shy;tri&shy;al and com&shy;mer&shy;cial plan&shy;ning process <\/strong>,  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Infor IBP <\/strong>is a com&shy;plete mod&shy;ule offer&shy;ing mul&shy;ti&shy;ple analy&shy;sis, visu&shy;al&shy;iza&shy;tion and col&shy;lab&shy;o&shy;ra&shy;tion capabilities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This<strong> S&amp;OP soft&shy;ware sup&shy;ports the com&shy;pa&shy;ny&rsquo;s entire strate&shy;gic process, help&shy;ing par&shy;tic&shy;i&shy;pants to make the right deci&shy;sions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>IBP<\/strong> mod&shy;ule <strong>sup&shy;ports com&shy;pa&shy;nies in all sec&shy;tors<\/strong>, bring&shy;ing them clos&shy;er to per&shy;fect sup&shy;ply chain orchestration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In<\/strong> addi&shy;tion, <strong>Infor IBP<\/strong> enables com&shy;pa&shy;nies to <strong>main&shy;tain con&shy;trol over the costs and ser&shy;vices pro&shy;vid&shy;ed to their cus&shy;tomers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>link the exe&shy;cu&shy;tion of oper&shy;a&shy;tions to the com&shy;pa&shy;ny&rsquo;s strate&shy;gic objectives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>respond to com&shy;pa&shy;ny chal&shy;lenges and devel&shy;op&shy;ments by syn&shy;chro&shy;niz&shy;ing objec&shy;tives and players<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>facil&shy;i&shy;tate reac&shy;tiv&shy;i&shy;ty with a glob&shy;al process for mon&shy;i&shy;tor&shy;ing the sup&shy;ply chain, par&shy;tic&shy;u&shy;lar&shy;ly in the face of fluc&shy;tu&shy;a&shy;tions and&nbsp;risks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sop-andrey-konstantinov-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sop-andrey-konstantinov-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"s&amp;op, sales and operations planning is like an orchestra leader\" class=\"wp-image-8566\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sop-andrey-konstantinov-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sop-andrey-konstantinov-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sop-andrey-konstantinov-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sop-andrey-konstantinov-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sop-andrey-konstantinov-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IBP features: industrial and commercial planning software<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The IBP mod&shy;ule &mdash; indus&shy;tri&shy;al and com&shy;mer&shy;cial plan&shy;ning soft&shy;ware &mdash; enables&nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Long-term planning of demand and supply according to market trends<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The S&amp;OP process is ful&shy;ly man&shy;aged in IBP<\/strong>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The solu&shy;tion <strong>aligns the plan&shy;ning of the com&shy;pa&shy;ny&rsquo;s var&shy;i&shy;ous depart&shy;ments with their respec&shy;tive objec&shy;tives<\/strong>, as well as with the com&shy;pa&shy;ny&rsquo; <strong>s over&shy;all objec&shy;tives<\/strong>, and&nbsp;thus&nbsp;:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>has a direct and pos&shy;i&shy;tive impact on the bal&shy;ance of sup&shy;ply and demand,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>par&shy;tic&shy;i&shy;pates in improv&shy;ing com&shy;pa&shy;ny processes,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>increas&shy;es col&shy;lab&shy;o&shy;ra&shy;tion between players.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are the con&shy;se&shy;quences<\/strong> of<strong> IBP&rsquo;<\/strong><strong>s bal&shy;anced long-term vision<\/strong>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>high-per&shy;for&shy;mance plan&shy;ning<\/strong> tool&nbsp;for&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>reduce sup&shy;ply variability,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>absorb fluc&shy;tu&shy;a&shy;tions in demand more easily.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Replace spreadsheets for more reliable data<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>S&amp;OP process&shy;es man&shy;aged in MS-Excel are time-con&shy;sum&shy;ing, and lack trans&shy;paren&shy;cy and data reli&shy;a&shy;bil&shy;i&shy;ty. And that&rsquo;s not count&shy;ing mis&shy;han&shy;dling, which can lead to dam&shy;ag&shy;ing alterations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Accord&shy;ing to <\/strong>the<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/supply-chain\/trends\/sales-operations-planning-sop-maturity\">Gart&shy;ner <\/a> <\/strong>info&shy;graph&shy;ic below, <strong>MS-Excel is syn&shy;ony&shy;mous with an imma&shy;ture S&amp;OP process: <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>lit&shy;tle trans&shy;paren&shy;cy and no collaboration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you&rsquo;re still using spread&shy;sheets for<\/strong> S&amp;OP <strong>plan&shy;ning<\/strong>, analy&shy;sis and report&shy;ing, you&rsquo;re at <strong>stage 1 of the matu&shy;ri&shy;ty mod&shy;el<\/strong>:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/infographie-gartner-sop-5-stages-of-sop-maturity.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"869\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/infographie-gartner-sop-5-stages-of-sop-maturity.jpg\" alt=\"infographic_S&amp;OP_5 Stages of S&amp;OP Maturity_Gartner\" class=\"wp-image-8770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/infographie-gartner-sop-5-stages-of-sop-maturity.jpg 869w, https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/infographie-gartner-sop-5-stages-of-sop-maturity-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/infographie-gartner-sop-5-stages-of-sop-maturity-768x503.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The IBP tool, on the oth&shy;er hand, allows you to oper&shy;ate in a net&shy;work<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>changes <\/strong>made in the sys&shy;tem are<strong> imme&shy;di&shy;ate&shy;ly vis&shy;i&shy;ble<\/strong>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>all users can main&shy;tain data<\/strong> in this glob&shy;al man&shy;age&shy;ment system,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>plan&shy;ning is opti&shy;mized by rolling fore&shy;casts<\/strong> based on the most recent data,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the IBP tool ensures<strong> max&shy;i&shy;mum effi&shy;cien&shy;cy and guar&shy;an&shy;tees the exe&shy;cu&shy;tion of S&amp;OP processes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Support your growth initiatives<\/strong> with&nbsp;IBP&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every com&shy;pa&shy;ny encoun&shy;ters and cre&shy;ates busi&shy;ness oppor&shy;tu&shy;ni&shy;ties to be seized. Often, how&shy;ev&shy;er, deci&shy;sions can&rsquo;t be tak&shy;en calm&shy;ly due to a lack of con&shy;crete means to assess whether launch&shy;ing a new busi&shy;ness would affect exist&shy;ing business.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>With IBP Inte&shy;grat&shy;ed Busi&shy;ness Plan&shy;ning<\/strong>, <strong>cor&shy;po&shy;rate deci&shy;sion-mak&shy;ers<\/strong> now <strong>have<\/strong> a reli&shy;able tool for <strong>mak&shy;ing the right deci&shy;sions at the right time<\/strong>:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>mon&shy;i&shy;tor&shy;ing <\/strong>fluc&shy;tu&shy;a&shy;tions in demand,&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>sim&shy;u&shy;la&shy;tion <\/strong>and abil&shy;i&shy;ty to launch new products,&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>adapt&shy;ing the Sup&shy;ply Chain<\/strong> to a com&shy;plex and chang&shy;ing environment,&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>all the while ensur&shy;ing the <strong>com&shy;pa&shy;ny&rsquo;s finan&shy;cial per&shy;for&shy;mance<\/strong>.&nbsp; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>An inte&shy;grat&shy;ed, col&shy;lab&shy;o&shy;ra&shy;tive sup&shy;ply chain with end-to-end oper&shy;a&shy;tional vis&shy;i&shy;bil&shy;i&shy;ty enhances your orga&shy;ni&shy;za&shy;tion&rsquo;s abil&shy;i&shy;ty to serve its cus&shy;tomers and achieve key benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Generate <strong>predictive financial analyses<\/strong>, reconciliations and<strong>synchronize your operations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Let&rsquo;s take 2 ser&shy;vices with 2 antag&shy;o&shy;nis&shy;tic objec&shy;tives<\/strong>:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>sales <\/strong>plans to opti&shy;mize revenues,&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>while <strong>oper&shy;a&shy;tions <\/strong>are designed to opti&shy;mize&nbsp;costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With their dif&shy;fer&shy;ent assump&shy;tions and objec&shy;tives, these <strong>2 ser&shy;vices are at odds with<\/strong> each oth&shy;er. They unin&shy;ten&shy;tion&shy;al&shy;ly lead to a dete&shy;ri&shy;o&shy;ra&shy;tion in the com&shy;pa&shy;ny&rsquo;s over&shy;all per&shy;for&shy;mance objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How do you rec&shy;on&shy;cile the KPIs of dif&shy;fer&shy;ent depart&shy;ments that clash and con&shy;tra&shy;dict each&nbsp;other?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Inte&shy;grat&shy;ed Busi&shy;ness Plan&shy;ning &mdash; IBP, crit&shy;i&shy;cal data is exposed and syn&shy;chro&shy;nized. The tool&rsquo;s com&shy;mon finan&shy;cial lan&shy;guage facil&shy;i&shy;tates man&shy;age&shy;ment and planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to IBP, you ben&shy;e&shy;fit from con&shy;sis&shy;tent, shared and clear&shy;ly pre&shy;sent&shy;ed&nbsp;data.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The S&amp;OP process, and the rig&shy;or pro&shy;vid&shy;ed by IBP, ensures the reg&shy;u&shy;lar&shy;i&shy;ty and con&shy;sis&shy;ten&shy;cy of busi&shy;ness and sup&shy;ply chain planning.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Control your supply chain with &ldquo;what if&rdquo; scenario simulations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><em>&ldquo;Unre&shy;al&shy;is&shy;tic plan&shy;ning is as bad as no plan&shy;ning<\/em> at&nbsp;all&rdquo;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intri&shy;cate glob&shy;al val&shy;ue chains mean longer lead times. Fluc&shy;tu&shy;at&shy;ing demand and trans&shy;port con&shy;di&shy;tions make long-term plan&shy;ning extreme&shy;ly com&shy;plex for companies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>With IBP, mul&shy;ti&shy;ple &ldquo;<em>what if<\/em>&rdquo; sim&shy;u&shy;la&shy;tions<\/strong> allow&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>project<\/strong> and<strong> man&shy;age the impact<\/strong> of objec&shy;tives spe&shy;cif&shy;ic to each department&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and this <strong>for all the enti&shy;ties of an orga&shy;ni&shy;za&shy;tion geolo&shy;cat&shy;ed through&shy;out the world<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Gone, too, are the<em>&ldquo;silo<\/em>&rdquo; opti&shy;miza&shy;tions that dom&shy;i&shy;nate cor&shy;po&shy;rate planning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data and derived objec&shy;tives are aligned to enable response plan&shy;ning and <strong>oper&shy;a&shy;tional deci&shy;sions<\/strong>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like&shy;wise, <strong>tac&shy;ti&shy;cal and strate&shy;gic plan&shy;ning and deci&shy;sion-mak&shy;ing are per&shy;fect&shy;ly aligned <\/strong>with oper&shy;a&shy;tions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IBP <\/strong>is a<strong> strate&shy;gic, finan&shy;cial and cross-func&shy;tion&shy;al<\/strong> tool<strong>, designed to be under&shy;stood and fed by all par&shy;tic&shy;i&shy;pants in your com&shy;pa&shy;ny&rsquo;s S&amp;OP process<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/capture-ecran-ibp.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/capture-ecran-ibp.png\" alt=\"screenshot ibp\" class=\"wp-image-8561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/capture-ecran-ibp.png 712w, https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/capture-ecran-ibp-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PIC software implementation: an essential step<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On aver&shy;age, ALOER teams and cus&shy;tomer teams spend <strong>less than 4 months<\/strong> set&shy;ting up <strong>the IBP soft&shy;ware<\/strong>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We strong&shy;ly rec&shy;om&shy;mend <strong>change man&shy;age&shy;ment sup&shy;port for all depart&shy;ments<\/strong> and, more broad&shy;ly, for all those involved in <strong>the IBP project and the <\/strong>com&shy;pa&shy;ny&rsquo;s <strong>S&amp;OP <\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A word from the integrator about&nbsp;IBP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Process alignment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>S&amp;OP soft&shy;ware brings togeth&shy;er all the best prac&shy;tices<\/strong>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eas&shy;i&shy;ly <strong>con&shy;fig&shy;urable<\/strong>, it can be <strong>adapt&shy;ed to each orga&shy;ni&shy;za&shy;tion&rsquo;s S&amp;OP process<\/strong>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The soft&shy;ware takes care of <strong>all the key steps<\/strong> such&nbsp;as&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>demand<\/strong> planning,&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>sup&shy;ply<\/strong> planning,&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>finan&shy;cial <\/strong> reconciliation&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and <strong>exec&shy;u&shy;tive<\/strong> review.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The soft&shy;ware adapts <strong>effi&shy;cient&shy;ly to the spe&shy;cif&shy;ic work&shy;flows and deci&shy;sion-mak&shy;ing require&shy;ments<\/strong> of each organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scenario planning and what-if analysis&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>IBP&rsquo;s strength lies in its abil&shy;i&shy;ty to per&shy;form <strong>sce&shy;nario plan&shy;ning<\/strong> and <strong>sim&shy;u&shy;la&shy;tion analy&shy;ses <\/strong>that would <strong>not<\/strong> be <strong>pos&shy;si&shy;ble with ERP&hellip; with&shy;out alter&shy;ing any data<\/strong>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Infor <strong>IBP sup&shy;ports the cre&shy;ation and eval&shy;u&shy;a&shy;tion of alter&shy;na&shy;tive plan&shy;ning sce&shy;nar&shy;ios<\/strong>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For users<\/strong>, it&rsquo;s final&shy;ly <strong>reas&shy;sur&shy;ing to be able to sim&shy;u&shy;late the impact of changes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>request,  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>of sup&shy;ply,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>or com&shy;mer&shy;cial variables.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> Cen&shy;tral&shy;iz&shy;ing all data saves real time<\/strong> in <strong>the S&amp;OP process<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reporting and performance measurement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For ALOER, IBP&rsquo;s strength lies in its abil&shy;i&shy;ty to <strong>gen&shy;er&shy;ate numer&shy;ous stan&shy;dard reports<\/strong>, sim&shy;pli&shy;fy&shy;ing analysis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tai&shy;lor-made <strong>reports<\/strong> are also <strong>easy to<\/strong> <strong>cre&shy;ate<\/strong>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cen&shy;tral&shy;ized data pro&shy;vides vis&shy;i&shy;bil&shy;i&shy;ty on<\/strong> key met&shy;rics, per&shy;for&shy;mance trends and excep&shy;tion alerts to sup&shy;port deci&shy;sion-mak&shy;ing based on the lat&shy;est avail&shy;able information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10 benefits of Integrated Business Planning &mdash; Infor&nbsp;IBP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>With IBP :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ensure alignment between departments&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Shar&shy;ing infor&shy;ma&shy;tion from sales, oper&shy;a&shy;tions, finance and sup&shy;ply chain depart&shy;ments in a sin&shy;gle tool encour&shy;ages col&shy;lab&shy;o&shy;ra&shy;tion and the align&shy;ment of every&shy;one&rsquo;s objec&shy;tives towards a com&shy;mon&nbsp;goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make informed decisions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Con&shy;sol&shy;i&shy;dat&shy;ing data from mul&shy;ti&shy;ple sys&shy;tems and depart&shy;ments is invalu&shy;able for decision-makers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IBP pro&shy;vides a com&shy;pre&shy;hen&shy;sive, long-term view of the orga&shy;ni&shy;za&shy;tion, its per&shy;for&shy;mance and finances.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This view enables you to <strong>make deci&shy;sions<\/strong> based on the most com&shy;pre&shy;hen&shy;sive infor&shy;ma&shy;tion avail&shy;able, and to <strong>bet&shy;ter man&shy;age risks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Improve your forecasts&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Using data from fore&shy;cast&shy;ing soft&shy;ware such as Demand Plan&shy;ning, IBP enables you to <strong>project rev&shy;enues and resource sched&shy;ules <\/strong>.&nbsp; 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