Publications and Research

  • Connecting Supply & Demand! - The Global Survey of Sales and Operations Planning 2007

    €115.00

    In conjunction with London Business School, OBA is pleased to announce the publication of the results from The Global Survey of Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) 2007.

    The survey polled over 300 hundred multi-national companies from 16 different industry sectors

    "This new survey by The Office for Business Architecture (OBA) and London Business School finds that whilst some organisations using S&OP have achieved significant benefits - many companies still haven't overcome the many challenges to achieve a successful implementation."

    Find Out The Biggest Challenges Organisations Face - And The 6 Critical Success Factors For Implementation.

    "Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) has been in use for well over twenty years, but its real value has taken some time to emerge widely, particularly for large multi-regional organisations that use it to manage highly complex global supply chains.

    One of the perceived key benefits of S&OP is to allow companies to align supply and demand in a way that maximizes customer service, minimises working capital expenditure and makes sure that manufacturing unit costs are competitive.

    Even today these objectives remain a significant challenge for many organisations." This definitive full report, with insight, challenges, successes and critical learning's from FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies - is available here.

    The full report is available to purchase now (download) for euro 115.00

    This Global S&OP survey forms part of the Innovation Exchange series - where over 20 multi-national companies will come together to discuss, exchange ideas and insights and solve issues on S&OP. For more details on this please see the innovation exchange website at www.innovation-exchange.com.

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  • Global Survey of Tax Efficient Supply Chain Management 2006

    €92.50

    In conjunction with London Business School, OBA is pleased to announce the publication of the Global Survey of Tax Efficient Supply Chain Management 2006.

    This definitive report finds that some organisations using a tax efficient business model have reduced their tax bills by at least 25%, adding millions of pounds to the bottom line.

    In total, this survey covers over 150 participants from 16 different industries and from different geographical regions. Senior management from beverage, chemical, computers, manufacturing, oil & gas, medical devices, telecoms, and tobacco companies responded to the questionnaire.

    Some key points from the survey:

    • 30% of respondents realised a 10% to 25% improvement in P&L and more than 70% of respondents realised at least a 5% improvement in P&L

    • The survey disclosed that about half of those who executed tax efficiency programs achieved (or exceeded) all of their financial objectives as originally set.

    • Half the respondents realised an improvement in Effective Tax Rate (ETR) of up to 50%

    • The primary motivation for tax efficient initiatives amongst the majority of respondents is the resulting P&L impact and associated operational benefits

    The full report is available to purchase now for euro 92.50.

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