The aim of the research was to answer the following questions:
- Understand current practices in S&OP/Integrated Business Planning (IBP) to see how well companies are really leveraging potential business benefits from S&OP excellence
- Learn how large the gaps are between perception and reality relative to S&OP performance
- Assess to what level the more advanced process that define IBP were being used by companies currently
We are quite pleased with the result, and believe the research goals have been met.