Operational success is the backbone of any thriving organization, and I believe the key to achieving it lies in effective annual planning. It's crucial to reflect on the past and strategize for the ...

The process of operational goal-setting is a critical step when it comes to business planning. It's the step that transforms strategic plans into actionable items. I previously wrote about operational ...

Simons, Robert L., and Antonio Davila. "Becton Dickinson: Designing the New Strategic, Operational, and Financial Planning Process TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 198-034, November 1997.

During an Operation Enduring Freedom deployment, a planner with the J-5 shop of an expeditionary sustainment command heard a commander say, "I'm tired of hearing what doctrine says; I want something ...

According to the Process Excellence Network, 2025 will see a laser focus on operational excellence as a pillar of survival and competitiveness. Optimized process flows -- the right people, following ...

This chapter contains a description of the status of the capabilities-based planning (CBP) processes of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (OJCS).

This is a revised column from one that Dr. Chaman Jain, the editor of the Journal of Business Forecasting (JBF), recently asked me to write. It discussed the relationship between strategic and ...

Since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, the U.S. government's reliance on contractors grew at an unprecedented rate. The U.S. continues to rely upon contractors for various logistics ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quantzig, a leading analytics advisory firm that offers customized analytics solutions, has announced the completion of their new article on capacity planning process.

ROCHESTER, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OneStream Software, a leader in Corporate Performance Management (CPM) solutions for mid-sized to large enterprises, has introduced a new predictive analytics ...

Simons, Robert L., Antonio Davila, and Afroze A Mohammed. "Becton Dickinson--Designing the New Strategic, Operational, and Financial Planning Process." Harvard Business School Case 197-014, July 1996.