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Our Expertise

Integrated
Business
Planning

Align strategic, operational, and financial planning. It includes S&OP, which balances supply and demand, and XP&A, which connects financial and operational planning, fostering collaboration and agility.

Integrated Business Planning or IBP means that planning & analysis is best not only used in finance (also the F in FP&A), but in any relevant organizational area that produces business plans and management information, including area’s like sales, marketing, production and HR. Other related terms are XP&A (it stands for eXtended Planning & Analysis) or Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is XP&A?

First, a short introduction to XP&A: it stands for eXtended Planning & Analysis, meaning the planning & analysis is not only used in finance (the F in FP&A), but in any (X) relevant organizational area that produces business plans, including area’s like sales, marketing, production and HR. Other related terms are Integrated Business Planning (IBP) or even Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

Why is it relevant?

More and more, finance professionals are required to be a business partner to management. In other words, in addition to correct financial reporting, financials are aslo asked for advice fro a business perspective. And to be able to do so, they need insights in the future based on business drivers.

With XP&A the planning (and reporting & analytics) processes are including area’s like sales, marketing, production and HR. With that, a financial can give insights not only about finance, but also regarding products, customers and other business drivers.

How can we implement XP&A

XP&A can be implemented (as an example) via the following steps: