Integrated Business Planning
Accelerate planning maturity through simulation-based training that improves budget accuracy, reduces financial risk, and drives strategic alignment.
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Flexible Complexity Options: 4-16 hrs
Format: Guided, Self-guided New
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Introduction
Transform How Your Team Connects Strategy to Execution
As businesses grow in complexity, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) alone is no longer enough. To ensure financial control and strategic alignment, companies need to take the next step by integrating the budgeting cycle with S&OP.
This simulation-based training challenges your team to bridge the gap between the physical and financial supply chain. Set within a personal care products manufacturing company, participants must align strategy, budget, and execution while responding to changing market realities.
By learning in a realistic, time-pressured environment, teams experience the value of Integrated Business Planning. They discover how to turn disconnected plans into a unified, responsive process.
Start Learning JourneyBenefits for your team
What Your Team Will Achieve
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Financial planning
Connect financial planning with S&OP to improve planning quality and realism, closing the gaps -
Visibility and forecasting
Improve visibility into budgeting and forecasting across departments -
Teams alignment
Align teams across functions to improve coordination and optimize resource allocation -
Data-driven decisions
Make data-driven decisions that balance cost, risk, and performance
Key Audiences
Who is This For?
Cross-functional teams – Professionals from Operations, Planning, Purchasing, Finance, and Commercial roles involved in strategic and operational planning
Leadership teams – Executives looking to improve financial visibility, budget accuracy, and profitability.
Organizations scaling beyond S&OP – Companies seeking to connect financial planning with S&OP and improve cross-functional collaboration
Business Game
Powered by the World’s Leading Business Game: The Cool Connection
This training is powered by The Cool Connection, a cloud-based simulation platform that focuses on bridging finance and operations. Used by global companies to drive planning maturity, it challenges teams to balance strategy, cost, and service while managing risk in real time.
Participants take on executive roles such as VP Finance, VP Operations, VP Sales, and VP Purchasing. Working together, they align demand and supply plans with financial goals while navigating uncertainty and making high-impact decisions.
With immediate feedback and measurable outcomes, teams see the value of integrated planning and learn how better alignment improves business performance.
Available Delivery Formats
Flexible Formats. Immersive Experiences. Real Results.
All levels and formats are simulation-based and designed to drive hands-on learning in an immersive, team-driven environment.
Each format offers a standalone experience, allowing you to choose the right depth and intensity based on your team’s goals and available time.
Advanced
Most challenging experience with a more extended learning curve with advanced concepts, complex trade-offs, and long-term strategic consequences.
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Duration: 12-16 hours
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Formats: Guided: On-site, Guided: Online
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Delivery in local language possible
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Certificate of Participation
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24/7 support and expert guidance
How to get started with your Training?
Step 1
Reach out to our team and schedule a demo session.
Explore how to deploy off-the-shelf or tailor to your specific learning goals.
Time cost:
0.5 - 1 hours
Step 2 (Optional)
Do you want to try our business simulations first?
Try a low-scale pilot program to get buy-in from all decision-makers.
Step 3
Green light? Launch your Training Program.
Perfectly match your team’s needs in topics, complexity, format, and duration.
Time cost:
2 - 8 hours
