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Recent Article Additions The Migration to Retail S&OP BY: Ron Ireland Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) has been considered a best practice in the manufacturing industry for the past 25 years. Initially started as a process to balance demand and supply, retail S&OP has evolved to a more robust Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process that links Strategic Plans, with product portfolio reviews and new product introductions, unconstrained demand plans, supply plans and capabilities, and financial appraisals of the Integrated Business Plans over a planning horizon of 24 months or more. Recruiting America's Military Elite to Lead Your Organization BY: James D. Murphy America's military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan's unconventional conflicts has resulted in an unintended consequence - elite military professionals that are experienced in independent and adaptive thinking and leadership. 3 P's Drive Small Business Success in 2010 BY: Michael Perrone What a year! For many, 2009 is a year they would like to forget. Between overleveraged mortgages, banks that failed or were too big to fail, and a restructuring of the auto industry, many individuals and businesses alike are ready to ring in 2010 with a more hopeful outlook. The Four Drive Theory in the Workplace BY: Stan Emelander The Four Drive theory, explained in the 2002 book Driven by Drs. Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria of the Harvard Business School, describes human motivation in terms of a set of dynamic, interacting needs that are a fundamental part of humankind’s makeup. The needs arise from our evolutionary past, and are built into to humans as a part of the mental equipment that provided advantages to adaptation and survival in past epochs. Are You a Scrumbag? Don't Worry – It's a Good Thing: Use Scrum to Fuel Your Success BY: Joshua Brown Teamwork and the idea of different parts working together in harmony to make up a whole are attributes valued by all companies. Because of that universally held ideology, Scrum was created. Scrum is a very general, flexible working methodology, with the ability to be molded and sculpted to fit the needs of different teams, projects, and deliverable goals. Click here for more articles.

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