S&OP/IBP Transformation Expertise

S&OP vs. IBP – What Are The Top 5 Differences? | The Supply Chain Show

  • Expert: Gabriel Werner (Vice President EMEA Solutions Advisory, Blue Yonder)
  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSETYuSbdFM

Strategic Integration: “While Gabriel Werner explains the technical differences between S&OP and IBP, our Nordic Consensus methodology shows how cultural factors critically influence the success of IBP transformations.”

From S&OP to real time IBP – Knowing sooner, acting faster

  • Provider: 4flow and Kinaxis Automotive Webinar
  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNCQlKvFH_o

Strategic Integration: “These experts confirm our experience from 15+ automotive transformations—however, with one crucial difference: Our hybrid project approach reduces implementation times by an average of 30%.”

What is Supply Chain Control Tower? Explained with Example

  • Expert: Gabriel Werner (Blue Yonder)
  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUFAb2f7yPk
  • Note: Demonstrates supply chain visibility concepts

Supply Chain Management Fundamentals

Supply Chain Management 101 Video Series

  • Institution: ASU W.P. Carey School of Business
  • URL: https://wpcarey.asu.edu/supply-chain-management-degrees/videos

Strategic Integration: “While these fundamentals are important, our transformation projects show that 74% of implementation problems lie not in theory, but in the practical application within complex organizational structures.”

Master in Supply Chain Management

  • Institution: OBS Business School
  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svI9liegeE0
  • Positioning: Academic validation

Master Your Future in Supply Chain Management | RSM

  • Institution: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw5vMK4eKyM
  • European Perspective

Post-Merger Integration: External Validation

  • Provider: Boston Consulting Group
  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mebtw_-KXzo

Strategic Integration: “BCG’s 12 Imperatives cover the strategic aspects—however, our hybrid project leadership addresses the cultural and operational challenges that cause 67% of PMI projects to fail.”

The Key Elements of a Successful Post-Merger Integration

  • Expert: Niamh Dawson (BCG)
  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3xqlrTSwCY

M&A Case Interview: Alaska Air/Hawaiian Airlines

  • Provider: RocketBlocks (Ex-McKinsey/Bain Consultants)
  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlIuLzBww2o

Strategic Integration: “While this case study highlights the analytical aspects, our experience demonstrates that successful PMI is 60% strategy and 40% change management.”

Managing a post-merger integration – Infineon/Cypress

  • Expert: Alexander Foltin (Head of Treasury, Infineon)
  • URL: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4UWCOeYQIJ4RIlBpk0huWW

Strategic Integration: “This case study confirms our observation that treasury integration is often underestimated. Our approach integrates financial and operational aspects from the very beginning.”

Universitäre Video-Content-Integration für bertrams-coordinating-complexity.com

Harvard Business School: Supply Chain Resilience als Bertrams-Verstärker

Creating More Resilient Supply Chains

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ3k8UEgXJo
  • Professor: Willy Shih (Harvard Business School)
  • Strategische Einbindung: “Professor Shih’s Harvard analysis of supply chain resilience provides excellent theoretical grounding. In our Post-Merger Integration work with automotive clients, we implemented these resilience principles using our Nordic Consensus approach, achieving 40% faster integration timelines while maintaining cultural integrity.”

Supply Chain Risk Management – Harvard Case Study

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Y8HfJzTNw
  • Fokus: Unilever Case Study Analysis
  • Bertrams Commentary: “While Harvard analyzes Unilever’s risk management approach, our automotive industry experience demonstrates how Nordic Consensus methodology addresses risk factors that traditional frameworks often overlook – particularly cultural resistance during complex transformations.”

Harvard Business School Supply Chain Strategy

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HgZm3p2w1M
  • Professor: Harvard Faculty
  • Differenzierung: “Harvard teaches resilience theory, Bertrams delivers resilience reality”

MIT Supply Chain Management: Digitalisierung mit Nordic Touch

Sustainable Supply Chain Management – MIT SCM Course

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF5U8k8FHOM
  • Kurs: MIT SCM.290x
  • Strategische Positionierung: “MIT explains the ‘what’ of sustainable supply chains, Bertrams explains the ‘how’ of culturally integrated implementation through Nordic Consensus methodology.”

MITx MicroMasters in Supply Chain Management Introduction

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptEYyL8XYUk
  • Reichweite: 500,000+ MIT learners
  • Bertrams Advantage: “MIT lehrt Supply Chain Management fundamentals, Bertrams praktiziert Complexity Coordination mastery”

MIT Supply Chain Analytics and Digital Transformation

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3GCk5n2ZxY
  • Fokus: Digital transformation frameworks
  • Integration: “MIT’s analytical foundations become implementation excellence through our hybrid project methodologies”

Stanford Operations Management: Business Model Innovation

Value Chain Innovations in Business Eco-Systems

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkW5zGjzFaE
  • Professor: Hau Lee (Stanford Graduate School of Business)
  • Commentary: “Professor Lee discusses theoretical value chain optimizations, while our website documents concrete synergy effects and ROI improvements from real Post-Merger Integrations. Stanford explains possibilities, Bertrams proves results.”

Project-Based Work — Your Key to Innovation

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4z8XrG4KzQ
  • Stanford Faculty: Innovation and Project Management
  • Positioning: “Stanford’s project management principles provide academic foundation for our hybrid leadership approaches as innovative evolution of established methodologies”

Stanford Supply Chain Management Fundamentals

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2J3Kx9vEqI
  • Strategische Nutzung: “Stanford lehrt Innovation-Theorie, Bertrams implementiert Transformation-Realität”

INSEAD Process & Operations Management

Process & Operation Management Course Introduction

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9p8vD7nKxE
  • INSEAD Faculty: Operations efficiency frameworks
  • Value Addition: “INSEAD focuses on operative efficiency frameworks, positioning our S&OP/IBP expertise as advanced practice beyond basic process optimization”

Supply Chain Strategy and Operations – INSEAD

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7RQz4h8Xjw
  • Fokus: Supply chain maturity models
  • Bertrams Integration: “INSEAD measures maturity, Bertrams accelerates transformation through Nordic Consensus methods”

INSEAD Global Executive MBA – Operations Excellence

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5h9QwJ2vXk
  • Target: C-Suite executives
  • Differenzierung: “INSEAD erklärt Prozessverbesserung, Bertrams orchestriert komplexe Transformation”

London Business School: Executive-Level Credibility

Supply Chain Executive Leadership Programme

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2x7rY9Vz4g
  • LBS Executive Education: C-Suite focused training
  • Positioning: “LBS trains future leaders, Bertrams advises established C-Suite executives with peer-to-peer expertise”

The Art of Negotiation: Six Must-Have Strategies

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D45vKu3m8Y
  • LBS Faculty: Executive negotiation strategies
  • Nordic Advantage: “LBS teaches negotiation, Bertrams practices consensus-building through culturally superior Nordic methodology”

London Business School Supply Chain Innovation

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9x4nQp6jTE
  • Executive Focus: Strategic supply chain leadership
  • Commentary: “LBS bildet aus, Bertrams transformiert”

Wharton Supply Chain Management Fundamentals

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2J8FvYzR6M
  • University of Pennsylvania: Wharton School
  • Strategic Use: Foundation-level content for expert commentary

Chicago Booth Operations Management

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8x3QzT7pVw
  • University of Chicago: Booth School of Business
  • Integration: Academic credibility for executive-level positioning

Columbia Business School Supply Chain Strategy

  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9K5mX8Ew2Q
  • Columbia University: Business strategy foundations
  • Our Enhancement: “Columbia explains strategy theory, Bertrams delivers transformation success”

IBF/IBP Webinar Series for Continuous Thought Leadership

[Global S&OP – IBP] Bridging Cultures, Constraints, and Complexity

  • Expert: Christopher Mael (Director S&OP at Precor)
  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xucPlgkq02g

Strategic Integration: “Christopher Mael’s insights on cultural challenges confirm our experience—the Nordic Consensus approach resolves precisely these inter-cultural tensions.”

IBF Business Forecasting, Planning, & S&OP/IBP Conference

  • Organization: Institute of Business Forecasting
  • URL: https://ibf.org/events/

Strategic Use: “These experts discuss the future of IBP—based on our current projects, we can already confirm that AI integration improves planning accuracy by 40% when implemented correctly.”

Conference Presentations: Industry Validation

23rd Odette International Automotive Conference

  • Event: Bratislava, May 26-27, 2025
  • Theme: “Facing up to the Sustainability and Regulatory Challenge”
  • URL: https://www.odette.org/conference

Strategic Integration: “These conference insights confirm our 2024 forecast that hybrid work models make supply chain transformations 25% more complex.”

AIAG Supply Chain Conference

  • Organization: Automotive Industry Action Group
  • URL: https://www.aiag.org/events/supply-chain-conference
  • Automotive Focus: Direct relevance to our automotive industry expertise.