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At IBP Ready, we provide Maturity Assessment Consulting to help organizations understand where they stand in their Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes. Our approach identifies gaps, improvement areas, and realistic next steps to elevate planning maturity and align processes, decision-making, and technology for better business outcomes.

Through structured benchmarking and assessment models, we analyze your planning horizon, decision-making structure, stakeholder involvement, process execution, and technology enablement, comparing them against industry best practices.

Benchmarking Against Industry Standards

We assess your current planning maturity level by evaluating your process structure, decision-making framework, and organizational alignment. Our benchmarking is based on cross-industry data collected from over 60 companies, ensuring an objective comparison of your planning capabilities.

– S&OP Maturity Model Assessment – We classify organizations into five levels:

Survival – Local, undocumented, and reactive planning.
Basic – Ad-hoc processes with limited data visibility.
Intermediate – Centralized data with structured but inconsistent decision-making.
Advanced – Standardized, structured processes with collaborative decision-making.
Best-in-Class – Fully integrated, proactive, and automated planning with financial alignment.

– Cross-Industry Benchmarking – We compare your organization’s planning process against best-in-class companies to identify gaps and improvement areas.
– Customized Roadmap – We define realistic short-term and long-term goals, helping businesses advance from their current maturity stage to the next level.

Decision-Making & Organizational Readiness Assessment

A well-structured planning process requires clear ownership, executive sponsorship, and cross-functional collaboration. We evaluate how decisions are made, who is involved, and whether processes drive business impact.

Decision-Making Structure Evaluation – We assess whether planning decisions are centralized, collaborative, or siloed, ensuring alignment across functions.
Stakeholder Involvement Assessment – We determine if executives, finance, supply chain, and sales teams are actively contributing to planning decisions.
Execution & Accountability Review – We analyze how well decisions are followed through, whether action items are clearly assigned, and if KPIs effectively measure execution success.

By structuring decision-making frameworks and accountability mechanisms, we enhance planning efficiency and ensure that strategic decisions translate into real operational improvements.

Process Capability Assessment

Many organizations struggle with misaligned planning horizons, disconnected operational planning, and a lack of end-to-end visibility. Our assessment helps companies structure a planning process that ensures clarity, alignment, and consistency.

Planning Horizon Assessment – We determine if your S&OP/IBP process operates on a short-term, mid-term, or long-term planning cycle, ensuring that demand, supply, and financial planning are synchronized.
Process Standardization & Scalability – We analyze whether your planning processes are structured, repeatable, and scalable across different business units or regions.
Scenario Planning & Risk Assessment – We evaluate how well your organization prepares for demand shifts, supply constraints, and unexpected market fluctuations.

Through structured assessments, we help businesses design a planning process that is scalable, agile, and future-ready.

Technology & System Enablement Assessment

A strong IBP or S&OP process requires the right technology and data infrastructure. We assess whether your current planning tools support seamless execution or if gaps exist in automation, system integration, and analytics.

Technology Readiness Review – We evaluate whether your organization relies on spreadsheets, legacy systems, or fully integrated IBP solutions.
System Enablement & Data Consistency – We check if data is centralized, accessible in real-time, and supports decision-making without delays.
Advanced Planning Capabilities Assessment – We assess whether your planning system enables scenario modeling, predictive analytics, and automated decision support.

This ensures that your planning technology aligns with your process and business goals, rather than becoming a bottleneck.

Maturity Assessment