Weekly Intelligence Briefing

IBP Signal

Decision signals for IBP, supply chain,
and planning leaders.

Cadence Weekly
Format Practitioner briefing
Cost Free
Audience Senior planning leaders
Signal coverage

What IBP Signal tracks

Each issue monitors the four domains that most directly affect how planning leaders think, decide, and adapt.

AI and planning technology

Vendor moves, model releases, and platform shifts that change what is realistic inside demand planning and IBP tooling.

IBP / S&OP operating model shifts

How leading organisations are redesigning their planning cycles, governance structures, and cross-functional integration.

Supply chain risk and resilience

Geopolitical, regulatory, and structural shifts that carry planning implications before they reach the headlines.

Planning governance, data quality, and decision accountability

The organisational and data-integrity issues that determine whether planning outputs are trusted and acted on.

Editorial position

Why it is different

  • 01
    Practitioner-led, not analyst-led

    Written by someone who has run S&OP cycles, managed planning transformations, and sat in the cycle room. Not summarised from analyst reports.

  • 02
    No vendor spin

    IBP Signal carries no sponsorships, no paid placement, and no affiliate relationships. Vendor tools are mentioned with explicit caveats.

  • 03
    Focused on the cycle room

    Every signal is filtered through one question: does this change what a planning leader should do or ask in the next cycle?

  • 04
    Concise, evidence-based, actionable

    Short enough to read before a planning meeting. Each issue ends with a concrete question or action for your next cycle.

"Most supply chain content is either too tactical to matter at the IBP level or too strategic to affect Monday's planning meeting. IBP Signal is designed to sit exactly in between."

IBP Signal — editorial stance

Each issue contains

What you receive

One structured briefing per week. Designed to be read in under ten minutes, with links to follow up on what matters.

  • One weekly signal briefing — the most consequential development across the four tracked domains
  • Why it matters for planning leaders, explained from an IBP operating perspective
  • Tool and vendor context, where relevant — with explicit caveats on marketing claims
  • One practical question or action to bring into your next planning cycle
  • Source links for independent follow-up
IBP Signal Sample structure

Signal

The development and why it reached the briefing threshold this week.

Why it matters for IBP

The planning-cycle implication — process, data, governance, or tooling.

Vendor / tool context

Relevant platforms mentioned with caveats. No sponsored placement.

Cycle question

One question to raise or test in your next planning cycle.

Sources

Links for independent verification and further reading.

Curator

Who writes IBP Signal

Fabio Campofiorito

Curator & Publisher — IBP Signal

IBP Signal is curated by Fabio Campofiorito, a supply chain and IBP practitioner with 15+ years of experience in operations, demand planning, S&OP/IBP, and transformation programmes at multinational FMCG organisations.

His work spans end-to-end supply chain redesign, digital planning tools (SAP IBP, e2Open), and programme governance across Europe and global markets. IBP Signal reflects what a senior practitioner actually reads, filters, and considers relevant to the planning function.

Stay ahead of what is changing in planning

One weekly briefing. Practitioner-led. No vendor spin. Built for senior supply chain and IBP leaders who need signal, not noise.