As we approach the end of the second quarter of 2009, the conversation inevitably turns to our progress to date and what else we’ll have to anticipate before the year is through. I did the same over the weekend, and can reflect on a first half of 2009 already rich with challenges and changes. I [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Reckitt Benckiser’s Environmental Commitment
Monday, June 29th, 2009Round 1 – Climate Change vs Global Financial Crisis
Thursday, June 25th, 2009Two years ago the buzz words were climate change, global warming and Al Gore… Now we’re inundated with references to credit crunch, global financial crisis, regulation and the worlds worst depression since the last great depression… The global financial crisis is a truth that we’re not quite feeling yet over in Australia.. there’s alot of talk, [...]
Innovation At Work
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009Hi All. Have been pondering over what to write and finally I thought why not share with everyone an interesting exercise that was rolled out for the India Sales Team. To give you a brief background, the exercise was a part of the Dettol Race for 8 program, which was an initiative to gun for [...]
Sales & Operational Forecasting
Thursday, June 18th, 2009Last week was dominated by Sales & Operational Forecasting (S&OP), making it the busiest of the month in my job. S&OP requires the Trade Marketing, Marketing, Finance and Demand Planning departments to work together on a combined forecast, which is sent to HQ. That accomplished, I then meet with the Trade Marketing and Marketing departments, [...]
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