Shift Left Planning: Why Many Plans Fail to Execute—and How to Fix It

Webinar Description

Most supply chain investments today focus on speed—faster scenarios, real-time visibility, and AI-driven decision-making. Yet many organizations still struggle with constant firefighting, expediting, and low plan adherence.

Why? Because speed of response is only one half of the playbook.In this session, we introduce Shift Left Planning—a practical approach that moves critical feasibility, risk, and trade-off decisions earlier in the planning process. Instead of relying only on downstream reactions to fix problems, this approach builds plans that are structurally sound from the start.

You will see how improving the quality of the baseline plan reduces noise, limits unnecessary re-planning, and enables faster, more effective responses to real disruptions—not self-inflicted ones.

Using a process manufacturing example, we’ll illustrate how leading organizations are improving plan stability, increasing execution confidence, and delivering better operational and financial outcomes.

What you will take away:

• Why faster planning doesn’t solve poor plan quality
• How to identify structural weaknesses in your current plans
• Practical ways to build plans that execute in real-world conditions

Speakers:

Anand Iyer, CEO, Arkieva   

Moderator:

Robert Bowman, Editor-in-Chief, SupplyChainBrain