Cross-functional planning is, by its nature, just that: cross-functional. That means that not everybody will have the right commercial, marketing and business skills, training and experience to ...

In an era where software development costs continue to rise, organizations can't afford the luxury of building first and ...

Oliva, Rogelio, and Noel Watson. "Cross-Functional Alignment in Supply Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales and Operations Planning." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-001, July 2006.

The creative team is works on its own. Marketing and Sales don't work together—they are siloed. The word has a negative connotation—and for good reason. Cross-functional teams tend to be more agile, ...