Ebook Continuous Planning mobile 2017 | Page 8

Address Short and Long Terms Integrating the short- and long-term elements of planning produces better results. • Having fully or mostly integrated plans improves a company’s agility: 66% of companies with this degree of plan integration are able to respond to changing business environments immediately or soon enough; for those that lack this integration, that figure is 22% . 49% of companies that integrate current and •  longer-term planning are able to explore a range of future scenarios, compared to just 18% that akeaway: Create scenarios to enable do not. consistently better decision-making through short- and long-term planning. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12