Planning Perspectives (PPI) is a leading business-to-business advisory and consulting firm whose knowledge, experience, and unique skills help manufacturers work more effectively with their suppliers, and suppliers with their manufacturing customers.  PPI focuses its advisory and consulting work on the interfacing activities that comprise the working relations between manufacturers and suppliers in a wide array of manufacturing industries.

For over 25 years Planning Perspectives has helped manufacturers and suppliers work together more effectively and efficiently by:

• helping manufacturers understand how suppliers perceive and react to their procurement programs, policies, and processes;
• providing manufacturers with specific recommendations on procurement activity improvements, cost reduction opportunities, means of improving product quality, etc.;
• providing suppliers insights into how they can offer more value-added services to their manufacturing customers; and
• benchmarking manufacturer – supplier interfacing activities to determine best practices.

The net result of these activities has been substantial competitive advantage and profitability improvements for our clients.

All PPI client-interface personnel are senior level people with decades of research and consulting experience. Many of these senior PPI personnel are also academicians who are experts in their respective areas. It is the blending of the practical business experiences with the academic backgrounds that results in our ability to bring a unique perspective to virtually every project. This perspective is exemplified by our motto that is at the top of this screen.

Planning Perspectives, also, draws upon the expertise of a virtual network of over 50 advanced degree holding individuals with extensive backgrounds in multiple areas of business, social sciences, political sciences, and economics, as well as statistics and survey research methodologies, when highly specialized skills and knowledge are required to meet the needs of our clients.