Niels van Hove
Niels van Hove is a globally recognized thought leader in Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Human+AI collaboration. He focuses on transforming IBP from an "information-sharing" meeting into a "decision-making discipline" or "decision-centric IBP". His work advocates for moving planning's focus from forecast accuracy to decision quality.
He is known for defining the current era as the third wave of supply-chain planning technology, emphasizing autonomous/augmented planning and cognitive automation. He argues that success lies not in the technology, but in cultivating a "Human+AI culture". He stresses that future planners must adapt to collaborate with AI or "self-select out" of the role.
multi-time contributor to the International Journal of Applied Forecasting, his research spans the evolution of S&OP, including early behavioral studies and the application of generative AI and Decision Intelligence.