The practice usually gave rise to products of poor quality at the end of the planning cycle.

Although the planning cycle is annual, you don't just make the plan then forget about it until next year.

To read more about the planning cycle see our guide on how to prepare a business plan for growth.

Logistics support also has to change to keep pace with demands around the operational planning cycle.

Conservation gains have become integral to long-term planning cycles.

This is where the market research which is analysed in the first three parts of the planning cycle can help.

Schedules are generally constructed over a year, which is usually the client's short-term planning cycle, but may be for a single seasonal burst.

The systems runs under a fixed planning cycle, with the sensed information being updated into the world model at the beginning of the cycle.

Where possible, we will also use this information to take action during the planning cycle.

This process was not tied into the planning cycle.