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Episode 50: End-to-end Integrated Planning Processes at Chemtura Guest: Jessica Quiles Everyone is talking about Extended Planning and Analysis – or xP&A – these days.  On paper, it is easy to appreciate the benefits of integrating planning across finance and operational functions, which include making it easier to get everyone working together towards consistent strategic goals, wasting less energy on reconciling stand-alone plans and forecasts, and increasing forecast accuracy by removing biases. In reality xP&A is difficult. The challenges range from the political, to the practical. The three critical requirements are (1) developing a vision for what integrated planning looks like (while still supporting the special needs of each function in terms of detail, data and cadences), (2) a willingness to transform business processes to enable the vision, and (3) adoption of suitable technology to support it all. This week’s guest, Jessica Quiles, will talk about her early-career