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5 Recommendations towards a Resilient S&OP

Logistics Viewpoints

Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) as a process has been around since the 1980’s. While the terminology evolved, the underlying thesis of S&OP has stayed the same, i.e., bridge the divide between sales forecasts and operational plans while respecting the budget.

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S&OP: Middle-aged or Never Grown Up?

Enterra Insights

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) has been around for three decades. Many pundits, however, believe the S&OP process, as originally conceived, needs to change. What’s going on? ”[2] Think back 30 years to around the time the S&OP concept was first developed. They are: 1.

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The Biggest Challenges Supply Chain Leaders will Crush in 2016

Logility

To be fair, it’s nearly impossible to predict what will turn out to be the biggest challenges supply chain leaders will encounter in the year ahead. But despite the difficulty factor, let’s gaze into a crystal ball and make a few predictions about the challenges supply chain leaders should be preparing to face in 2016.

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Overview of European supply chain events 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Supply Chain Movement helps you along with an overview of the most important European supply chain events in 2016. Last updated on January 6th , 2016. 3rd S&OP in Russia and CIS. 12th Edition Advancing S&OP to IBP. RLCON 2016. ARC Industry Forum Europe 2016. ISC Europe 2016.

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Intelligent IBP: A Need for Decision Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

But it is good to remember that the early pioneers always designed S&OP, the predecessor of IBP, as an executive decision-making forum. Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process.

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3 things supply chain leaders can do to leverage talent for the digital supply chain

AIMMS

The skills of the past are no longer sufficient to meet the demands of today’s complex, fast- moving digital environment , or prepare for the future. A s the most experienced supply chain professionals retire , CSCMP estimates that as many as 3.5 Source: SCM World. There is also a talent shortage.

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Intelligent IBP: A Need for Decision Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

But it is good to remember that the early pioneers always designed S&OP, the predecessor of IBP, as an executive decision-making forum. Palmatier and Crum (2002), Coldrick, Ling, and Turner (2003) and Bob Stahl (2009) all assert that S&OP is first and foremost an executive decision-making process.