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Lassoing S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

To align S&OP. As companies transitioned from regional to multi-national organizations, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes proliferated. The average company has seven S&OP processes, but a global chemical company averages over 30. Businesses are different. Reporting Structure.

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Lassoing S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

To align S&OP. As companies transitioned from regional to multi-national organizations, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes proliferated. Today, the average company has seven S&OP processes, but a global chemical company averages over 30. Each defining S&OP differently.

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The S&OP Process Improvement Illusion – Are we there yet?

Arkieva

Almost three decades ago Sales and Operational Planning (S&OP) became the innovation in manufacturing and supply chain. When S&OP came about in 1987 as a concept, we did not yet have the internet much less the “internet of things.” The S&OP Process Improvement Illusion – Are we there yet?

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Why we need S&OP Vision, Culture, and Language

Supply Chain Trend

PREVIEW In their three-part Foresight series entitled “Misconceptions, Missteps, and Bad Practices in S&OP,” ( Foresight issues 46, 47, 48) Chris Gray and John Dougherty expose a baker’s dozen of blunders blocking the road to an effective S&OP process. . S&OP Is the New Name for ERP.

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Enabling S&OP through Advanced Analytics

Logility

At the Informs Business Analytics Conference in Las Vegas last year, I spoke about the potential to enable S&OP / IBP through advanced analytics. However, is there enough manufacturing and distribution capacity to handle the increase in volume? However, how do we get to this transformed state from where we are today?

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Getting Ready for 2017: Reflections on Telling Lies

Supply Chain Shaman

New Year’s Eve is a time for parties. In the process, facts become gray and what’s ‘true’ is uncertain. To gain competitive economies of scale and drive the segmented response, the back office operations–procurement, manufacturing and transportation–are automated and effective. Reflections.

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Building a Home or Planning a Vacation: Think about S&OP and S&OE

BlueYonder

I recently had the opportunity to contribute an article, S&OP Vacation, to the Winter 2017 edition of Supply Chain World magazine 1 about the sales and operations planning process. I recently visited an automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and had the opportunity to attend their S&OP meeting.

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