Enterra Insights

JUNE 26, 2019

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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AIMMS

JULY 5, 2017

You are currently using AIMMS to enable your S&OP process. What was the driver to look for S&OP technology and how did you do things before? That’s why I decided that this should change completely and decided to embrace S&OP. Within SAP, there is also a solution called S&OP.

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Supply Chain Trend

APRIL 2, 2018

Sales and Operation Planning (S&OP) made it’s break through in the 80’s, when Material Requirement Planning (MRP) was the hottest planning methodology around, computer screens had monochrome green letters, our music and dress sense were questionable, and it was common for companies to have a command and control management style.

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Arkieva

JUNE 16, 2017

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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Supply Chain Trend

JULY 22, 2018

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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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 7, 2017

There is a lot of evidence that S&OP is hard to implement and get right. And when S&OP is implemented it often stalls, doesn’t make enough progress and doesn’t deliver enough value. Maybe at the start of the S&OP project executives buy in and employees are still eager.

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Logility

MAY 10, 2018

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, how do we get to this transformed state from where we are today? that attempts to look into the future to balance supply and demand and meet financial objectives.

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Arkieva

JUNE 23, 2017

S&OP processes allow businesses to create a predictable approach to managing the supply chain. In this week’s ‘Supply Chain Talk,’ Arkieva CEO Harpal Singh discusses some of the key steps for measuring, monitoring, and improving S&OP performance. Please contact me at hyeboah@arkieva.com.

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Supply Chain Trend

JANUARY 12, 2017

In an extensive review of S&OP literature, Tuomikangas & Kaipia* suggest S&OP culture and leadership as one of six S&OP mechanisms to improve S&OP performance. Previously, I’ve written a post on how Mental Toughness supports effective S&OP.

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E2open

APRIL 17, 2017

S&OP as an Organizational Decision-making Process. Monday 17 April 2017. S&OP is dead," the caller said. Booz & Company (not describing S&OP specifically!) Mohit Dubey, Senior Director, Product Marketing, E2open. "S&OP This unsettled me – “Are lead-times dead, too?” I wondered. I had to find out.

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Supply Chain Trend

JULY 28, 2018

To be most effective, S&OP requires a positive, growth-oriented, mentally tough mindset as well as constructive behaviours. It is unlikely that a critical mass of effective behaviours is present in every company that implements S&OP. Why we need Behavioural Coaching for effective S&OP.

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Arkieva

DECEMBER 19, 2017

A look at some of the S&OP implementation best practices for managing your data. Implementing an S&OP System? Here’s How to Make Your Data Work for You was first posted on December 19, 2017 at 8:17 am. I must now say, there’s more to the story.

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Supply Chain Trend

JULY 28, 2018

To be most effective, S&OP requires a positive, growth-oriented, mentally tough mindset as well as constructive behaviours. It is unlikely that a critical mass of effective behaviours is present in every company that implements S&OP. Why we need Behavioural Coaching for effective S&OP.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

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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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

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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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses. However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. Worse, overall S&OP development and progress seems to have stalled.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 29, 2016

New Year’s Eve is a time for parties. In the process, facts become gray and what’s ‘true’ is uncertain. Today’s company has three to five ERP solutions; and through M&A, IT environments became more complex. We will launch a call for industry action on our webinar on January 11, 2017.

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E2open

MARCH 30, 2017

E2open and Steelwedge Join Forces: Analyst Reaction to our Vision for Collaborative S&OP. Thursday 30 March 2017. ChainLink Research: E2open Merges with Steelwedge: Demand/Supply Network Meets S&OP. Adding S&OP and IBP capabilities will certainly strengthen E2open’s collaborative planning solution footprint.

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E2open

MARCH 30, 2017

E2open and Steelwedge Join Forces: Analyst Reaction to our Vision for Collaborative S&OP. Thursday 30 March 2017. ChainLink Research: E2open Merges with Steelwedge: Demand/Supply Network Meets S&OP. Adding S&OP and IBP capabilities will certainly strengthen E2open’s collaborative planning solution footprint.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 18, 2017

A recap of the most popular articles on in 2017 so far. By far the most read article on Supply Chain Movement is Carlos Cordon’s blog: Supply Chain 4.0: Overview of European supply chain events 2017. Mind Map Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP). In Case You Missed It. Read the blog here>> 2.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 3, 2017

We also asked about the maturity of our client's S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) process and found it more mature in consumer goods and less in retail and industrial sectors. It is an important process, since there was a clear correlation between a mature S&OP process and demand forecast accuracy.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Amazon’s delivery drones may drop packages via parachute (CNN). Well, add another deal to the list: E2open announced this week that it has merged with Steelwedge , a software company focused on best-of-breed Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) / Integrated Business Planning (IBP) solutions.

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Kinaxis

MAY 4, 2017

Gartner defines a sales and operations planning (S&OP) System of Differentiation (SOD) as a software solution that supports a Stage 4 or higher maturity S&OP process. According to the report, “Leaders have a strong vision for their S&OP SOD capabilities. May 1, 2017. May 1, 2017.

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Supply Chain Trend

APRIL 24, 2019

As t he S&OP mindset study I conducted with Supply Chain Movement in 2017/2018 show similar results. We made an S&OP mindset checklist with 10 yes-or-no questions about effective behaviours for S&OP. You can find the results of the S&OP mindset study here .

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2016

So, go ahead, attend a session on Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), supply chain risk management, business intelligence and analytics, or other area outside your comfort zone to brighten your horizon. Below is a short list of the supply chain and logistics conferences scheduled for 2017. TMC , a division of C.H.

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AIMMS

JULY 19, 2017

The first half of this year has flown by and for many of us, it’s time for a much needed vacation. It’s the perfect companion for an inspiring holiday break! Looking for a software provider for Business Analytics, S&OP, Inventory Optimization, Production Planning & Scheduling or SC Network Design?

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AIMMS

JANUARY 5, 2017

As we step into 2017, we took some time to reflect on the most popular posts on our Supply Chain blog last year. T rending topics included S&OP, Prescriptive Analytics, Supply Chain Optimization, Supply Chain Centers of Excellence and Supply Chain Analytics. What are you interested in learning about this year?

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AIMMS

JANUARY 5, 2017

As we step into 2017, we took some time to reflect on the most popular posts on our Supply Chain blog last year. T rending topics included S&OP, Prescriptive Analytics, Supply Chain Optimization, Supply Chain Centers of Excellence and Supply Chain Analytics. What are you interested in learning about this year?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

2017 was the year that blockchain technology finally made world headlines, but it was mostly for the wrong reason. Editor’s Note: This is a guest article from Jake Rheude. [WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Download white paper. Blockchain in supply chain changes that.

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AIMMS

JULY 19, 2017

The first half of this year has flown by and for many of us, it’s time for a much needed vacation. It’s the perfect companion for an inspiring holiday break! Looking for a software provider for Business Analytics, S&OP, Inventory Optimization, Production Planning & Scheduling or SC Network Design?

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 21, 2018

For example, a 2017 Zurich Business Continuity Institute survey with 400 responses found that 23% of the respondents experienced a […].

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

1] Inventory Management 101 – The Master Production Schedule Explained, OptiProERP Manufacturing, May 2017. The solution provides full visibility across the entire supply chain, with the ability to integrate detailed scheduling and sales and operations planning (S&OP). DELMIA Quintiq Master Production Scheduling (MPS).

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

In their recent report titled Carefully Assess Which Tools Are Right for Each Stage of Supply Chain Planning Maturity (20 October 2017, Tim Payne & Amber Salley), the analyst firm describes the right tools to get from one level to the next. For this blog, we’ll focus on just one of those steps, from Stage 3 to Stage 4.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Here’s how wholesalers powered by ToolsGroup’s service-driven supply chain planning are ready for anything tomorrow may bring. Gruppo Giovannini SpA, a wholesale distributor of electrical spare parts, wanted to implement an S&OP process to better manage its expanding inventory replete with slow moving items.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Founded in 2000, Steelwedge was an innovator in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and was an early provider of cloud solutions for supply chain. ” The company’s press release rhetoric is bullish. ” I struggled to understand how a company focused just on S&OP could be viable.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

According to Niels van Hove ( @sctrends ), the term Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) was coined back in 1987. As van Hove notes, “The times since Sales & Operations planning (S&OP) was born in 1987 as a solution for operational issues are long gone.”[1] People, Processes, and Technology.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2018

As a result, only 42% of companies rate their S&OP process as effective. Effectiveness of Current S&OP Processes. Backcasting is the process of using prior year’s demand data to try to forecast the current year. E.G. 2015 and 2016 would be used to try to forecast 2017.). What do I Suggest?

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