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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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S&OP: Can You Make Decisions at the Speed of Business?

Supply Chain Shaman

I spent time this week completing reference calls on the use of S&OP technologies. Eerily the case studies sound the same as the ones heard when I completed S&OP research in 2004. Eerily the case studies sound the same as the ones heard when I completed S&OP research in 2004.

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The March of the Lemmings.

Supply Chain Shaman

A lemming’s population rises and falls. In this blog post, I share quantitative research, mixed with stories, of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). Let’s face it folks, we have acted as lemmings over the last decade when it comes to S&OP. Effective S&OP takes work.

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Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire for 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

History will also include case studies of mergers and acquisitions. Maturity in horizontal process development– Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and new product launch—also drives value. Imagine Supply Chain 2030. The focus is on Imagining Supply Chain 2030. Outside-in Processes.

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For Every Tom, Dick, and Harry

Supply Chain Shaman

His first call was on Sales & Operations Planning, and his new inquiry was on S&OP. Tom wanted help to take his S&OP processes to a new level, but his boss was dismissive. On the recent call, Tom shared the story of S&OP evolution through two bosses. The struggle for Tom’s team is real.

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Supply Chain Leaders, Chained to Tradition, Face the Whip

Supply Chain Shaman

We are living in a world of rich supply chain case studies. Focus on tight integration of the budget to supply chain flows in S&OP. ” The assumption that traditional demand planning focused on order patterns or the use of S&OP to understand demand is insufficient. You are far smarter than I.”