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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 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

Maturity in horizontal process development– Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and new product launch—also drives value. Apple, Broadcom, Dollar General, TJX and Ubiquiti Networks earn placement in the Winner’s Circle for three successive years. Imagine Supply Chain 2030. Outside-in Processes.

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S&OP: Five Steps to Get Started

Supply Chain Shaman

I will also pen my 95th report for this week’s Supply Chain Insight’s newsletter. It is one that is often asked: “S&OP How Do I Get Started?” ” S&OP: How Do I Get Started? I asked, “Why is S&OP important to your business?”

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Sustainable Food Waste Management for Food Industry SMEs

Unleashed

Over a third of the world’s food produce and products are wasted. For example the Raven Food Co-op, a Warsaw-based food cooperative is committed to preventing food waste before it occurs. Valorisation processes use chemical and biological methods to produce biofuels, and other sources of energy.

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Supply Chain Leaders, Chained to Tradition, Face the Whip

Supply Chain Shaman

Focus on tight integration of the budget to supply chain flows in S&OP. Manage the supply chain as a homogeneous process—treating all items the same. ” The assumption that traditional demand planning focused on order patterns or the use of S&OP to understand demand is insufficient.