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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. Dependency on Excel.

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Household Products Industry Stuck in Neutral and Going Backwards

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the course of trip to Atlanta to connect to Peru, we began a discussion. ” Steve’s response was fascinating and enlightening. I related to Steve’s story of death by a thousand cuts. 21 versus P&G’s.19 Let’s take the case of Cisco Systems. He introduced himself as Steve.

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Integrated Planning: Is It Rubbish? Be Careful What You Ask For….

Supply Chain Shaman

…for 8:00 AM strategy meeting(s) with clients.) To use the Barnes example, in this blog post, let’s focus on simplicity. Let’s start with a definition. Companies with a deep focus on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) will often default to this definition. What is integrated planning?