Remove 2030 Remove Groups Remove Procurement Remove S&OP
article thumbnail

Happy Labor Day! Insights on Building Supply Chain Talent

Supply Chain Shaman

Labor day also signals the end of summer, and for many supply chain leaders the beginning of 2017 strategy discussions and intense S&OP debates to finalize Q3 and Q4 planning. Before I started doing this research, I believed procurement and manufacturing were aligned. Analytics Techniques for Supply Chain 2030.

article thumbnail

Go Horizontal!

Supply Chain Shaman

Functional silos define today’s supply chain organization. My first job was in manufacturing in the 1980’s. Inside-out processes assume that the order represents demand, and that the supply chain’s role ends with a perfect shipment. The silos compete. They lack alignment. This is not an easy transition.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

sust[AI]nability

Enterra Insights

The first company, Nestlé, the world’s largest food company and an Enterra Solutions ® client, announced last December it plans to invest $3.6 billion over the next five years as part of its long-term goal to cut in half its emissions by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050.”[5] How do we know?

article thumbnail

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?”

S&OP 150
article thumbnail

Adapting in the Face of Change

Supply Chain Shaman

Inflation is today’s reality. …or long laborious discussions of the differences between Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP). Today’s processes are inside-out not outside-in. Let’s examine the market reality by looking at a peer group.

article thumbnail

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?