Unleashed

JULY 10, 2023

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is the process of aligning demand planning with supply planning and financial planning to create an integrated business strategy. Other benefits of Sales and Operations Planning include: Happier customers: A high-functioning S&OP team supports better decision-making at the executive level.

S&OP 40

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Logility

APRIL 13, 2021

Is it identical to sales and operations Planning (S&OP), an extension of it, or something altogether separate? Call it what you want, IBP is probably best thought of as mature S&OP. Lora Cecere reminds us that IBP is actually the third step of maturity in an S&OP implementation.

Supply Chain Planning Software 240

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. ” Let’s set the stage. Using the new forms of analytics test and learn on market approaches. Focus on Cost.

Procurement Analytics 217

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

Let’s start with the basics. In traditional advanced planning applications (APS) for a manufacturing company, the forecasting model’s role is to generate a time-series forecast in the tactical horizon (outside of lead time). (An This blog post may seem a bit basic for some. Bear with me. I promise to answer the questions.

Supply and Demand 358

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2024

The class discovers the current blackholes of the supply chain (direct procurement and contract manufacturing. The evolution of S&OP to IBP increased process latency in 70% of companies. Lack of aligned metrics. Lack of recognition of supply chain flows and multiple supply chains. The problem is more profound.

Inventory Reduction 389

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Instead, most companies manage based on functional metrics—lowest manufacturing, procurement, or transportation costs.

Procurement Analytics 195

Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement Sourcing Strategies Optimal Sourcing 195

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

One day, a product is flying off the shelves, and the next, it’s gathering dust. That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs. billion a year.

Supply Chain Planning Software 193

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

Closing the gaps happens when there are aligned metrics, clarity of vision and aligned planning processes. They also are clear that the supply chain is defined outside-in based on the channel requirements and the underlying rhythms and cycles of fulfillment, manufacturing and procurement. Metrics Alignment. They lack cohesion.

Supply Chain Planning Software 278

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Optimal Sourcing Scenario Planning 278

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. The First Step: Bring all the data together and ensure analytics and planning can happen on the same platform. . Customer Satisfaction scores side by side with the service level and availability metrics.

Supply Chain Planning Software 261

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2016

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 metrics reward functional thinking. The silos compete.

Supply Chain Design Software 161

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It involves assessing how the overall supply chain performed, analyzing metrics, and how well you managed exceptions. As a result of this improved forecasting precision, you can plan your procurement more accurately. Analysis The analysis phase is where you look back at your supply chain process and evaluate its effectiveness.

Forecasting 52

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Digital transformation is not seen as a singular activity but a set of interrelated activities that span across people, process, technology, policy, and metrics,” said George Fowler, group vice president in Spinnaker’s Supply Chain business unit. To access the full report, please visit www.ToolsGroup.com/DT-survey . ###. About ToolsGroup.

Supply Chain Planning Software 136

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2015

In our research for the book Supply Chain Metrics That Matter , we find that this is the case for 90% of companies. As a result, if inventory is is arbitrarily reduced you can hurt the company’s ability to meet orders. Figure 2: S&OP Change Management Issues. Growth is difficult with stalled financial results.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Enterra Insights

JULY 28, 2020

They write, “Accomplishing [faster transactions] requires organizations to create cognitive supply chains that augment human capabilities with advanced technology and analytics.” This new model is already evolving, as digital technologies with embedded analytics converge to capture, store, process, and share data.”[3]

Supply Chain Planning Software 100

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Optimal Sourcing Inventory Reduction 100

DynaSys

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Find a set of reliable demand signals, as noted above under Demand, to determine essential supply and inventory – agreed to in your S&OP process. Start leveraging your planning capabilities with state-of-the-industry advanced analytics and data visualization. From Descriptive to Predictive to Prescriptive Analytics.

Modeling 97

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 13, 2018

What is much easier to measure is cost — so that’s what drives the metrics and incentives.”[1] Gilmore cites a passage from a book entitled The Supply Chain Revolution written by Suman Sarkar, CEO of Three S Consulting. ” Let’s face it. Horizontal (versus Vertical) Process Excellence. ”[5].

Supply Chain Planning Software 100

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Logility

JULY 20, 2023

As companies grow and mature in their supply chain processes, demand planning software gives them the tools to automatically create, update, and manage the demand plan across their product line and then include that plan in their sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. What’s your approach to forecasting?

Supply and Demand 187

Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Demand Planning Software Forecasting Software 187

ToolsGroup

MARCH 1, 2016

The reading audience is global, and spans a wide variety of roles: procurement, supply chain strategy and planning, product management, logistics and transportation, customer service, and others. We talked to Bob to see what we might learn from that experience. What is the makeup of your blog audience?

Supply Chain Planning Software 120

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2016

…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?

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Here’s some research on this topic. So, my answer would be the single biggest supply chain problem is forecasting accuracy as part of S&OP. Also, Gartner says that sales and operations planning (S&OP) is the single, most-important and critical cross-functional process.

Supply Chain Planning Software 96

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

Building supply chain resilience isn’t a new goal, but it’s become a primary focus for supply chain leaders in the wake of the pandemic crisis, particularly in the hardest-hit industries, such as food and beverage. It’s also becoming law, from pharmaceutical serialization to US FDA food safety.”

Supply Chain Planning Software 116

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Kinaxis

MAY 18, 2016

Procurement might have hit their cost savings metrics, but if it meant purchasing more than needed, and that might hurt your warehouse inventories. We spoke about the onslaught of data and the need for people with analytics skills. The S&OP process 3-4 years ago didn’t lean on that as much as it does now.

Supply Chain Software 100

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6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

To help you determine what tactics, processes, technologies and practices are a must-have in a winning supply chain strategy, we reached out to a panel of supply chain professionals and asked them to answer this question: “What’s the single most effective way to create a winning supply chain strategy?”

Sourcing Strategies 88

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

I said, “that’s fine, I’ll take that one”. Using automation better to reduce labour costs, the adoption of sales and operations planning (S&OP), and planning systems have really taken off in the last ten years. Because one of the major costs in a business, if you take in procurement and cost of goods, is supply chain.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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