ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

It leverages historical data, competitive intelligence, and external factors to guide inventory planning and resource allocation. Master supply chain forecasting for intermittent demand As consumers demand an increasing variety of product options, it results in more intermittent demand and slow-moving inventory.

Forecasting

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 24, 2025

Whether you’re walking into an S&OP meeting or preparing a supplier review deck, your ability to visually articulate your message can impact outcomes. Demand Forecasting and Inventory Planning Demand planners often work with multi-variable models involving seasonality, lead times, customer behavior, and historical data.

Supply Chain Design Software

QAD

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Here are some examples of how QAD can help: QAD Demand Planning Win the Shelf War QADs Demand Planning ensures you make the right products in the right quantities at the right time, eliminating stockouts and excess inventory to own the shelf when demand spikes.

Manufacturing Procurement

QAD

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Complexities of Managing Supplier Relationships Managing suppliers has always been complex, but it is becoming even more challenging in today’s fast-paced automotive industry. Depending on the industry, companies can see cost savings of 5 to 10% and revenue gains of 7 to 10%. Technology can help to transform supplier relationships.

Supply Chain Planning Software

ThroughPut

JULY 14, 2025

Data Aggregation: AI ingests structured and unstructured data—sales, inventory, production logs, supplier info, weather, news, IoT sensor data. Pattern Recognition: Machine learning algorithms identify trends, seasonalities, and anomalies faster than any human team. reordering, production schedule changes).

Supply Chain Planning Software

o9 Solutions

MAY 6, 2025

We used the people that we acquired from fourteen different regions and three different divisions… and we reduced inventory and spend by hundreds of millions of dollars.” The company did not add new headcount but instead focused on upskilling and reorganizing existing teams. “We We didn’t grow headcount,” Sam said. “We

Supply Chain Planning Software

John Galt

JUNE 11, 2025

The Convergence of Complexity and Constraints NOAA’s challenges highlight the broader shift confronting supply chain leaders: a convergence of rising complexity and diminishing human capacity. Customer Portal Partner Portal Contact John Galt Solutions Atlas AI-driven SaaS platform that connects and orchestrates your entire supply chain.

Forecasting

ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Poor demand planning results in stockouts, excess inventory, and financial loss. Lack of real-time insights leads to inefficiencies in inventory management and distribution. Optimized Inventory Management: Reduce stockouts and excess inventory. 20% More Capacity in manufacturing operations to meet fluctuating demand.

Supply and Demand

o9 Solutions

MAY 7, 2025

In this article, we first examine the major challenges facing industrial manufacturers today, how o9’s platform helps address them and, finally, what real-world success looks like through world-class transformation case studies. The result is inflated inventory, missed promise dates, and high freight costs.

Manufacturing Procurement

o9 Solutions

MAY 19, 2025

Capacity constraints, demand implications, and inventory availability can all be seen in a single view, empowering decision-makers to act decisively. This capability underpins the S&OE (Sales and Operations Execution) process, but with suppliers embedded as collaborative partners. That’s why collaboration is essential.

Risk Management

ThroughPut

JULY 14, 2025

Data Aggregation: AI ingests structured and unstructured data—sales, inventory, production logs, supplier info, weather, news, IoT sensor data. Pattern Recognition: Machine learning algorithms identify trends, seasonalities, and anomalies faster than any human team. reordering, production schedule changes).

Supply Chain Planning Software

QAD

JANUARY 21, 2025

Achieving operational excellence isn’t just about having individual components working well; it’s about creating a seamless flow between them. But here’s the catch: demand forecasting isn’t a static process, nor is it a one-size-fits-all solution. And its this strong foundation that sets the tone for success.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Matters

MAY 6, 2025

In the latter, the leveraging of Salesforce Cloud provides customers with the ability to more readily integrate various manifestations of customer along with product demand data and insights into an existing or planned future business-wide overall sales and operations planning ( S&OP ) or integrated business planning (IBP) process.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) as a process has been around since the 1980’s. While the terminology evolved, the underlying thesis of S&OP has stayed the same, i.e., bridge the divide between sales forecasts and operational plans while respecting the budget.

S&OP

ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 18, 2016

S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) and SI&OP (Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning) are two well know acronyms. Now Gartner has added an acronym with a distinctly different twist, Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE). S&OE offers a dampening effect.

S&OP

Kinaxis

AUGUST 31, 2015

by Lori Smith In a previous post , I talked about the ineffectiveness of Excel, ERP, and legacy planning for S&OP. Successful S&OP provides a navigation system to help determine where you are going, where you have been, when you are off course, and how to get back on course. It’s the same for business.

S&OP

AIMMS

MAY 6, 2019

In December 2006, I published an article titled “ S&OP or just good supply chain planning ?” I wondered: is S& OP just too hard to implement ? As I saw it, the challenges back then were as follow s: . Here ’s how I answered that question 13 years ago: . Lower inventory levels .

S&OP

AIMMS

JANUARY 9, 2018

You are currently using AIMMS to enable your S&OP process. What was the driver to look for S&OP technology and how did you do things before? That’s why I decided that this should change completely and decided to embrace S&OP. Within SAP, there is also a solution called S&OP.

S&OP

Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The topic that often comes up in these conversations is Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP). While S&OP as a discipline has been around for over two decades, it has been generating great interest recently. From time to time, I hear comments such as: “My monthly S&OP process takes 6 weeks to execute”. “We

S&OP

Kinaxis

AUGUST 24, 2015

by Lori Smith Can the S&OP process be done without technology? So what technologies are today’s supply chain teams using to support the critical S&OP process? In addition, companies will have two to five S&OP processes working independently.”. It’s a great tool for personal productivity.

S&OP

AIMMS

JULY 5, 2017

You are currently using AIMMS to enable your S&OP process. What was the driver to look for S&OP technology and how did you do things before? That’s why I decided that this should change completely and decided to embrace S&OP. Within SAP, there is also a solution called S&OP.

S&OP

ToolsGroup

MARCH 24, 2021

Now consider that by not optimizing your inventory from a global vantage point you may be creating, if not outright chaos, a much less efficient network than you could have. When it comes to inventory management, each piece must operate as a part of a global integrated system to be most effective.

Modeling

ToolsGroup

MARCH 1, 2021

S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) or SIOP (Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning) is a well known supply chain planning process, yet not all supply chains have embraced Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE). The role of S&OE is to capture the differences and adjust.

S&OP

Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Just a quick post to let you know of our upcoming live webcast, “ Continuous S&OP for Life Sciences – Breaking the Mold “, which we will host this Wednesday, November 19th at 11am EST. Trevor Miles, VP of Thought Leadership, Kinaxis, will present on the following topic. Webcast Abstract. Register now !

S&OP

DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 17, 2022

Unfortunately, the definitions of S&OP and IBP are often confusing as they seem to be both distinct and overlapping processes. Sales & Operations Planning is, as it was originally defined, a process that focuses on the operational aspects of the business: orders, material, capacity, inventory, etc.

S&OP

AIMMS

JANUARY 9, 2018

You are currently using AIMMS to enable your S&OP process. What was the driver to look for S&OP technology and how did you do things before? That’s why I decided that this should change completely and decided to embrace S&OP. Within SAP, there is also a solution called S&OP.

S&OP

DELMIA Quintiq

JANUARY 11, 2021

It is crucial for wire and cable manufacturers to optimize forecasting and production capacity. Achieving this means the need to optimize your sales and operations planning (S&OP). Many cable and wire companies have an S&OP process in place, but few have the right solution to support it.

Modeling

Logility

JULY 31, 2023

This turbulence sends ripples through their sales and operations planning (S&OP) process, adding complex layers and challenging the essence of effective decision-making. As these factors become increasingly prevalent, S&OP — the vital nerve center of an organization’s supply chain strategy — is being stretched thin.

S&OP

AIMMS

MAY 6, 2019

In December 2006, I published an article titled “ S&OP or just good supply chain planning ?” I wondered: is S& OP just too hard to implement ? As I saw it, the challenges back then were as follow s: . Here ’s how I answered that question 13 years ago: . Lower inventory levels .

S&OP

ToolsGroup

APRIL 12, 2016

1 challenge among manufacturing companies is connecting sales and operations planning (S&OP) to operational plan/execution.” – Gartner Research 1. But according to Gartner, today’s Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) isn’t solving the fundamental challenge of translating aggregated decisions into operational details.

S&OP

Logility

MAY 3, 2021

Execution of S&OP through a sales and operations execution process is what sets top brands apart. S&OP Defined. The goal of S&OP is to create an overall strategy that helps resource allocation and management meet customer needs while controlling costs. S&OE Bridges the Gap.

Inventory Reduction

Logility

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Sales and operations planning (S&OP) has been a longstanding practice for businesses across nearly every industry. Yet, as supply chain innovators, we also know the rich history of applying technologies to continuously resolve these challenges and optimize S&OP outcomes.

S&OP

DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The cancellation of this year’s Oktoberfest is another blow to a beleaguered beer industry that’s still reeling from the effects of the global health crisis. The world’s biggest beer festival was expected to bring in up to six million visitors to the city of Munich. billion liters less than in 2019.

Modeling

DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 5, 2017

From my previous blog post , it’s clear that the road to achieving sales and operations planning (S&OP) excellence is not an easy one. Read on to learn how to transform your S&OP workflow, boost your scenario planning capabilities and get the most out of your S&OP process.

S&OP

Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Businesses’ top concerns include meeting customer demands, optimizing capacity to navigate volatility, meeting sustainability goals and finding skilled labor. The products and material deliveries are planned without taking real-world transportation constraints into account, such as truck capacities, schedules or incompatibilities.

Material Savings

DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Stick to capacity planning tools that provide visibility into your production processes, automatic alerts on inaccurate data input, and immediate insight into the causes of delayed orders. Rise to be the preferred supplier with better capacity planning. Power up your sales and operations planning (S&OP).

Modeling

Logility

AUGUST 5, 2021

Food and beverage companies that engage in sales and operations planning (S&OP) and act on those strategies early are the ones that can safeguard their profitability, satisfy consumers, and operate more responsively than their competition. Yielding Winning Outcomes in a Field of Uncertainty.

S&OP