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.”. Provide in-depth analysis using complex analytics.

S&OP 193

S&OP Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Forecasting Software 193

Silvon Software

MARCH 3, 2023

Having a strong Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) strategy ensures that your forecasts, raw materials availability and production capacity all match up and that the factory floor can meet its defined deadlines. But simply putting an S&OP strategy in place isn’t enough. Quantity of goods in the order.

S&OP 89

S&OP Procurement Analytics Supply and Demand Analytics Software 89

Arkieva

JUNE 28, 2016

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is a continuous business process that enables firms from hospitals to chemicals to respond to emerging situations intelligently. Our focus today is to discuss the relevance of buzz words such as Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Data Science, and Machine Learning, for S&OP.

S&OP 92

S&OP Procurement Analytics Analytics Software Supply and Demand 92

ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The following strategies, based on data, analytics, and collaboration, are helping planners around the globe overcome a disrupted supply chain. Use analytics to put your available inventory to the best use. Chances are you do have some inventory–make sure it’s being put to the best use with automation and data analytics.

Supply Chain Planning Software 292

Supply Chain Planning Software Scenario Planning Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Software 292

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Next year’s conference will be on September 8th-11th in Franklin, TN, south of Nashville, TN. The budget is for a fiscal year with quarter reporting and updates. The direct connection between the two processes increases costs and increases error. Here are nine considerations: #1 S&OP Budget Constraints.

Supply Chain Design Software 207

Supply Chain Design Software Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting 207

Logility

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes have evolved over the last 30 years to address this age-old problem, yet recently SCM World declared “S&OP is still the top inquiry within the SCM World community.”* The struggle to balance customer demand with available supply is as old as trade itself.

S&OP 100

S&OP Gartner Modeling Eliminating Excel in Purchasing 100

Logility

AUGUST 31, 2023

This experience is not only frustrating industry executives – it’s compelling them to reassess their sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. Capacity planning drives production plans, cadence, and raw material procurement and has cost-justified an investment in small-batch processing equipment.

Consumer Goods 186

Consumer Goods Network Optimization Software Optimal Sourcing Inventory Reduction 186

ToolsGroup

JULY 10, 2018

Computing power and storage capacity have grown exponentially, while the cost of both have plummeted. More and better data has turned demand analytics into mainstream reality. Demand Planning often supports sales and operations planning (S&OP) initiatives. Demand Planning. First, it is more collaborative.

Supply and Demand 192

Supply and Demand Demand Planning Software Forecasting Forecasting Software 192

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

This technology allows businesses to unify their procurement, expense management, invoicing, payments, contract management, and spend analysis processes and reporting. I saw how their platform unified finance and procurement activities, but not supply chain. I saw this claim as being more a statement of intention than of fact.

Supply Chain Design Software 274

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Optimization Software 274

Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

While MRP and S&OP were defined as early as the 1980s, these provided rough cut analysis at the aggregate level, nowhere near the level of detail that is possible today. Now they want to deploy an S&OP process. Their words. I studied Industrial Engineering and Operations Research focusing on Optimization Theory.

Supply Chain Planning Software 259

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Modeling Software 259

Logility

MARCH 24, 2021

The power of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) comes in helping companies align financial, sales, production, procurement and marketing information into a single plan, grounded in modern-day reality. You need to examine revenue, cost and margin impacts of every scenario under consideration.

Supply Chain Planning Software 176

Supply Chain Planning Software Scenario Planning Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Design Software 176

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2024

This morning, the New York Times pushed me an article by Peter S. Let’s face it our historic practices for demand planning create waste in a more variable world. The sad thing is that most companies will never know because they are blindly measuring the wrong metric and driving a supply-centric agenda.

Waste Reduction 195

Waste Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Sourcing Strategies 195

Logility

JANUARY 26, 2024

Depending on who you ask, the answer can be anything from low costs and efficiency to a delicate balance between profitability and customer service. The fusion of General AI and Narrow AI – collectively termed AI+ – is set to revolutionize how knowledge workers engage with inventory management, S&OP, and supply planning.

Supply Chain Planning Software 217

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Supply Chain Software 217

Logility

AUGUST 11, 2020

Demand sensing uses forward-looking inputs to augment a historical forecast to improve forecast accuracy and synchronize and align purchasing, manufacturing, and deployment operations to what is really happening in the supply chain. Disconnects and misalignments lead to missed opportunities, higher costs and increased operational risks.

Supply Chain Planning Software 224

Supply Chain Planning Software Beverage Supply and Demand Supply Chain Software 224

Logility

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Planting the Seeds of Resilience Most companies understand that accurate forecasts are critical to minimizing inventory, maximizing production efficiency, streamlining purchasing, optimizing distribution, minimizing waste, and projecting future performance confidently.

Optimal Sourcing 176

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Optimization Software 176

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

SIOP stands for “Sales, Inventory, Operations Plan”, not to be confused with “S&OP”. emphasis on inventory optimization companies can benefit from having the capacity for planned service levels, demand volatility, and lead time variation for each of their SKU’s.

Supply and Demand 246

Supply and Demand Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning 246

Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. That''s why we ask our experts a very simple question " How to improve the operational efficiency in global supply chain?

Waste Reduction 274

Waste Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction 274

Logility

AUGUST 12, 2021

Most companies understand that accurate forecasts are a critical part of minimizing inventory, maximizing production efficiency, streamlining purchasing, optimizing distribution, minimizing waste, and projecting future performance confidently. Preparing for Market-Driven Demand.

Manufacturing Procurement 130

Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Scenario Planning 130

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. To drive adoption of S&OP, Nick named it Integrated Business Value (IBV). Each is a different journey with a focus on improving agility and flexibility: Campbell’s Soup Improves Flexibility.

Demand Planning Software 323

Demand Planning Software Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 323

Enterra Insights

JULY 18, 2019

.”[1] At the same time, writes SAS’ Rodney Weidemann, “The impact of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and cognitive computing — the latter underpinned by big data and advanced data analytics — is beginning to be felt.”[2] Path to Purchase. ”[3]. They are: 1.

Omnichannel 162

Omnichannel Analytics Software Predictive Analytics Software Purchasing Skills 162

Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Boeing and Airbus Supply Chain Strategy Boeing wants to encourage more flight frequency and direct route using a smaller capacity aircraft. They want to utilize high capacity airplane to help airlines drive the operating cost down. The ultimate goal is to finish the final production process within 3 days.

Case Study 240

Case Study Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Study 240

Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 21, 2016

Some companies have a well-developed sales & operations planning (S&OP) process as a safeguard for structured decision-making. Supply Chain Media and consultancy firm Involvation have developed this checklist to provide insight into the added value and the potential of your current S&OP process. Anticipate.

S&OP 60

S&OP Guinea-Bissau Supply and Demand Virgin Islands 60

ToolsGroup

JULY 10, 2018

Computing power and storage capacity have grown exponentially, while the cost of both have plummeted. More and better data has turned demand analytics into mainstream reality. Demand Planning often supports sales and operations planning (S&OP) initiatives. Demand Planning. First, it is more collaborative.

Supply and Demand 120

Supply and Demand Demand Planning Software Forecasting Forecasting Software 120

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Ipsen purchased the RapidResponse supply chain planning product from Kinaxis. The Kinaxis solution also provides robust decision support for their S&OP process. As passengers stopped flying, planes were grounded, and the belly capacity in the planes disappeared. Ipsen also need to reduce their lead times.

Supply and Demand 246

Supply and Demand Customer Service Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software 246

Logility

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The report provides a cautionary, optimistic view of the coming months saying, “Many unsettled issues are still outstanding […]. It is no longer just about slashing costs, you have to reduce costs and improve service levels at the same time. This is just below the top two areas Data Management Strategy (approx.

Optimal Sourcing 100

Optimal Sourcing Material Savings Inventory Reduction Expense Reduction 100

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

Innovation and supplier management calls for cloud-based integrated systems between partners and advanced predictive models. Predictive analytics will quicken demand response and involve product-use insights to improve accuracy against external factors affecting demand (e.g. Efficiency and cost management.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 230

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software 230

Logility

JULY 21, 2022

It’s incredibly complicated to pinpoint when an order will ship and when it will arrive. There’s no way you can orchestrate a value stream until you’ve got it all integrated,” Scrimgeour said. And with an annual multi-billion spend on 6,000 vendors, approaches may vary based on the supplier’s size.”

Supply Chain Planning Software 173

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Design Software Scenario Planning 173

Logility

JANUARY 16, 2017

This is the first of a series of five posts that investigates common myths and mistruths I have heard over the last 20+ years regarding Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP). Hopefully, by exploring these myths we can generate a greater understanding of what S&OP is and what it is not.

Supply Chain Planning Software 100

Supply Chain Planning Software Scenario Planning S&OP Supply Chain Design Software 100

Logility

JUNE 28, 2017

Add to these factors razor-thin margins, SKU-proliferation, globalization, long lead times to increase capacity, and products that tend to be heavy and expensive to move and you start to understand the complexities involved with running an efficient process chemical supply chain. Optimal Multi-Plant Scheduling.

Chemicals 100

Chemicals Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Optimization 100

Logility

APRIL 10, 2017

So what’s the answer? Like all SOR’s (ERP – Financial SOR, CRM – Customer SOR, PLM – Product Lifecycle SOR, PIM – Product Information SOR) a SCP SOR facilitates supply chain planning processes, and is the one location for all of the company’s supply chain planning information.

Supply Chain Planning Software 100

Supply Chain Planning Software Scenario Planning Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Software 100

Arkieva

JUNE 23, 2016

These planning and scheduling decisions occur across a complex playing field organized by decision tier (strategic, tactical, operational, and relevant time response) and organization (corporate planning, factory, marketing, purchasing, etc.). This “matching” process is often called Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP) or Production Planning.

Supply Chain Planning Software 90

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Modeling 90

6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

This will not only influence fill rates and service levels (driving more revenue), but it also helps to keep the cost down increasing the bottom-line. 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.

Supply Chain Planning Software 96

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Strategy 96

Adexa

AUGUST 16, 2021

It implies that somehow the system concurrently plans everything including sales, operations, capacities, suppliers etc. However, as the size of the model and data increase in the real world, even the appearance of concurrency goes away and long wait time is expected because of the sequential nature of the process.

Supply Chain Planning Software 98

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Design Software Scenario Planning 98

ShipBob

JANUARY 28, 2022

That’s why it’s crucial to track inventory management KPIs consistently. . In this article, we break down what inventory KPIs entail, why they matter, and which metrics are most valuable for you to track. . Not sure what those metrics are? Cost per unit. Inventory turnover rate. Backorder rate.

Inventory Management Software 98

Inventory Management Software Inventory Management Inventory Reduction Inventory 98

Kinaxis

MAY 9, 2016

The result being higher profit margins, something Apple could use to leverage exclusivity agreements (such as booking out UPS and DHL shipment capacities). P&G taught us about the “Three Moments of Truth”: see the product at the store, purchase & use the product, and become a fan of the product. P&G = Control Tower.

Gartner 173

Gartner Predictive Analytics Supply Chain Strategy Agile and Lean Supply Chain 173

SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

It’s a fast-paced, evolving industry that has a lot of challenges, but also plenty of rewards, including a potentially lucrative income. We have Courses like S&OP deployment, Supply Chain Digitalization , , and Negotiation in Procurement. Here’s an easy way to learn how to apply it to Supply Chain.

Supply Chain Planning Software 98

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Optimal Sourcing Negotiating Skills 98

ThroughPut

JANUARY 2, 2023

Moreover, it has resurfaced the importance of capacity planning and utilization based on the ever-changing demand-supply dynamics. Supply chain planners are therefore now setting a razor-sharp focus on: Optimizing production and distribution capacity across supply chain funnels.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Planning Software Capacity Scenario Planning Optimization Software 52