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SALES AND OPERATIONS PLANNING (S&OP) Explained in Ten Questions

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

Interest in sales and operations planning (S&OP) always runs high in times of economic uncertainty, so I’ve been fielding a lot of questions the last couple years from clients on how to do S&OP. The proliferation of alternative terms for S&OP has added to the confusion. What is S&OP?

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Shouldn’t GenAI Mean New Gen?

Supply Chain Shaman

Let’s Start With Clear Definitions My inbox is full. Let’s have fun! Let’s start with the definitions: Graph AI uses Machine Learning on graph-based technology to understand the relationships between variables to drive insights. Many of today’s solutions include Narrow AI. Or transform work?”

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What is Supply Chain Planning Software and How Can it be Used Effectively? Part 1

DELMIA Quintiq

Referring back to the planning topics contained within the ASCM definition, each one is covered with a fully integrated planning suite including: Demand planning Often considered the gateway to improvements in supply chain planning, demand planning has the objective to better predict the demand in the market place.

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Supply Chain Movement 21 – S&OP + IT

Supply Chain Movement

Many companies who have gone down the sales & operations planning (S&OP) route over the past few years are now on the threshold of the next phase: to make demand and supply planning financially relevant and to implement scenario planning. 29 | Checklist Freight Spend Management.

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The Food and Beverage Industry is in Crisis – How will you Respond?

Logility

Drilling down, you’ll learn that demand planning, inventory, replenishment, manufacturing and Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) capabilities are the building blocks of supply chain planning excellence. But these aren’t normal times, so let’s change the game, the tone, the degree of urgency.

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Infographic: Manufacturing Success: How ToolsGroup Customers Excel

ToolsGroup

With Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+) ToolsGroup’s manufacturing customers commonly achieve a 10-30% reduction in inventory, improve product availability to 96% or better, and reduce overhead (such as overtime and expedited freight) by 50%. Increased service level from 87% to 97%, even during seasonal demand peaks. Forecast errors halved.

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Integrated SIOP is Here to Stay, and this may be Why

DynaSys

Sales, inventory and operations planning (SIOP) means succinctly integrating sales, marketing, supply chain, operations, product management, procurement, pricing, and financial data with the executive team’s effective decision-making capabilities. Depending on the industry, supply chain planning goes by many different names.

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