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Your supply chain is costing you money – Reason #2 Poorly executed or non-existent sales and operations planning

Kinaxis

Your company has implemented an S&OP process. So how does a poor S&OP process cost money? S&OP is all about aligning manufacturing and sales. Companies without an effective S&OP are typically much slower to react to market changes. Tell me if you’ve heard this one before.

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Five Reasons Why Are We Not Making Progress on Inventory Management

Supply Chain Shaman

The presentation is on slideshare.) I wanted to say, “You let the consultants influence you to buy the wrong technologies based on IT standardization. Today, since many do not test the solutions and often buy based on IT standardization, the probability of success is about the same as playing the tables in Las Vegas.

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

GEON Performance Solutions purchases plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. The roots of IBP are in sales & operations planning (S&OP). S&OP is usually a month-long cross functional process that involves five steps.

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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

Supply Chain Shaman

Many of the case studies being presented at today’s conferences were born during the pandemic and the post-pandemic turbulence. The audience assumes that the presenting company is outperforming. Leaders of the 90’s Are No Longer Leaders. As I listen, I struggle. Learning Stalled. A Focus On Risk.

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Jaro Caban: “Establishing S&OP is a challenging journey”

Supply Chain Movement

In this edition: Jaro Caban, Global S&OP, Cargill Animal Nutrition. My responsibility is Global S&OP and Process Improvement Lead and I take care of three elements: Firstly, to establish S&OP across CAN. Our buyers are purchasing micro ingredients, such as vitamins, additives, minerals, etc.

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S&OP: Middle-aged or Never Grown Up?

Enterra Insights

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) has been around for three decades. Many pundits, however, believe the S&OP process, as originally conceived, needs to change. What’s going on? ”[2] Think back 30 years to around the time the S&OP concept was first developed. They are: 1.

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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?”