Kinaxis

JUNE 2, 2017

by Alexa Cheater As Gartner Research Director Matthew Spooner noted in his recent presentation at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference, advanced sales and operations planning (S&OP) is like a hotel. In fact, Spooner says S&OP isn’t a supply chain process at all. Food and beverage. Service up 8%.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 19, 2016

In last week’s blog we talked about the fundamental challenge of connecting tactical S&OP down to detailed execution. Here we look in the other direction and examine the challenge of connecting tactical S&OP up to the strategic plan. And it also creates a common baseline.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 3, 2019

For many companies, the most important supply chain process, Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), appears to be at a standstill. However, recent research among European manufacturers of a wide range of products has shown that S&OP has the lowest performance score among the eleven supply chain processes investigated.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 16, 2016

For nearly three decades, sales & operations planning (S&OP) has been a much discussed topic. Dave Food (@davefood), a supply chain … Continued. The post S&OP: Has Its Time Passed? appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Logility

AUGUST 11, 2020

The global food and beverage supply chain has been stressed to the breaking point by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Shelter-at-home and the mandatory closing of non-essential businesses has led to restaurant bankruptcies in record numbers, pouring milk down the drain and fields of rotting produce that were destined for food service businesses.

Beverage 223

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 31, 2018

Why is sales & operations planning (S&OP) such a difficult decision-making process? A while back, a supply chain director who is responsible for the S&OP process with a multinational in the food industry confided in me that their process was going through a rough patch. No fixed finish line.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 18, 2022

When most people hear the term “blockchain,” they think finance not food. It’s an especially relevant technology for industries such as food and pharmaceutical where, in addition to supply chain efficiency, product safety and traceability are required.”[1] ”[1] Food safety expert Francine L. ”[2].

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Logility

AUGUST 11, 2023

Yet, few have a sales and operations planning (S&OP) process, as well as the reporting tools and integrated, coordinated network of partners, that’s comprehensive and responsive enough to keep up. Access to publicly available environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information can be leveraged throughout the planning process.

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AIMMS

APRIL 11, 2018

The food supply chain is complex and challenging. Changing consumer preferences, rising competition and new technologies are compelling food companies to rethink their approach to supply chain management. AIMMS formed a partnership with CAT Squared and UniSoma to help companies in the food industry tackle these challenges.

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Logility

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Logility recognized for moving the food and beverage supply chain forward efficiently. a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, today was announced a winner of Food Logistics’ 2021 Top Software & Technology Providers award. About Food Logistics. ATLANTA – Dec. About Logility.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JULY 16, 2014

More recently, I scanned surrounding passengers in that dull period on a 3 hour flight after the inedible food had been consumed and before the hopeful sale of duty free items to see a young girl holding a small, clear plastic bag with a live goldfish inside. Top ten tips to a totally terrific S&OP: CEO and senior board buy-in.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

MARCH 13, 2014

Whether you are interested in S&OP, IBP or even simple planning on a spreadsheet you should get yourself along so start planning now! In fact, not many years have passed since there were two main boards so how has planning excellence leveraged performance through S&OP and other initiatives? So who will be there?

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Logility

MARCH 19, 2021

When a crisis hits, having the right advanced analytics to react to supply chain disruptions in food and beverage is your best defense. 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.

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Unleashed

JULY 25, 2021

Over a third of the world’s food produce and products are wasted. Food waste accounts for eight percent of global greenhouse gases and has significant environmental and economic impacts. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization 1.3 What is food waste management?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Today’s headline news includes AllBirds, Boeing, Canada Goose, Chemours, EMC, Hanes Brands, Fisker, Ford, Krispy Kreme, LKQ, Ryder, Tesla, Timken, Tyson Foods, Weight Watchers International, and WestRock. Let’s not quibble on the percentages. For context, let’s call him Dave. The issue is cross-industry.

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AIMMS

APRIL 11, 2018

The food supply chain is complex and challenging. Changing consumer preferences, rising competition and new technologies are compelling food companies to rethink their approach to supply chain management. AIMMS formed a partnership with CAT Squared and UniSoma to help companies in the food industry tackle these challenges.

Optimization Software 156

Optimization Software Modeling Prescriptive Analytics Software Optimization Modeling 156

ThroughPut

MAY 25, 2021

How To Leverage The Benefits Of S&OP For The Food And Beverage Industry? An effective Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process can do the trick. S&OP helps you keep a close eye on financial and business impact, prompting better decisions across teams through carefully planned strategies.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 19, 2024

growers want to earn as much as possible from their labors and consumers want to keep food prices low). Adding complexity to this conundrum is the fact that success often relies on factors outside of the agricultural community’s control, like weather, and, when growers do a great job (i.e., employment. employment.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

In this edition: Jaro Caban, Global S&OP, Cargill Animal Nutrition. It consolidated Cargill’s global animal feed production and strengthened its internal supply chain capacity for food production and processing. At Provimi we had already embarked on S&OP and we were putting planning procedures in place.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 24, 2020

.”[1] Toilet paper wasn’t the only essential involved in panic buying, food and bottled water were also emptied from store shelves. “You wouldn’t know it from the bare grocery store shelves across the country,” Jacob Bunge ( @jacobbunge ) and Jesse Newman ( @jessenewman13 ) write, “but America has plenty of food.

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Logility

AUGUST 23, 2021

Food and beverage (F&B) industry executives face mounting pressure to keep up with soaring demand. This form of advanced S&OP is known as integrated business planning (IBP). To ensure long-term growth and protect customer loyalty, businesses need to strive for the automation of supply chain planning.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 31, 2016

In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses. However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. Worse, overall S&OP development and progress seems to have stalled.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses. However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. Worse, overall S&OP development and progress seems to have stalled.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

What exactly is Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE)? If you look at the continuum of your supply chain processes, all the way from supply to customer, S&OE falls somewhere between production and workforce scheduling and demand forecasting. It resides in the realm of Accurate Planning and picks up where S&OP leaves off.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

by Andrew Dunbar Last week I attended the IBF Business Planning, Forecasting & S&OP: Best Practices Conference in Orlando, Florida. These guys bring supply chain rookies and the best-of-the-best together to talk forecasting and S&OP in a variety of different forums throughout the year.

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AIMMS

JUNE 11, 2018

The list includes trending blog posts, our latest webinar and a brand-new Buyer’s Guide for S&OP. But starting small can pay off, as we learned from Boon Edam’s Aron Waas. . Read on to get all the goodies. . Best of our blog . Is it time to finally retire your spreadsheets? New webinar on demand .

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QAD

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The scenario of a rail strike sheds light on the unsteadiness that has come to define today’s global supply chain, as QAD’s Stephen Dombroski wrote recently in an article in Food Logistics. Half of that traffic involves bulk commodities — particularly food, energy, chemicals, metals and wood products — plus automobiles and industrial parts.

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AIMMS

JUNE 11, 2018

The list includes trending blog posts, our latest webinar and a brand-new Buyer’s Guide for S&OP. But starting small can pay off, as we learned from Boon Edam’s Aron Waas. Read on to get all the goodies. Best of our blog. Is it time to finally retire your spreadsheets? Read about it on the blog.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 156

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 19, 2020

While several sectors had to stop their production due to the lack of inventories of items affected by the production and logistics of their suppliers, other businesses had an increase in their activity–such as retail representatives, food, CPG and hospital supplies. It’s also necessary to think ahead.

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AIMMS

JUNE 5, 2019

An example of this is S&OP, where clients leverage our technology to create a digital representation of their supply chain and then use optimization techniques, including linear programming and constraint-based reasoning, to generate a large number of fully costed scenarios. How soon will organizations start benefiting from AI?

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Logility

MARCH 29, 2018

Last week we shared five capabilities to help take the Food & Beverage supply chain to the next level. To succeed in today’s hyper-competitive market, F&B companies must build a strong foundation of flexible supply chain processes, run by knowledgeable and experienced people and enabled by integrated and agile systems.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

There’s certainly no shortage of demand for better quality in sourcing: 8 out of 10 British consumers check the origin of their food, while a survey from 2015 found that 72% of Millennials would be willing to pay more for products or services offered by companies committed to positive social and environmental impact.

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Logility

MARCH 19, 2018

Food and beverage supply chains face mounting pressure to reduce costs, add more value and do more with fewer resources. Food and beverage companies run on razor-thin margins. As food and beverage manufacturers become more demand-driven, often there is a shift toward more frequent changes in production runs.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Allan Dow honored as an influential individual shaping the global food supply chain industry. And, the supply chain leaders receiving this award are no exception,” says Marina Mayer, editor-in-chief, Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive. About Food Logistics. ATLANTA – Feb. 15, 2021 – Logility, Inc.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Even if you’ve implemented the most sophisticated process and technology for your S&OP process, there’s a hard truth you need to hear: a supply chain not designed to be in tune with the rapid market shifts will leave your best-laid plans exposed and make them unreliable. Why episodic supply chain design falls short.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2019

A lemming’s population rises and falls. In this blog post, I share quantitative research, mixed with stories, of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). Let’s face it folks, we have acted as lemmings over the last decade when it comes to S&OP. Effective S&OP takes work.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

As a former Director of Supply Chain Management for a large multi-channel food manufacturer I experienced first-hand the variety of challenging problems faced by supply chain planners in the unforgiving F&B industry. As Glinda the Good Witch says in The Wizard of Oz, “It’s always best to start at the beginning.”

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