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

Logistics Viewpoints

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. He presented a vision of moving from the kind of antiquated sales and operations planning (S&OP) done at many companies, to an advanced form of integrated planning.

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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. 29 | Checklist Freight Spend Management.

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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

As consumer spending fell, the days of escalating ocean freight and extreme shipping variability eased this year. S&OP is too slow and cannot achieve the needed alignment. Process latency, the time for an organization to make a decision using a traditional S&OP process, is two-to-six weeks.

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Contingency Planning Amid a Potential Rail Strike

QAD

Many rail freight providers started over the summer and early fall by moving priority freight such as chlorine and ethanol ahead of common freight, according to a report from CNBC. Contingency Planning with an S&OP Process. S&OP is even more vital during times of disruption and flux.

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

DELMIA Quintiq

Sales and Operations Panning (S&OP ) is a process and often a planning solution. In S&OP the medium and long-term objectives of the organization are considered in conjunction with the strategic demand and supply plans as prepared in demand planning and supply planning.