Global Inventory S&OP Sourcing 
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 16, 2023
The journey for S&OP is a road with many ruts and potholes. In my twenty years of following the progression of S&OP as an analyst, I am amazed at the number of “experts” with so little expertise. For most companies, building a great S&OP process is a missed opportunity. Drives Value.
Logility
JULY 21, 2023
Companies find themselves struggling to serve customers, source materials, manage costs, handle supply constraints and shortages and, above all, gain visibility into what’s next. The latest generation of sales and operations planning (S&OP) applications are providing better tools for managing supply chains internally.
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Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
I wrote my first report on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) while sitting on the floor in the Atlanta airport in 2005 when I was an AMR Research analyst. The model in Figure 1 became the foundational model for the Gartner S&OP model. Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008. Figures 2 and 3.
Logility
AUGUST 5, 2021
Food and beverage companies that engage in sales and operations planning (S&OP) and act on those strategies early are the ones that can safeguard their profitability, satisfy consumers, and operate more responsively than their competition. Yielding Winning Outcomes in a Field of Uncertainty. Resource optimization.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Given your expertise, I’d love to hear what alternatives you recommend for better demand forecasting and real-time visibility beyond what’s commonly adopted today.” Unfortunately, the industry is full of a lot of Anna(s) and her friends, the doubting Thomas (s). Most of the industry is composed of doubting Thomas(s).
Elementum
JUNE 18, 2021
Dear S&OP, First of all, “A for Effort”. “There’s S&OP…and then there’s the real world.” After a pandemic, global semiconductor shortages, a freak winter storm, you start to think that one-offs have become the rule, not the exception. S&OP is hard to implement.
Elementum
JUNE 18, 2021
Dear S&OP, First of all, “A for Effort”. There’s S&OP.and then there’s the real world.". After a pandemic, global semiconductor shortages, a freak winter storm, you start to think that one-offs have become the rule, not the exception. That’s what 63% of planners say, even after implementing S&OP.
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