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Make Room for Leadership to Drive S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

In my recent Mea Culpa post, I mentioned my prior work on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), and the importance of leadership. Leadership and S&OP? I share research, observations, and insights. I shared this after interviewing 150 companies on their S&OP processes while at AMR Research.

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Download Executive Summaries of ARC’s Supply Chain Market Research

Logistics Viewpoints

Explore trends in demand sensing, S&OP, and the evolving tech stack of supply chain planning. Download Executive Summary Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) – Beyond inventory: WMS is the control tower of modern fulfillment. This report maps growth corridors across functions, technology, and regions. Start with a summary.

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5 Recommendations towards a Resilient S&OP

Logistics Viewpoints

Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) as a process has been around since the 1980’s. While the terminology evolved, the underlying thesis of S&OP has stayed the same, i.e., bridge the divide between sales forecasts and operational plans while respecting the budget.

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Download Executive Summaries of ARC’s Supply Chain Market Research

Logistics Viewpoints

Explore trends in demand sensing, S&OP, and the evolving tech stack of supply chain planning. Download Executive Summary Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) Beyond inventory: WMS is the control tower of modern fulfillment. This report maps growth corridors across functions, technology, and regions. Start with a summary.

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Complimentary Gartner Report: Improve S&OP Decision Making with Scenario Planning

Download this complimentary report to learn about: Gartner’s research findings on the role of scenario planning in S&OP. The paradigm shift happening in S&OP and pain points experienced by SCP leaders. How to articulate scenarios for portfolio planning, network, inventory, and more.

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Direct Spend Management: A Checklist for Enabling Shared Value with Direct Suppliers

Logistics Viewpoints

An example of this is Vendor Management Inventory and Capacity Collaboration for contract manufacturing. Embed Procurement into S&OP Processes Make procurement a strategic function at the core of business operations, involving it in key decisions related to Sales and Operations Planning.

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Lassoing S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

To align S&OP. As companies transitioned from regional to multi-national organizations, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes proliferated. The average company has seven S&OP processes, but a global chemical company averages over 30. Form and Function of Inventory. Technologies.

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