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What Does Good Look Like S&OP?

Supply Chain Shaman

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.

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How AI Saves Your S&OP Planning Process

Logility

Sales and operations planning (S&OP) has been a longstanding practice for businesses across nearly every industry. Yet, as supply chain innovators, we also know the rich history of applying technologies to continuously resolve these challenges and optimize S&OP outcomes.

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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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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

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.

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5 Powerful Prescriptive Analytics Examples in Supply Chain

Sales and operations planning (S&OP). Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE). Inventory optimization. Supply chain, with its complex planning questions, is typically an area where optimization technology is required. Read about 5 use cases. Supply Chain Network Design. Warehouse optimization.

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What’s the Difference between S&OP and Integrated Business Planning?

DELMIA Quintiq

Unfortunately, the definitions of S&OP and IBP are often confusing as they seem to be both distinct and overlapping processes. Sales & Operations Planning is, as it was originally defined, a process that focuses on the operational aspects of the business: orders, material, capacity, inventory, etc.

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Decoding the language of S&OP

ToolsGroup

That got me to thinking about decoding the language of Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) which, like demand forecasting, has also taken on multiple personalities as it has matured. More broadly said, S&OP enables a company’s leadership to view the business holistically and gives them a window into the future.

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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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Automated Order Processing and Proactive Inventory Management

Speaker: Irina Rosca, Director of Supply Chain Operations, Helix

Focusing on this information once per month during the S&OP meeting is too late for all business units to align.