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Supply Chain Planning in a Post-S&OP Era

Enterra Insights

“Over the last fifteen years,” writes Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, “Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) enjoyed a renaissance.”[1] ”[1] She also hints it’s time to move on. ”[2] Quasney’s views motivated Robert J.

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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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Supporting S&OP with Stakeholder & Supply Chain KPIs

Silvon Software

KPIs are essential in S&OP as they provide a quantitative framework for gaining visibility, aligning efforts, supporting decision-making, and driving continuous improvement across the business. But how do you know if you are using the right KPIs, including both stakeholder and supply chain performance measures?

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Is Your S&OP Process Fit the for the Digital Age?

Enterra Insights

In fact, Yossi Sheffi ( @YossiSheffi ), the Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT, asserts data is a company’s most important asset. 1] That’s why most business consultants insist that organizations built on a foundation of Industrial Age processes need to transform into digital enterprises.

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5 Powerful Prescriptive Analytics Examples in Supply Chain

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

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Securing the Pickleball Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Franklin Sports needed to protect sales in this category by improving their pickleball supply chain. To achieve that, Franklin Sports supply chain needed to be improved significantly. Without an efficient supply chain, a company can’t meet the demand that exists, and competitors swoop in and grab market share.

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Lean Principles and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

Logility

A growing body of knowledge and experience indicates that advanced Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) may be the key ingredient for Lean success. Lean applied to supply chain operations is all about creating capabilities that efficiently move materials from raw through finished product, and then to the customer.

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