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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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S&OP in Agribusiness: How to Harvest the Benefits with Advanced Analytics

AIMMS

It’s not limited to managing crops and livestock, but encompasses all equipment, services, and product processing as well as commercialization. A well-executed S&OP process can go a long way to help organizations rein in some of this complexity. That is, after all, what S&OP (or IBP) is all about.

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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. .”[2]

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S&OP: Why It Fails

Logistics Bureau

Too many organisations don’t have an S&OP process when they need one. And too many don’t get the benefits they should from S&OP. Watch the video to know the most common reason why S&OP is not delivering what it should.

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Dear S&OP, you have not solved the problem

Elementum

Dear S&OP, First of all, “A for Effort”. “There’s S&OP…and then there’s the real world.” Only 11% of manufacturers are able to consistently, accurately tie S&OP to execution. That’s what 63% of planners say, even after implementing S&OP. executives lament.

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Dear S&OP, you have not solved the problem

Elementum

Dear S&OP, First of all, “A for Effort”. There’s S&OP.and then there’s the real world.". Only 11% of manufacturers are able to consistently, accurately tie S&OP to execution. That’s what 63% of planners say, even after implementing S&OP. S&OP is hard to implement.

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