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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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The Bumpy Road to Building Outside-in Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I laughed at Neils Van Hove’s recent post. Neil’s post in response to my post of Driving Value From Outside-in Planning : In her post, ‘Driving Value from Supply Chain Planning’, Lora Cecere provides great supply chain analysis and benchmarking for her supply chains to admire. His view is very different.

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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

As consumer spending fell, the days of escalating ocean freight and extreme shipping variability eased this year. For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack. S&OP is too slow and cannot achieve the needed alignment. What is normalcy?

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What Makes a Mature Planning Organization? (Part 2)

Supply Chain Shaman

Closing the gaps happens when there are aligned metrics, clarity of vision and aligned planning processes. More advanced supply chain leaders model the role of complexity (product and customer), the impact of risk, and opportunity of innovation as well as product shipping and manufacturing locations, and inventory policies.

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Supply Chain Leaders, Chained to Tradition, Face the Whip

Supply Chain Shaman

Price of Ocean Shipping Business Continuity. One of my stark realizations this year is that smaller companies are beating larger and often more established companies on growth metrics, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). (In A focus on functional metrics degrades balance sheet performance.

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How Supply Chain Planning Can Create Profit in a Declining Market

ToolsGroup

In the first phase Mohawk overhauled its own internal operations, implementing a centralized Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process to manage its business in a more demand-driven way. Their S&OP program, however, was only the beginning. They also cut inventory levels, grew sales and resolved capacity issues.

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Using Analytics to Measure S&OP Effectiveness

Silvon Software

Having a strong Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) strategy ensures that your forecasts, raw materials availability and production capacity all match up and that the factory floor can meet its defined deadlines. But simply putting an S&OP strategy in place isn’t enough. Delivery date.

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