In the last three years we’ve developed our strategy, centralised procurement, purchasing and manufacturing aligned our portfolios across all categories globally and developed our exclusive brands portfolio. Contents Supply Chain Movement 21 – 2016 Q2. Publishing date: 6 May 2016. 6 | News & Background. Forecasting is about managing risks. Winner and loser of the last quarter. Major organisational and cultural changes lie ahead for supply chain management. 12 | SCM IT Subway Map 2016. MORE

To fix an inventory problem, within S&OP we can agree that a sales promotion or a product introduction will be delayed while operation gets its machines up and running and procurement looks for alternative sources. To help your company to execute its strategy, executives need to aspire to implement advanced S&OP. The ultimate goal of S&OP is to plan ahead and provide visibility and support to execute the company strategy. MORE

Mauro Ferri, SICPA Supply Chain and Procurement Director welcomed everyone with a short intro, followed by SICPA’s key insights into the day’s subject. On October 1st, QAD DynaSys was honored to be able to host SICPA’s “S&OP & Collaborative Planning” workshop in Lausanne, Switzerland. MORE

Currently as the Director of Supply Chain for Newell Brands Applied Materials, he oversees the SIOP process, production planning, procurement, warehousing, and logistics for servicing big box retailers including Walmart, Lowe’s, and The Home Depot. Introduction. In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses. MORE

manufacturing, procurement, inventory, distribution). S&OP Sales and Operations PlanningSales and operations planning has been around for decades. At the time it was created, the emphasis was on setting up a process that would facilitate collaboration between the commercial departments (e.g., sales, marketing) and operations (e.g., MORE

Plan concurrently: The ability to concurrently plan all the way from S&OP down to production, distribution, and procurement planning at lower levels with explicit and visible links between financials, volume, and mix will close the gaps between strategies, tactics, and execution. by Dr. Madhav Durbha I love talking to customers and prospects! MORE

For most companies, greater economy of scale is possible through the global management of procurement and transportation and local management of sales, manufacturing and customer service. It is Sunday. Today, I assume a familiar position. Now a ritual, with coffee in one hand and country music blaring, I sit in my faded green chair to write a blog post. I have done this for seven years. This afternoon, I am writing my 334th blog post. MORE

Some executives will never like the rigidness or openness of S&OP and many functions, including people & culture, procurement, marketing, strategy to name some, got limited value out of most S&OP 2.0 MORE

If their forecast is more accurate then this gently ripples right back to you own factory and procurement activities. During my recent travels I met with two Sales (or Business Development Directors if you’re posh) from well known FMCG companies to discuss an assessment review of their Route To Market (RTM) networks. Surprisingly, neither was interested and gave a remarkably aligned reason for the rejection. All this does is raise Sales In and we know how to do that already”. Oh dear! MORE

His task – together with his colleagues from procurement, production and logistics – is to simplify the global supply chain while acknowledging that consumers are often very emotionally attached to a particular beer brand. Contents Supply Chain Movement 17 – 2015 Q2. Publishing date: 15 May 2015. 7 | News & Background. – Launch of Supply Chain Professionals Club in Turkey. – Winner of the last quarter: Raytheon. – Loser of the last quarter: Roll-Royce. MORE

That dataset should make it easy to see which agreements have been made for supply-side and demand-side processes, and serves as input for both the order promising process and the procurement and budget planning. MORE

Webinars Analytics Digital Supply Chain Transformation Execution planning procurement supply chain webinarAnalytics are key to enabling data-driven decisions that enhance supply chain performance. Managing demand volatility, controlling spend, achieving end-to-end visibility, optimizing inventory – these are all made possible through advanced analytics. In this Bristlecone Live! MORE

Procurement Manager: “All RM/PM supply contracts are guaranteed up to year-end.”. FMCG Route to Market Dave Jordan Supply Chain S&OPThe “Famous Last words” of people can be intriguing, rude and frequently very, very funny yet equally they can be complete nonsense. In the context of the FMCG Supply Chain, “Famous Last Words” are usually uttered just before something disastrous or unexpected happens. Rarely is the term used with the expectation of good news to follow. MORE