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Selecting the Best S&OP Software: 7 Tips for Success
River Logic
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
S&OP Demand Planning Sales and Operations Planning Supply Chain Planning Supply chain software
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Christmas S&OP - Santa & Opening Presents
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
DECEMBER 18, 2020
FMCG Christmas Supply Chain S&OP Forecasting & Demand PlanningWell, what a year it has been. As 2020 stutters and stumbles to the end we all need to think about how our Supply Chains will operate in 2021 and beyond.
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Decoding the language of S&OP
ToolsGroup
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Click below for a more in depth explanation of Sales and Operations Planning and some of its variations: Supply and Operations Planning (S&OP Since demand forecasting has developed many “personalities” over the decades, I recently wrote a blog that “decoded” the language of demand. 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.
What's the Difference between S&OP and IBP?
River Logic
AUGUST 20, 2019
Together, they realized that successful production planning needed to consider demand, production capacity and supply, and from this, they developed the five-step S&OP process of: S&OP Integrated Business Planning Sales and Operations Planning IBP supply chain modelingWhile most agree that adding a financial aspect enhances S&OP, there's often a completely different understanding about its importance. So, let's dig a bit deeper to understand the difference between S&OP and IBP.
Webinar On-Demand: 3 Ways to Make Your Operational Execution More Robust With S&OE
Speaker: Sander van Lokven and N.S. Krishnan
S&OE provides an early warning system that helps business stakeholders sense and optimize their responses. This keeps the supply chain out of firefighting mode, smoothens relationships with customers and suppliers, and helps sustain margins by reducing the cost to serve.
What's Wrong with S&OP?
ToolsGroup
APRIL 12, 2016
Supply and Operations Planning (S&OP “The No. 1 challenge among manufacturing companies is connecting sales and operations planning (S&OP) to operational plan/execution.” – Gartner Research 1. There are few competencies more core for a company than the ability to coordinate sales with supply chain in order to fill demand.
Santa & Opening Presents - S&OP Putting Elves in their place
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
DECEMBER 14, 2016
Dear Mr. K Ite, Christmas Dave Jordan Supply Chain S&OP Forecasting & Demand Planning
Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) vs. S&OP
ToolsGroup
OCTOBER 18, 2016
Supply and Operations Planning (S&OP S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) and SI&OP (Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning) are two well know acronyms. Now Gartner has added an acronym with a distinctly different twist, Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE). In supply chain, as in life, what you plan for and what actually happens can be two very different things. The role of S&OE, says Gartner, is to capture the differences and adjust. The No.
Gartner Releases a New S&OP Magic Quadrant
ToolsGroup
MAY 10, 2017
Supply and Operations Planning (S&OP Gartner Research just released its new Magic Quadrant for Sales & Operations Planning Systems of Differentiation (S&OP SOD). They say that compared to just two years ago “there have been significant shifts in the relative positions of several vendors.”.
Santa & Opening Presents - S&OP is Invaluable at Christmas
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
DECEMBER 9, 2016
Christmas Humour Supply Chain S&OP Logistics Management“Dashing through the snow In a one horse open sleigh…”.
Automated Order Processing and Proactive Inventory Management
Speaker: Irina Rosca, Director of Supply Chain Operations, Helix
Organizations need to focus on demand driven supply planning, utilizing real time information on customer orders from all marketplaces (e-commence, Amazon - or other online retailers, and point of sale data from brick and mortar). Focusing on this information once per month during the S&OP meeting is too late for all business units to align. Companies should have seamless integration between order entry, inventory management, forecasting and supply planning models and purchase order status to sense risk, pull levers to mitigate potential risk, and communicate within and outside the organization. This is especially important for new product releases, in store programs or promotions (sales, end caps, PDQ. etc) or online promotions (company run or 3rd party). Depending on total supply chain lead time, not having real time visibility and analysis of this information can significantly affect sales and the bottom line.
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Is S&OP Excellence Slip Slidin’ Away?
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
At what point does erosion cause the side of a mountain to give way? It is usually the small shifts… over time, there is degradation. And, then suddenly, the mountain gives way collapsing to the land below. S&OP Slip Slidin’ Away.
Can S&OP become more continuous? Automation is key.
ToolsGroup
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Supply and Operations Planning (S&OP Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), a process often focused around a monthly meeting, is evolving into a more continuous process. A recent whitepaper by supply chain planning and optimization firm Optilon explains why and how. S&OP is a process where decisions are traditionally made once a month as a part of an executive review. But the infrequent nature of the decision making often leads to a gap between S&OP and operations.
FMCG S&OP: Who is the stooge in your process?
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
JULY 2, 2018
FMCG Dave Jordan Humour Supply Chain CEE S&OP Forecasting & Demand Planning SalesLaurel and Hardy, Morecambe and Wise, Abbott and Costello, Little and Large, Hale and Pace, May and Johnson. These are examples of double acts where one party plays the straight/stooge and apparently serious man while the other plays the fool/jester. I admit I am not too sure who is who in the last example.
Life after S&OP
Adexa
MARCH 29, 2021
Gartner reports that almost 70% of companies are either at stage 2 or 3 of supply chain maturity. Stage 3 is generally attributed to the use of S&OP technology in the supply chain. Perhaps you have already implemented S&OP or in the process of or thinking about it.
Does your workforce own the mindset for an effective S&OP?
Prophetic Technology
DECEMBER 4, 2019
supply chain planning s&OPS&OP is a standard business planning process impacted by constant internal or external pressures and challenges.
Webinar: Data-Driven Decisions in S&OP—Bring Reliability and Speed to Optimized Scenario Analysis
River Logic
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
S&OP Partners WebinarsRiver Logic and Supply Chain Consulting Partner Spinnaker Management will be hosting a webinar on March 7, 2018 entitled "Data-Driven Decisions in S&OP—Bring Reliability and Speed to Optimized Scenario Analysis.".
Lassoing S&OP
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 2, 2017
A lasso is what supply chain leaders would like to have. To align S&OP. As companies transitioned from regional to multi-national organizations, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes proliferated. The average company has seven S&OP processes, but a global chemical company averages over 30. Each is different, and I have not found a company that can easily roll up a global material balance.
Increasing S&OP clarity by adjusting “depth of field”
ToolsGroup
APRIL 19, 2016
Supply and Operations Planning (S&OP In last week’s blog we talked about the fundamental challenge of connecting tactical S&OP down to detailed execution. Here we look in the other direction and examine the challenge of connecting tactical S&OP up to the strategic plan. S&OP creates a common framework and view of the business, so different departments with different drivers and measures are able to efficiently communicate. And it also creates a common baseline.
Lassoing S&OP
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 2, 2017
A lasso is what supply chain leaders would like to have. To align S&OP. The processes are out of control. Let me explain. As companies transitioned from regional to multi-national organizations, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes proliferated. Today, the average company has seven S&OP processes, but a global chemical company averages over 30. In contrast, as a regional supply chain leader in the 1990’s, my company had one S&OP.
Leveraging Scenario Planning for S&OP Decision Support
AIMMS
AUGUST 3, 2020
Sales and Operations Planning has become the preferred method to facilitate clear and formal communication between the demand and supply sides of a business.
Is this a perfect FMCG Supply Chain?
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
APRIL 1, 2021
Humour Supply Chain S&OP 3PL RTMI cannot reveal the name of this specific organisation for obvious reasons but their Supply Chain is one very impressive, slick machine.
FMCG Forecasting: Ice cream, chocolate & pregnancy….
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
JANUARY 28, 2021
Humour S&OP Forecasting & Demand Planning Sales Inventory Management & Stock ControlPlease bear with me for a while on this one; I will get to the Supply Chain stuff eventually.
5 Things We Learned About the S&OP Process
LeanCor
APRIL 1, 2016
supply chain advancement supply chain insights supply chain consulting S&OPAs a 360 degree integration tool between all functional departments, sales and operations planning (S&OP) is the operational blue‐print of the organization for profitably matching supply and demand. It brings functional silos together to develop a cohesive set of plans to deliver maximum value to the customer at the lowest total cost.
An S&OP Expert Interview Series by Niels Van Hove
River Logic
DECEMBER 2, 2016
S&OP Sales and Operations PlanningOver the last month, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and Supply Chain expert Niels Van Hove has published a series of expert interviews on his blog, Supply Chain Trend. The goal was to understand where S&OP stands today and what each interviewee's view is for the future. Below is a list of the 5 interviews he conducted with a link to each, as well as an introduction on why Van Hove chose to conduct this series on S&OP.
5 More Things We Learned About the S&OP Process
LeanCor
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
supply chain advancement supply chain insights supply chain consulting S&OPAs a 360 degree integration tool between all functional departments, sales and operations planning (S&OP) is the operational blue‐print of the organization for profitably matching supply and demand. It brings functional silos together to develop a cohesive set of plans to deliver maximum value to the customer at the lowest total cost.
Hierarchical Supply Chain Planning – S&OP to Execution
Arkieva
MARCH 24, 2021
For your business to effectively carry out the supply chain planning process, you will need to link up your short-term and medium-term, to the executive level S&OP plan so that it drives your tactical planning and operational planning.
The Top Supply Chain Blogs in 2021
River Logic
MARCH 3, 2021
S&OP Supply Chain Management logistics SCM Supply Chain Sales and Operations Planning IoTAfter a long year of hardship and loss, the world economy seems set to rebound. There's hope that COVID-19 will be vanquished through mass vaccination campaigns.
FMCG Complexity Reduction - A Practical Guide
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
SKU FMCG Dave Jordan Performance Improvement Supply Chain S&OPOne of my Top 10 Supply Chain Improvement Resolutions for 2021 referred to SKU complexity and I recently discussed how that complexity negatively affects cost and service.
Supply Chains: Do you use data or information?
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
MARCH 3, 2021
FMCG Dave Jordan Performance Improvement KPI Supply Chain S&OPWho coined that irritating term “Big Data”? How did we get there without normal sized data, slightly larger data, chubby data and bordering on big data?
Why S&OP and IBP are invaluable all year round but especially at Christmas
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
DECEMBER 9, 2015
SKU FMCG Dave Jordan Supply Chain S&OPAll rather too quickly Noddy Holder is already gargling on the festive gravel. Roy Wood and Wizard are wishing we could grossly over eat and drink on 365 or 366 days of the year and although they never met, Bowie and Bing are dueting about peace on earth – a likely story in today’s world.
Five Insights on Effective S&OP
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
An effective S&OP plan is the goal of many, but there is no clear industry definition of an effectiveness. While there are many maturity models, most are not research based. To better understand the characteristics of an effective S&OP plan, we just completed a study of seventy-three companies. In the quantitative survey, completed this summer, thirty respondents rate their processes as effective and forty-three rate the their S&OP processes as less effective on a seven point scale.
Gartner says “Add S&OP to your Financial Planning”. Here’s Why.
ToolsGroup
JUNE 27, 2017
Click below for an Advanced S&OP planning brief: Supply and Operations Planning (S&OP “Based on our research, every organization which aligns top-down financial plans with bottom-up demand plans, as part of their S&OP, sees an improvement in the accuracy and predictability of their financial forecast.” - Matthew Spooner, Research Director at Gartner.
Four Keys to S&OP Effectiveness
Kinaxis
AUGUST 31, 2015
by Lori Smith In a previous post , I talked about the ineffectiveness of Excel, ERP, and legacy planning for S&OP. If those aren’t the right tools for the job, what is? I heard a colleague once give the following analogy: Imagine a pilot flying from New York to Los Angeles at night without any navigation systems or instruments to measure his location, wind speed, or altitude.
FMCG: S&OP morphing into Integrated Business Planning (IBP)?
Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
FMCG Planning S&OP Sales IBPI speak to many FMCG companies who tell me they do not need Sales & Operational Planning in their businesses. As a formal process they may not be operating to S&OP norms but if they are getting their products onto shelves then some form of S&OP must be in place.
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