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Gartner Releases a New S&OP Magic Quadrant

ToolsGroup

Gartner Research just released its new Magic Quadrant for Sales & Operations Planning Systems of Differentiation (S&OP SOD). One example of a changing user requirement is the ascendancy of supply chain modeling to the highest priority in Gartner’s Market Ranking of S&OP Capabilities.

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Avoid “Lost in Translation”. Monetize S&OP to Include Finance.

ToolsGroup

But by monetizing Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), supply chain planners can speak the language of finance while developing S&OP into a more mature process. The language of finance is numbers, but they’re different numbers than the ones used by supply chain.

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How to Attain “Stage 4” Supply Chain Planning Maturity

ToolsGroup

The way to do that, they say, is often by adding planning Systems of Differentiation (SOD) such as Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization (MEIO), and Demand Sensing. Build more resilient supply chain plans (e.g., Stage 4 firms want more responsiveness and agility.

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Balance and Segmentation – What the Election Can Teach Supply Chain

Kinaxis

This is why mature S&OP’s are needed. I say mature, as most supply chains can detect the cost based – unit demand vs unit supply imbalance. The more difficult, and mature S&OP, is the value based, where, profit, opportunity, risk, and market share, are balanced. This is segmentation.

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Think Differently. Drive New Outcomes. Let Us Help You Build A Guiding Coalition.

Supply Chain Insights

The activity helps employees better understand the value of outside-in processes and supply chain processes. The game is designed to simulate an S&OP environment. At each round, employees gain an understanding of the value of supply chain decisions through the sharing on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.

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First Class Ready!

Supply Chain Insights

In this course we explain this journey and help supply chain teams to speak the language of the balance sheet with an understanding of how their actions drive business results. Supply chains are not equipped to sense, think, and respond intelligently through digitized relationships which provide new sources of data and insight.

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Becoming demand-driven on command

Supply Chain Movement

Use multiple sources of demand data in the forecast, and build a demand signal repository to harmonize and synchronize demand data from multiple sources. Translate independent demand into a product segmentation strategy. Translate independent demand into a product segmentation strategy. Reach Balance in S&OP.