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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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PPC Flexible Packaging: Creating the Blueprint for a Successful S&OP Journey

Logility

Various speakers discussed important topics that are top of mind for every executive, such as supply chain resiliency, digitalization, and sustainability. The S&OP process is only about 10% technology. But without the right technology and tools, S&OP processes will likely fail.”

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What’s the Difference between S&OP and Integrated Business Planning?

DELMIA Quintiq

Unfortunately, the definitions of S&OP and IBP are often confusing as they seem to be both distinct and overlapping processes. Other activities, such as S&OP, still take place but as a second level of the overall process.

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DENSO: A Visionary Approach to Supply Chain Sustainability

Logility

They’re increasing in complexity and raising the stakes on the production and distribution of goods – pushing supply chain sustainability improvement initiatives to the back burner. And our supply chain will continue to perform efficiently despite the changes associated with digitalization, electrification, and sustainability.”

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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. How S&OE is different from S&OP & the gap that exists.

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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 is Helping Food and Beverage Executives Sleep Better at Night

Logility

Food and beverage companies that engage in sales and operations planning (S&OP) and act on those strategies early are the ones that can safeguard their profitability, satisfy consumers, and operate more responsively than their competition. Yielding Winning Outcomes in a Field of Uncertainty. Improved customer satisfaction.

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