Sales & Operations Planning

Don’t Let the Old Horse Die - The processes of S&OP are now over 35 years in evolution and in many ways they are quite different, and in many they are the same. Let me explain.

While the competitive potential of offering same-day delivery is not in dispute, attachment to outdated perceptions and flawed methods slow retailers down in this all-important race.

Award-winning Retail Allocation and Merchandise Planning Software Extends Logility’s Reach into Retail Operations and Omni-Channel Performance.

How a new profit performance metric, Profit Velocity, is being used to drive more revenue to the bottom line in complex, capital-intensive manufacturing and supply chain businesses.

Of the vendors represented in the Leaders quadrants of Gartner’s Transportation Management Systems, Warehouse Management Systems and Supply Chain Planning Systems of Record Magic Quadrants, ONLY JDA Software is named a Leader in all 3.

Investors expect companies to operate sustainably - giving new impetus for the development of processes that mitigate risk, enhance safety, and boost performance.

Many companies use the word "supply chain planner" to describe an entry level job dealing with the demand forecasting and material scheduling but is this the entire scope of supply chain planning?

When it comes to Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), forecasters and planners need to work together to achieve financial performance targets.

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP): A collaborative and cross-functional process that aligns an organization around a single sales, inventory, and production plan.

The key components in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) – Demand, Customers, Products, Organization, Finance and Operations are all considered from a different viewpoint, with focus on volatility, variety and value.

I recently read a roundup of all the research Gartner Group has published around S&OP. I’m struck by the fact the research points to 70% of companies are at a maturity level of 2 or lower even after 30 years of S&OP chest beating by the supply chain industry.

We start the report by sharing why we think market-driven value networks matter. We do this by outlining current market drivers, detailing the progression of supply chain process evolution and listing the current gaps. We end with a recommendation of how to get started.

To become market driven, companies need to identify the right market signals, build sensing capabilities, define demand-shaping processes, and effectively translate the demand signal to create a more effective response.

The challenges companies face today are daunting. A virtual explosion of IT system data and the interdependencies of global business have created complex demand and supply networks that render traditional planning approaches obsolete.

Steelwedge S&OP Insight, a series of high-performance analytics dashboards, delivers actionable intelligence from big business data in a few minutes.

Demand Management’s announcement comes at a time when more and more software providers are allowing customers to access their solutions in the cloud. By offering its integrated supply chain planning suite on a subscription basis, Demand Management enables companies to get up and running on the platform as quickly and affordably as possible.

Nate Silver’s best-selling book The Signal and The Noise – Why So Many Predictions Fail – But Some Don’t is about Big Data. The lessons in our white paper – which draw their inspiration from The Signal and The Noise - will change how you think about forecasting.

It is our goal to be able to provide you with all the information you need to manage your business. In the transportation industry there are key contributors of valuable information and in this 2:00 Minute Warning we provide you access to these resources, all in one location.