Sales & Operations Planning

Despite technological advancements, Supply chain professionals are still struggling with manual tracking, technology adoption, and disruption preparation.

Authors Radu Palamariu and Knut Alicke talk about their book on leadership, and what they have learned from the world’s top supply chain leaders

Global trade tensions and continued material shortages will continue to hamper the supply chain in 2024 says a Deloitte forecast.

New research from Gartner finds that only 9% of supply chain organizations are able to achieve revenue gains during periods of uncertainty.

From disruptions in the Panama Canal due to drought and threats of major hurricanes like Idalia, weather can take a toll on your supply chain. Getting ahead of the disaster before it hits starts with building resiliency.

Digitization, sparked by the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), the expanding number of connected devices and big data, is driving a shift in consumerism. Your company needs to keep pace, or risk falling behind forever. The reality of running a profitable global business now requires speed and agility in both strategic and execution planning. It’s time to move beyond the siloed S&OP practices of the past and build a solid foundation that will easily carry you...

Kris Harrington, CEO of GenAlpha Technologies stated that it was an obvious choice for us to join forces with Optessa. Just like GenAlpha, they are dedicated to empowering manufacturers and enhancing operational efficiency. By partnering with Optessa, we can offer our customers even more valuable resources, making this decision a seamless one. I am excited to witness the incredible potential that lies ahead as we embark on this partnership.

AI and automation will be key factors to determine who leads the future retail market.

In this whitepaper we explore the 10 best practices for accurate demand predictions.

Decades of research prove that effectively integrating business intelligence and judgment into statistical forecasts can be highly effective. In times of exceptional uncertainty—like what most organizations are experiencing right now—it’s actually vital.

Integrated Business Planning (IBP) aligns demand, supply and finance plans for a clear line of sight across an organization. Discover seven success strategies for your IBP journey.

A common misperception is that S&OP is a Supply Chain process when it is truly a comprehensive business planning process.

This whitepaper shares the key metrics that bring supply chain, sales, finance, customer service, and operations executives together in their assessment of risk and reward.

If you are clamoring for supply chain transformation and cannot wait years to capture ROI, check out these highlights from a recent conversation with GAINS co-founder Bill Benton.

Most organizations focus on S&OP or planning solutions to begin digitizing the supply chain, however, there's a new strategic level in Sales & Operations Execution, S&OE that can have an immediate impact on any supply chain digitization project.

In this informative and educational article, we detail five ways your current demand planning processes can be letting you down, and five reasons next-generation demand planning is essential for your supply chain.

In this paper, 5 Ways Demand Planning is Broken and How to Fix it, we detail how to achieve fast and accurate demand planning and five problem areas businesses have to overcome.

In this how-to guide, we look at why many organizations have done the hard work of optimizing their sales and operations planning (S&OP) functions, but they haven’t closely examined their sales and operations execution (S&OE) capabilities.

Learn the key to the effective execution of Sales and Operations Planning S&OP and Integrated Tactical Planning plans.

This white paper, Effective Execution of S&OP/IBP Plans through Integrated Tactical Planning, gives you an in-depth look at this planning process, how to recognize the symptoms of non-integrated processes and to remedy them.