How Executives Can Mitigate Risks and Capture Rewards with S&OP, Sales and Operations Planning
A common misperception is that S&OP is a Supply Chain process when it is truly a comprehensive business planning process.
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Microsoft Unveils New AI Innovations For Warehouses
Microsoft hopes its new AI innovations are the answer to a new set of challenges facing manufacturers.
Let’s Spend Five Minutes Talking About ... Malaysia
Supplyframe CMO Richard Barnett discusses countries moving away from China for manufacturing and why Malaysia is a great alternative.
Why are Diesel Prices Climbing Back Over $4 a Gallon?
As oil prices creep back over $4 a gallon, we look at the underlying reasons for this unexpected increase.
Ranking the Best Countries for Private Business in EMEA
PwC released its annual Business Attractiveness Index for EMEA with Switzerland taking first place and the UK slipping to sixth.
Sales & Operations Planning Resources
Building a Solid Foundation for S&OP
Digitization, sparked by the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT), the expanding number of connected devices and...
Cracking The Inventory Planning Code: The Omnichannel Way
AI and automation will be key factors to determine who leads the future retail market.
Sales & Operations Planning News
S&OP: Calibrating Risk & Reward for the C-Suite
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.
Why Time to Value Matters in Supply Chain Transformation
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.
No One Can Say You Didn’t Try, But S&OP; You Haven’t Solved the Supply Chain Problem
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.
5 Reasons Next-Generation Demand Planning is Essential to Your Supply Chain
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.
5 Ways Demand Planning is Broken and How to Fix it
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.
5 Tactics to Jump Start Your Sales & Operations Execution Center of Excellence
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.
Integrated Tactical Planning Can Make the Difference with Sales and Operations Planning
Learn the key to the effective execution of Sales and Operations Planning S&OP and Integrated Tactical Planning plans.
Effective Execution of S&OP/IBP Plans through Integrated Tactical Planning
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.
Minimizing Chaos with Demand Control and Execution Plans as an Integrated Business Planning Model
Establishing how demand execution is fully integrated with demand planning and integrated business planning will go a long way in reducing chaos.
Integrated Business Planning & Execution Solution
In this paper, we detail how an integrated business planning solution needs to include services for sales & operations planning, sustainability, and business continuity along with risk management for today's globally sourced supply chains.
How to Improve Your Demand Planning
Listen in as Jonathan Karelse, CEO of NorthFind Management, discusses how our biases can impact the accuracy of our demand plans. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.
Fundamental Supply Chain Changes in a Post-COVID-19 World
Even after the dust has settled, there are eight steps an organization needs to reach and maintain a resilient and agile state in order to absorb the shock of disruption in order to adapt, even to something as serious and devastating as a pandemic.
Should a Digital Twin Be Part of Your Planning & Operations Platform? - Absolutely!
In this paper, we explain why your digital twin needs to be a sandbox extension of your supply network’s planning & operations platform – one that applies different statistical, machine learning, and AI algorithms along with various workflow options to solve problems.
Should a Digital Twin Be Part of Your Supply Chain Planning & Operations Platform?
Absolutely it should! The point of a digital twin is to analyze business questions - like improving node-to-node movements across your supply network, or driving policies that improve the customer experience - and solving all the problems that present themselves across your supply chain.
Assessing Supply Chain Planning: Ready for Today’s Challenges?
This research report addresses the need for supply chain teams to react and recover, from a planning maturity stance, covering perceptions on planning effectiveness, time allocated to data collection, and the use of scenarios.
Spending Too Much Time on Data Crunching and Not Enough on Resilient Planning Decisions
Traditionally, supply chain teams have focused on having perfect data to arrive at accurate supply chain plans, but in today’s uncertain world, striving for accuracy is no longer enough.
Organizations are Betting on New Technologies to Improve Demand Forecasting Accuracy
A report recently published by AIMMS shows how supply chain teams perceive the accuracy of their forecast and discover the tools and techniques they are using to upgrade the forecasting process.
How is Demand Forecasting Changing?
In this report, you will find helpful benchmarks and insights offered by your peers on the latest demand forecasting techniques, forecast granularity and periodicity, and expectations for the future.
Top Three Reasons to Embrace an Integrated Business Planning Process
When you go beyond sales and operations planning (S&OP) to a higher level of coordination and efficiency across functions and planning horizons, you will have started an IBP revolution that will benefit your entire organization far into the future.
Featured Companies
Making supply chains intelligent since inception - Founded in 1994, Adexa has grown to become one of the world’s leading supply chain planning companies. Its S&OP and S&OE solutions are used by Fortune class companies across …
Jagged Peak, a subsidiary of Singapore Post Limited, is a leading eCommerce solutions provider with software and services that enhance the scalability and profitability of omnichannel businesses. Its full-featured eCommerce Platform (ECP) and robust Order Management System (OMS) can be…
OpenText™ operates the world’s leading B2B network. Built on the strength of the OpenText Cloud™, it connects more than 600,000 businesses that execute in excess of 16 billion transactions per year. OpenText B2B Managed Services help reduce the complexity…
o9 Solutions is a leading provider of an Augmented Intelligence (AI) platform that transforms planning and decision making capabilities across the digital supply chain. o9’s clients span a variety of industry segments including consumer products, manufacturing and retail. By…
Spinnaker SCA is a leading supply chain services firm providing End-to-End Supply Chain Strategy, Planning, and Execution Consulting services, based in Boulder, CO. Founded in 2021 through the joining of two top supply chain consulting firms, SCApath LLC and Spinnaker Supply…
Flintfox develops trade and revenue management software and provides ERP consulting and implementation services. We have over 29 years of experience delivering solutions for pricing, accruals and rebates to the retail, consumer goods, manufacturing and wholesale distribution industries. To support our…
Demand Management, Inc. is a leading global supply chain planning software company that offers affordable, easy-to-use tools for manufacturers and distributors who want to increase forecast accuracy, improve customer service levels and reduce overall inventory to maximize profits and lower…
At River Logic, Our mission is to establish a new generation of planning and performance management, powered by prescriptive analytics and a next generation cloud-based user experience that excels at what-if scenario analysis.
ToolsGroup is an innovation partner for companies who want to achieve highly accurate forecasts, outstanding customer-service levels and less global inventory. ToolsGroup provides software that analyzes demand history across multiple dimensions allowing for more reliable forecast and inventory targets to…
Zyme provides the leading channel data management (CDM) cloud platform, delivering critical downstream visibility for global companies that leverage distributors, resellers, retailers, and e-tailers to sell their products. Zyme’s flexible, real-time data platform powers the New Smart ChannelSM, a…
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How Does IKEA’s Inventory Management Supply Chain Strategy Really Work?
Each IKEA store is huge and holds more than 9,500 products! How in the world does IKEA offer so...
Starbucks as an Example of the Value Chain Model
The concept of value chain helps to understand and segregate the useful (which help in gaining a competitive...
7 Principles of Supply Chain Management Explained
Would you like to understand supply chain management concepts but don't have time to study from a textbook?...
Is Apple’s Supply Chain Really the No. 1? A Case Study
How Complex is Apple's Supply Chain? Some people in the blogosphere said that Apple's Supply Chain is not...
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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report 2024
We’ve researched the five biggest trends in the supply chain space this year, and, drawing on our expertise in procurement and...
Unified Control System - Intelligent Warehouse Orchestration
Download this whitepaper to learn Unified Control System (UCS), designed to orchestrate automated and human workflows across the warehouse, enabling automation technologies...
An Inside Look at Dropshipping
Korber Supply Chain’s introduction to the world of dropshipping. While dropshipping is not for every retailer or distributor, it does provide...
C3 Solutions Major Trends for Yard and Dock Management in 2024
What trends you should be focusing on in 2024 depends on how far you are on your yard and dock management journey. This...
Packsize on Demand Packing Solution for Furniture and Cabinetry Manufacturers
In this industry guide, we’ll share some of the challenges manufacturers face and how a Right-Sized Packaging On Demand® solution can...