Sales & Operations Planning News
Advanced Sales & Operations Planning Capabilities Checklist
Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP): An integrated business management process through which an executive team continually achieves focus, alignment and synchronization among all functions of the organization.
Getting to S&OP Success
This white paper reveals many of the common challenges and potential ways to overcome the wide gap between a best-in-class and the typical S&OP process in place today.
9 Steps to Achieving S&OP Nirvana
Supply chains have encountered tremendous challenges triggered by the complexities of globalization, this necessitates that they adopt industry best practices to gain a deeper understanding of the marketplace and have a clear edge over the competition.
IDC Worldwide S&OP 2016 Vendor Assessment Spotlight on Quintiq
In this excerpt from their complete 2016 Vendor Assessment, Simon Ellis, Program Vice President for IDC Manufacturing Insights’ Global Digital Supply Chain Networks and Planning Strategies shares why Quintiq has the expertise and technologies to deliver higher optimality in any planning scenario.
Apple’s iPhone X Sells Out - Supply Chain Suggests Only Half Can Be Delivered In 2017
Launch day supply of Apple's iPhone X was exhausted in mere minutes after the handset went up for sale early today but Apple's supply chain is rumored to only get about 20 million units delivered before the end of 2017.
S&OP Myths Part 5 – Lean and On-Demand Manufacturing
This is the fifth post in a series where we investigate some of the myths and mistruths around Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP).
S&OP Myths Part 4 – Spreadsheets are King
The topic of today's post is one we hear often and industry research shows it is not going away fast enough, the reliance on spreadsheets and other less sophisticated solutions to manage the S&OP process.
Sales and Operations Planning Myths - Part 3
This third in a series of posts that investigates some of the S&OP myths and mistruths and takes a look at one of the hot buttons in the industry; real-time response planning... S&OP the right solution to manage your real-time respond planning needs?
Sales and Operations Planning Myths - Part 2
In this second post in our series of S&OP myths we highlight the need for flexibility in the S&OP process to facilitate a robust and repeatable process that can support your company’s business objectives.
Common Sales and Operations Planning Myths
This is the first of a series of five posts that investigates common myths and mistruths I have heard over the last 20+ years regarding Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP); hopefully, by exploring these myths we can generate a greater understanding of what S&OP is and what it is not.
Boston Retail Partners 2016 Merchandise Planning Survey
Download Boston Retail Partners 2016 Merchandise Planning Survey to learn how an integrated retail planning platform can transform your omni-channel strategy.
Eight Methods that Improve Forecasting Accuracy
This whitepaper shares best methods on how to forecast demand accuracy.
S&OP Performance: Advancing Sales and Operations Planning
An effective sales and operations planning (S&OP) process guides business decisions, provides key problem solving strategies, gives executives greater control over the enterprise and drives overall business success.
Key to S&OP Success: Move from Forecasting to Integrated Demand Management
Sales organizations are on the front end of the supply chain, they see risks and opportunities emerging in the market place earlier than the rest of the organization, in order to respond rapidly, it is critical for a supply chain organizations and the S&OP process to get these inputs.
Who Gets the Cheese? How to Choose the Right Initiatives
Aptly named after one of the greatest business books of all time, this must-have resource details one of o9’s systems for optimally allocating resources across initiatives and brands at a consumer goods companies.
S&OP Process by Design, Not Chance
Supply is always going to be more than demand and meeting that supply will be difficult.
Honing S&OP Through the Art of Questioning
The simple process of questioning details is one of the simplest, most productive S&OP techniques.
Involving Execution Managers with Sales and Operations Planning
Execution managers may not need to attend S&OP meetings, however, they should be given the details of the S&OP-generated plans and forecasts in order to drive their operations planning.
A Fresh Take on Supply Chain Innovation
How big ideas can redesign your supply chain.
Apple’s Supply Chain Readying iPhone 7 Shipments
With 371,000 units of the "iPhone 7" family said to be inbound to retail establishments, Apple appears to have a good start on channel inventory for late September availability.
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AIMMS is a forward-thinking software platform provider democratizing the use of supply chain analytics so that everyone is self-enabled to make better decisions. AIMMS SC Navigator helps you evaluate and identify the best options to tackle your most pressing challenges…
OM Partners is a software and consulting company that delivers Supply Chain Planning Solutions. We have but one mission: to optimize our customer’s supply chain. OM Partners has established solid partnerships with clients all over the world. The industries…
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