QAD

OCTOBER 11, 2023

What is Executive Management’s role in the S&OP process? First of all, the Executive Manager (EM) is part of the Roles and Responsibilities of S&OP. S&OP provides a structured, disciplined approach. The S&OP plan provides transparency regarding performance metrics.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 2, 2018

Effective, efficient sales and operations planning (S&OP) means you can respond to changes faster, spot opportunities earlier and better align your organization around a common set of goals. But the benefits of S&OP extend beyond that—they help to simplify the day-to-day work of nearly everyone in your company.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2024

This morning, the New York Times pushed me an article by Peter S. I would like for us to move past the conventional view of sourcing strategies and globalization to drive improvements to the supply chain in a variable world. The populist narrative of sourcing globalization is only part of the story. So, my reply to Peter S.

Waste Reduction 195

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Logility

AUGUST 5, 2021

Integrated business planning ( IBP ) is gaining a lot of traction as more companies seek to advance their sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. Cash-Cash Cycle Time; Return on SC Fixed Assets; Return on Working Capital ASCM SCOR Metrics, Supply Chain Council. For example: Verify your strategy.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 17, 2024

While there’s pressure to adopt AI solutions, this is coupled with frustration due to unclear benefits and implementation challenges. This includes enhancing supply chain transparency using technologies like AI to track and verify sustainability metrics. After all, a sustainable supply chain is an antifragile supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. Reward teams for cross-functional metrics. This is the goal of this post.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 11, 2017

But by monetizing Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), supply chain planners can speak the language of finance while developing S&OP into a more mature process. This isn’t just aligning financial planning with S&OP. Value-driven S&OP is about “what’s important”.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack. S&OP is too slow and cannot achieve the needed alignment. Process latency, the time for an organization to make a decision using a traditional S&OP process, is two-to-six weeks. Build in-market sourcing.

Supply Chain Planning Software 390

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

by Lori Smith In a previous post , I discussed the sometimes surprising technology choices some organizations are making to manage their S&OP process. We know that successful S&OP must be fed by solid and complete information from across the extended supply chain and supported by robust advanced planning analytics.

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Unleashed

JULY 10, 2023

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is the process of aligning demand planning with supply planning and financial planning to create an integrated business strategy. Other benefits of Sales and Operations Planning include: Happier customers: A high-functioning S&OP team supports better decision-making at the executive level.

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ThroughPut

MAY 25, 2021

How To Leverage The Benefits Of S&OP For The Food And Beverage Industry? An effective Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process can do the trick. S&OP helps you keep a close eye on financial and business impact, prompting better decisions across teams through carefully planned strategies.

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ThroughPut

MAY 25, 2021

An effective Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process can do the trick. Supply chain-focused organizations like the food and beverages industry can turn the tide with an efficient S&OP process and improve their overall business performance. . All you need to know about the stages of S&OP.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2022

To entice you to participate let’s look at the data more closely. These gaps cannot be closed by a simple focus on S&OP or the implementation of a technology. Functional Metrics. Advanced planning solutions (APS) do not cross over make, source, and deliver with a common data model in the planning horizons.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Definition: “Someone’s efforts, resolve, or viability are tested; things are meaningfully challenging. The supply chain team’s past thirty-two months of disruption were a long, winding road full of surprises. ” Following the announcement, Ford’s stock closed at the lowest valuation in eleven years.

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QAD

MARCH 28, 2019

Inventory accuracy and minimizing stockouts are very important to customer satisfaction, but a few other metrics also impact the ability to meet customer expectations. Companies can use these metrics to help ensure they are doing everything possible to satisfy their customers at a manageable and sustainable cost. Choosing Metrics.

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Logility

APRIL 13, 2021

Is it identical to sales and operations Planning (S&OP), an extension of it, or something altogether separate? Call it what you want, IBP is probably best thought of as mature S&OP. Be prepared to work hard developing a single source of truth. What is the goal of your S&OP process?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Today, I am again teaching an open class on outside-in planning concept s. In today’s training class, we focused on determining the balanced scorecard. Based on the work with Georgia Tech, we are getting clear on which metrics matter by industry. If not, let’s pack more hamburger. The reason?

Modeling 208

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 31, 2016

In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses. However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. Worse, overall S&OP development and progress seems to have stalled.

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Logility

JULY 31, 2024

They are managing complex spreadsheets populated by multiple sources and stored in too many locations. The collaboration here is part of the Demand Planning process which is the start of the S&OP process for most companies. Typically, the first two weeks of the monthly S&OP process are reserved for demand planning.

Supply and Demand 187

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Price index and price elasticity are useful metrics on their own, and a combination of these can help determine the right price point to maximize revenue and profit. Since there are often differences in store sizes, a metric representing the size can be added as well for a two-dimensional clustering approach.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, having an efficient supply chain department is more important than ever. Here’s why a structured approach is important: Efficiency A structured department creates a clear division of labor and defines processes for procurement, production, distribution, and returns.

Optimal Sourcing 98

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Aera Technology

JANUARY 9, 2019

By Denise Byers, Client Executive Partner at Aera Technology Wicked problems are undermining sales and operations planning (S&OP) and the supply chain. That’s exactly what’s been happening with S&OP programs at large global companies in CPG, industrial, pharmaceutical and other industries. What’s the culprit?

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses. However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. Worse, overall S&OP development and progress seems to have stalled.

S&OP 60

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Logility

JULY 31, 2024

They are managing complex spreadsheets populated by multiple sources and stored in too many locations. The collaboration here is part of the Demand Planning process which is the start of the S&OP process for most companies. Typically, the first two weeks of the monthly S&OP process are reserved for demand planning.

Supply and Demand 169

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

Source E2open Shipping Index). As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Payable terms grew, and the focus on efficient procurement and functional metrics reduced the development of strong relationships across the value chain. Focus on Cost. What to do?

Procurement Analytics 221

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 9, 2018

A new report from Nucleus Research, Value Drivers of Single Model S&OP , concludes that the historical disconnect between planning and execution in S&OP is best bridged by a single unified data model that allows companies to continuously synchronize their strategic, tactical and execution plans.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

” Corporations serve international markets, and the source of rare minerals (so critical for the evolution of the green supply chain) is primarily Asia. Others argue the demise of global sourcing; might I add caution? Let’s start with the COVID impact. Let’s Start With Demand. ” I laughed.

Modeling 284

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Next year’s conference will be on September 8th-11th in Franklin, TN, south of Nashville, TN. Here are nine considerations: #1 S&OP Budget Constraints. Sales and operations planning (S&OP) is a horizontal process to drive organizational plan alignment. The Role of the Budget in S&OP.

Supply Chain Design Software 189

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Logility

MARCH 24, 2021

But research suggests the most widespread and stinging criticism of IBP was that it was just mature Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) by any other name. Rather than jump into the fray with more arguments and more acronyms, consider this: the most recent of the sources cited above is seven years old !

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 6, 2020

As a result, we shelved Ed’s idea. Testing Ed’s idea was beyond my circle of control. Despite goals to improve agility and resiliency, functional metrics for manufacturing efficiency continually throw the supply chain out of balance. Strength in S&OP. The So What? Organizational Alignment.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 297

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Source E2open Shipping Index). As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Payable terms grew, and the focus on efficient procurement and functional metrics reduced the development of strong relationships across the value chain. Focus on Cost. What to do?

Procurement Analytics 195

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Logility

MARCH 21, 2024

However, AI is based on artificial intelligence and machine learning methodologies that have continuously evolved since the 1950’s. Because of a personal relationship, the supply chain manager knows they can call their colleague from sourcing to lean on their vendors to get the shipments expedited.

Optimal Sourcing 222

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 10, 2024

Logistical Efficiency in Sourcing, Distribution, and Delivery Local Sourcing: While offering potential environmental benefits, local sourcing introduces complexities like smaller vehicle sizes and less-than-full loads. Balancing consumer preferences for locally sourced products with logistical efficiency is crucial.

Sourcing Strategies 98

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

Let’s start with the basics. In traditional advanced planning applications (APS) for a manufacturing company, the forecasting model’s role is to generate a time-series forecast in the tactical horizon (outside of lead time). (An This blog post may seem a bit basic for some. Bear with me. I promise to answer the questions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

Integration of corporate social responsibility metrics in planning. Comprehensive view of source, make and deliver. Most often the focus is on transportation or logistics, but does not take into consideration the trade-offs between make, source and deliver. Focus is on make, source and deliver together.

Supply Chain Planning Software 223

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

IBP helps achieve key performance indicators (KPIs) like sales, customer satisfaction, inventory level and other metrics outlined in the strategic plan. S&OP diehards insist the financial forecast be a product of the sales forecast. 74% supply performance. 70% SKU-level forecast accuracy. 91% customer satisfaction.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 29, 2014

Supply Chain Insights recently published a Metrics That Matter report covering both the Semiconductor and Hard Disk Drive (HDD) industries. Semiconductor is poised to consolidate, which will have huge impact on the metrics. by CJ Wehlage. Success, provided they monitor the 7 “elephants” in the room. Global pressure.

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