In today's volatile business environment, CEOs are increasingly recognizing that sales, inventory and operations planning (SIOP) is not merely an operational function but also a strategic lever ...

Sales and operations planning also is known as aggregate planning because this tool considers the whole organization. In this process, high-level management holds meetings to review the financial ...

Service operations checklist: Staffing completed (or staffing plan completed) Organization chart completed Marketing implemented Sales policies Customer relations policies Service delivery ...

Identifying gaps in sales and operations planning (S&OP) is critical to achieving the value of demand-driven supply networks. There are practical methods to uncover misalignments that can hinder ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lora Cecere is the Founder of Supply Chain Insights. This article is more than 10 years old. Sales and Operations planning (S ...

OTTAWA and TOKYO, June 28, 2017 /CNW/ - Kinaxis® (TSX:KXS), provider of RapidResponse®, delivering cloud-based SCM and S&OP applications, today announced that Kinaxis RapidResponse will be ...

THE ROLE OF SALES AND OPERATIONS PLANNING IN A VOLATILE WORLD Before digging into how AI might (or might not) disrupt the S&OP process, let’s zoom out and examine why S&OP is so important. For ...

Seamless integration with an ERP system enables cross-functional collaboration and planning. All S&OP is conducted using a single version of the truth so everyone in your supply chain has up-to-date ...

The word “simple” rarely comes to mind when most supply chain professionals think about their sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. But if you take a basic approach and don’t get caught in the ...

*1,2Gartner, “Magic Quadrant for Sales and Operations Planning Systems of Differentiation,” Tim Payne, Amber Salley, Alex Pradhan, 7 May 2019.