What is Integrated Business Planning (IBP)?
Integrated Business Planning (IBP), as mentioned in the What Is S&OP? article, is a process that Executive Management frequently uses. Also, it ensures that the company allocate sufficient financial...
S&OP: A 7-Step Business Process
An underlying concept of the What Is S&OP? article is the commonality of an S&OP plan and process. As a structured, repeatable process, S&OP planning provides a common lingo...
Advantages of S&OP for Supply Chain Management
What are the advantages of S&OP? As noted in the What is S&OP? article, Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) provides companies with unique capabilities. A mature S&OP helps to...
Roles and Responsibilities of S&OP
Defining the different Roles and Responsibilities of S&OP. As noted in the What Is S&OP article, a multi-functional S&OP team allows each organization to participate in plan development. Usually...
2021 : The year of Supply Chain Planning
Could 2020 be the turning point that finally forces professionals and entire industries to reshape their global supply chain model? What are the news trends for Supply Chain Planning...
What are the 5 Key Pillars of S&OP?
What are the 5 key pillars of S&OP? The What Is S&OP? article states that the structured format of S&OP processes makes the S&OP planning methodology repeatable across businesses...
What is S&OP?
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is a structured planning process that uses forecasted customer demand to drive production schedules. It is a “boundary spanning” activity. that, in order to...
The Long Drive to Remote Working – Part 2
The short journey
Here and now and the future...
In the previous article, we discussed the long road to being able to...
The Long Drive to Remote Working – Part 1
The Long Journey
30 years of possibilities and resistance
30 years ago, the large UK Multi-site food company I was working for...
Home Sweet Office: Manage Your Supply Chain Remotely
The coronavirus outbreak has led many companies to close their offices for the foreseeable future, and for the majority, the only possibility to maintain “normal” business activities has been...