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Senior Management Commitment Works for Successful S&OP

Keith Marshall Mon, Sep 20, 2010
Research and experience has shown that where companies view Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) as a supply chain process and planning system it invariably fails to deliver the expected results and benefits. Conversely where S&OP is seen as the…

Update your Supply Chain or risk ending up in Pennsylvania!

Dave Jordan Mon, Sep 20, 2010
Before you ask, no there is nothing wrong with Pennsylvania. I found it to be a great place with the most helpful tourist office I have ever visited. Bear with me and I will get back to this later and also introduce Polly. “We have always done it…

Romania Route To Market (RTM): Your Demand Or My Target?

Dave Jordan Thu, Sep 09, 2010
"Yes, I know what you said you could sell but this is my target!" An all too familiar "demand discussion" between Producer Sales Rep and Distributor Manager. The Producer may operate a tight S&OP process but this commonly falls flat on its face with…

FMCG/Pharma S&OP; a healthy obsession?

Christian Cusworth Tue, Aug 24, 2010
Reading through commentary and professional opinion on the subject of S&OP, best practice processes, its alignment to ERP etc, it’s pretty clear that raving about the importance of embedding S&OP will always grab popular support and light applause.…

A “Lite” Approach to S&OP

Christian Cusworth Tue, Aug 17, 2010
Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) has been used by companies now for many years as the planning process that provides “one set of numbers” for the organisation on which to base its business planning. In many countries and cultures S&OP in its…

S&OP (Sails & Operational Planning) – Consensus

Michael Thompson Mon, Aug 16, 2010
The CEO listened while the Commercial Director & Supply Chain Director tried to reach an agreement during the monthly S&OP meeting. Not only was he disappointed to hear a version of the same arguments from previous months (“we are short of stock…

S&OP (Sails & Operational Planning) – Disaster saved by the Team

Michael Thompson Thu, Aug 05, 2010
I had planned to write something about the importance of teamwork & S&OP & then try & link it to sailing – this would be an easy association. And then a real live incident made the story for me. We finally set sail again – break in the weather - &…

S&OP (Sails & Operational Planning) – Balanced Scorecard

Michael Thompson Wed, Aug 04, 2010
After the grand total of 1 days sailing during the first week – the Mistral is back again & we are port bound - moral is flagging. ‘Customer service levels’ are dropping. This mind is wandering. Time for some nautical S&OP stuff again. Let’s…

FMCG Sales Director Publicly Thanks Supply Chain Colleague!

Dave Jordan Tue, Aug 03, 2010
No, of course it’s not true but I bet it grabbed your attention! If there is a more put down, criticised and unrecognised function in any FMCG/Pharma company then I would like to hear about it. Supply Chain is routinely the brunt of complaints from…

S&OP (Sails & Operational Planning) – Defining Customer Service

Michael Thompson Mon, Aug 02, 2010
We finally got going (sailing that is) yesterday when the wind dropped to a breezy Force 4 on the beam (that’s from the side) - wonderful sailing weather. And it was marvellous – whizzing along at 7-8 knots. Mind wandering territory again ...…

“People and Process lead – IT supports” Regional & Global S&OP Critical Success Factors

Christian Cusworth Fri, Jul 30, 2010
This is a debate that I am starting to loose, I’ll stick with it though at least until such time as IT systems develop intelligence and personality. The theoretical debate on the role of IT in S&OP will of course run for a long time, hence this…

S&OP – that’s Sails & Operational Planning

Michael Thompson Fri, Jul 30, 2010
It’s amazing how the mind wanders when one is stuck. In my case I have just started a sailing holiday with family in tow. Here we are in the South of France west of Marseille, boat at the ready & raring to go. Problem – there is a Mistral blowing.…

S&OP Regional/Global Critical Success Factors:"We are communicating"

Christian Cusworth Fri, Jul 23, 2010
This week’s success factors cover the areas of organisation and people when developing S&OP. Some time ago the president of a major CEE trading group summarised the outcomes of a business wide S&OP implementation in three words “we are…

Regional & Global FMCG S&OP - Critical Success Factors

Christian Cusworth Mon, Jul 12, 2010
The following blogs will address key points of consideration when embarking on a regional or global S&OP implementation. Part one covers the areas of End Market commitment & ownership and Process Design. End Market commitment & ownership: End Market…

Doing Business in Africa – S&OP is part of the answer

Michael Thompson Wed, Jun 30, 2010
A short rest from the World Cup today. I speaking to a colleague today who had attended a conference last week about doing business in Nigeria. There were echoes from several chats I have had recently with some of our West African clients including…

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