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(13) --- - [English](https://articles.involvation.com) - [Nederlands](https://articles.involvation.com/nl) [![logo involvation](https://articles.involvation.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo_Involvation_payoff_en.png?width=234&height=48&name=logo_Involvation_payoff_en.png "logo involvation")](https://www.involvation.com/) - [Consultancy & Implementation](https://www.involvation.com/consultancy-implementation/) - [Supply Chain Network Design](https://www.involvation.com/nl/advies-realisatie/sc-network-design/) - [S&OP/IBP](https://info.involvation.com/sales-and-operations-planning) - [Supply Chain Resilience](https://info.involvation.com/supply-chain-resilience) - [Resilience Quickscan](https://info.involvation.com/resilience-quickscan-how-resilient-is-your-supply-chain) - [Forecasting & Inventory Management](https://www.involvation.com/consultancy-implementation/forecasting-inventory-management/) - [Production & Process management](https://www.involvation.com/consultancy-implementation/production-control/) - [Learning & Development](https://www.involvation.com/learning-development-2/) - [The Value Chain Academy](https://www.involvation.com/learning-development-2/the-value-chain-academy/) - [Serious gaming](https://www.involvation.com/learning-development-2/serious-gaming/) - [Our training approach](https://www.involvation.com/learning-development-2/approach/) - [Our areas of training](https://www.involvation.com/learning-development-2/our-areas-training/) - [Interim Management](https://www.involvation.com/interim-management/) - [For Interim Managers](https://www.involvation.com/interim-management/voor-interim-managers/) - [For Clients](https://www.involvation.com/interim-management/voor-opdrachtgevers/) - [Our assignments](https://www.involvation.com/our-assignments/) - Per area - [Supply Chain Strategy & Design](https://www.involvation.com/our-assignments/sc-strategy-redesign/) - [S&OP/IBP](https://www.involvation.com/our-assignments/sop/) - [Forecasting & Inventory Management](https://www.involvation.com/our-assignments/stock-control/) - [Production & Process management](https://www.involvation.com/our-assignments/production-control/) - [Learning & Development](https://www.involvation.com/our-assignments/learning-development/) - [Interim Management](https://www.involvation.com/our-assignments/interim-management/) - [Demand Driven SCM](https://www.involvation.com/our-assignments/demand-driven-scm/) - Per industry - [Mechanical engineering](https://www.involvation.com/our-assignments/mechanical-engineering/) - [Construction](https://www.involvation.com/our-assignments/construction/) - [High tech & automotive](https://www.involvation.com/our-assignments/high-tech-automotive/) - [Energy & Utilities](https://www.involvation.com/energy-utilities/) - [Chemicals](https://www.involvation.com/chemicals/) - [Pharma & life sciences](https://www.involvation.com/pharma-life-sciences/) - [Agri business](https://www.involvation.com/agri-business/) - [Consumer products & retail](https://www.involvation.com/consumer-products-retail/) - [Customer stories](https://articles.involvation.com/tag/customer-stories) - [About us](https://www.involvation.com/about-us/) - [Who we are](https://www.involvation.com/about-us/who-we-are/) - [How we work](https://www.involvation.com/about-us/how-we-work/) - [Partner team](https://www.involvation.com/about-us/partnerteam/) - [Job Vacancies](https://www.involvation.com/about-us/job-vacancies/) - [Contact](https://www.involvation.com/about-us/contact) - [Publications](https://articles.involvation.com) - [Articles](https://articles.involvation.com) - [Downloads](https://info.involvation.com/download-overview) - [Events](https://info.involvation.com/event-overview) # Articles [Home](https://www.involvation.com/nl/)  /  Articles - [All](https://articles.involvation.com) - [S&OP/IBP](https://articles.involvation.com/tag/sop-ibp) - [Operations Management](https://articles.involvation.com/tag/operations-management) - [Resilience](https://articles.involvation.com/tag/resilience) - [Digital planning](https://articles.involvation.com/tag/digital-planning) - [Learning & development](https://articles.involvation.com/tag/learning-development) - [Inventory management](https://articles.involvation.com/tag/inventory-management) - [Network Design](https://articles.involvation.com/tag/network-design) [![Siri, can you improve my OTIF?](https://articles.involvation.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/OTIF-300x185.jpg)](https://articles.involvation.com/improve-my-otif) ## [Siri, can you improve my OTIF?](https://articles.involvation.com/improve-my-otif) Technology advances; Moore’s law It is amazing how fast things are developing and how quickly the number of options is expanding; Apple’s Siri, Google’s Assistant, Amazon’s Alexa, Alibaba’s Genie, etc. Who would have believed 10 years ago that a computer could talk to you and that your smartphone would order your groceries or your Latte... Alfons Willemsen [Read more](https://articles.involvation.com/improve-my-otif) [![Want to get a tighter grip on projects? Escape the planning mismatch!](https://articles.involvation.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/raffinaderij-300x200.jpg)](https://articles.involvation.com/tighter-grip-on-projects) ## [Want to get a tighter grip on projects? Escape the planning mismatch!](https://articles.involvation.com/tighter-grip-on-projects) On 4 June 2018, a diverse group of supply chain professionals gathered at the Shell Pernis refinery in the Netherlands for an inspiration session called ‘Grip on projects’. Although the participants came from a wide variety of companies, including machine builders, maintenance companies and grid operators, it quickly became clear that they all... Alex Tjalsma [Read more](https://articles.involvation.com/tighter-grip-on-projects) [![Will your Supply Chain team reveal their true colours?](https://articles.involvation.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Kleurpotloden-1000x480-300x144-1.png)](https://articles.involvation.com/supply-chain-team-colours) ## [Will your Supply Chain team reveal their true colours?](https://articles.involvation.com/supply-chain-team-colours) Every day, we work with our customers to optimize their supply chains, whether as part of consultancy projects in which we explore better approaches to processes, systems and organizations, or by providing training to increase our customers’ knowledge of supply chain management so that they can continue to make lasting improvements themselves. Els van der Lelij [Read more](https://articles.involvation.com/supply-chain-team-colours) [![S&OP: Death by Detail](https://articles.involvation.com/hubfs/Blog%20images/Overzichtspagina/tieneuro_450px-wide.jpeg)](https://articles.involvation.com/sop-death-detail) ## [S&OP: Death by Detail](https://articles.involvation.com/sop-death-detail) Last week I had a discussion with a customer about his S&OP process, which in his view was not delivering enough value. Useful, but it did not really make the needles move and he could not get his fingers around the reasons why. The amazing thing was that in 2 minutes, we got to the core of the problem and I am happy therefore to share the... Hans van der Drift [Read more](https://articles.involvation.com/sop-death-detail) [![S&OP/IBP: Clarity improves action readiness!](https://articles.involvation.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/absolute-clarity-300x243-1.png)](https://articles.involvation.com/sop-ibp-clarity) ## [S&OP/IBP: Clarity improves action readiness!](https://articles.involvation.com/sop-ibp-clarity) Last week I found myself in a roomful of supply chain professionals where, as Involvation, we’d been invited to chair a discussion on ‘S&OP: achieving and maintaining S&OP effectiveness… and keeping all disciplines on board’. The key issue is how to motivate people and increase their action readiness in terms of Sales & Operations Planning... Jeroen Scheepers [Read more](https://articles.involvation.com/sop-ibp-clarity) [![S&OP and IBP: About resolutions and development plans](https://articles.involvation.com/hubfs/voornemen.png)](https://articles.involvation.com/sop-and-ibp-resolutions) ## [S&OP and IBP: About resolutions and development plans](https://articles.involvation.com/sop-and-ibp-resolutions) A new year is always an opportunity for a fresh start. When making my new year’s resolutions for 2018, I first took stock of what I am happy/unhappy with in my daily life, before deciding what I want to change and how to do so. In our assessments, we basically apply the same logic when supporting our customers in their journey from Sales &... Dennis Pronk [Read more](https://articles.involvation.com/sop-and-ibp-resolutions) [![S&OP software comes of age](https://articles.involvation.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/SOP-software-300x200.png)](https://articles.involvation.com/sop-software-comes-age) ## [S&OP software comes of age](https://articles.involvation.com/sop-software-comes-age) In 2017, a lot has again been written about S&OP. One of the main topics still is how to ensure true buy-in of non-supply chain stakeholders, which is indeed a key challenge in many cases; not because they are genetically different, but because companies often fail to make clear links between S&OP and functional targets and incentives. In this... Hans van der Drift [Read more](https://articles.involvation.com/sop-software-comes-age) [![S&OP Professionals workshop on system support and selection](https://articles.involvation.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/SOP-systeemselectie-1.png)](https://articles.involvation.com/sop-system-selection) ## [S&OP Professionals workshop on system support and selection](https://articles.involvation.com/sop-system-selection) After a number of sessions on leadership and change management in S&OP, it was time for a more technical central theme of the S&OP Professionals meeting on November 20th. Involvation facilitates these interactive sessions twice per year, aiming to exchange experiences in S&OP, learn from each other and create a peer network of S&OP... Hans van der Drift [Read more](https://articles.involvation.com/sop-system-selection) [![“How to sustain an effective S&OP process and keep Sales committed?”](https://articles.involvation.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/SOP-professionals-2017-300x172-1.png)](https://articles.involvation.com/how-to-sustain-an-effective-sop-process-and-keep-sales-committed) ## [“How to sustain an effective S&OP process and keep Sales committed?”](https://articles.involvation.com/how-to-sustain-an-effective-sop-process-and-keep-sales-committed) This was the central theme of the S&OP Professionals meeting on June 19th. Twice per year Involvation facilitates these interactive sessions of professionals in the field of S&OP. Goal is to exchange experiences in S&OP, learn from each other and create a network of S&OP practitioners. This time we had a broad participation of representatives from... Jeroen Scheepers [Read more](https://articles.involvation.com/how-to-sustain-an-effective-sop-process-and-keep-sales-committed) [![MRP does more harm than good](https://articles.involvation.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/MRP-maakt-meer-kapot-dan-je-lief-is-EN-300x179.png)](https://articles.involvation.com/mrp-does-more-harm-than-good) ## [MRP does more harm than good](https://articles.involvation.com/mrp-does-more-harm-than-good) After years of oscillating between shortfalls and surpluses and the chaos and frustration that this entailed, calm has recently returned for one of my clients and his supplier. How come? They simply turned off their MRP system. The consequences of this decision have been astounding. By reducing the delivery time from several months to just a few... 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