Many companies embrace Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and consider it the perfect tool to balance out supply and demand. In addition, S&OP can act as a perfect link between the business strategy and operational execution. Sadly all too often, S&OP does not meet expectations. Many companies struggle to implement an effective and efficient...
It is the main theme of 2014. Again. Books, magazines, blogs, opinion and expert articles, advertisements galore! But how often do you happen to bump into something really new? When was the last time that you were surprised by a truly original view? It seems so logical. A process in which the plans of the different business functions are...
Without doubt, S&OP has been one of the most popular management buzzwords of the past decade. Gurus, consultants, blog writers and recently also software suppliers have claimed the topic. S&OP is hot and everybody wants to get a piece of the cake. Rightly so, because S&OP is a powerful concept with huge potential. Potential, that more often than...