Five Suggestions to Improve Pre-S&OP
How many times have you been in a Pre-S&OP meeting that seems to drag on and tie up several high-end people who are already overloaded? S&OP is a great and vital process, but sometimes parts […]
Designing an Effective Supply Chain Organization
Corporate events such as mergers, acquisitions, restructures, and performance improvement programs often bring about a need to examine how supply chain functions should be structured. At one extreme, and still prevalent in many organizations, supply […]
Revitalize Your S&OP Process
You vividly remember all the hard work that went into implementing your S&OP process – the training, the consensus building, the report building, the promises, or perhaps you’ve inherited something and it’s not what you envision S&OP should be. People are losing interest, or it’s just not delivering to expectations, what can you do?
Considerations When Rationalizing Your Product Portfolio
The article provides some points to consider when implementing proposed reductions to your product portfolio.
Implement S&OP First or Fix the Underlying Planning Processes First?
The article gives some guidance on when to implement S&OP first vs. improving the underlying planning processes first.
