Sales, inventory and operations planning (SIOP) is process used for monitoring and upgrading a company's operating plan. It pulls all departments together to ensure that potential problems can be ...

Alex Koshulko is a leading supply chain planning expert with over 10 years of experience. Ph.D. CEO and cofounder of GMDH Streamline. As business leaders, we inevitably find ourselves quoting Tom ...

In today's volatile business environment, CEOs are increasingly recognizing that sales, inventory and operations planning (SIOP) is not merely an operational function but also a strategic lever for ...

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is a very well known practice in the physical supply chain. There are many reasons why I believe it could become an excellent paradigm to improve cash forecasting ...

Analyst insight: Many companies have launched sales and operations planning (S&OP) initiatives, with varying degrees of success. Those who have achieved significant benefits have done so through the ...

The word “simple” rarely comes to mind when most supply chain professionals think about their sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. But if you take a basic approach and don’t get caught in the ...

Both sales and operations planning and budgeting concepts aim to take into account the overall view of the company and access the specific needs of the company. A company can utilize either tool to ...

Identifying gaps in sales and operations planning (S&OP) is critical to achieving the value of demand-driven supply networks. There are practical methods to uncover misalignments that can hinder ...

This is an excerpt of the original article. It was written for the November 2014 edition of Supply Chain Management Review. The full article is available to current subscribers. Supply chain managers ...

Powerful planning processes provide the essential elements for business success through material management, lean operations, waste reduction and working capital optimization. It is not unusual to ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY James Barlow Just as the ...

This is an excerpt of the original article. It was written for the January-February 2019 edition of Supply Chain Management Review. The full article is available to current subscribers. Truth be told, ...