Implementing S&OP: Don’t Wait For Perfection To Get Started
Find out why you shouldn’t wait to achieve perfection before launching a sales and operations program at your organization.... Read More...
Bill Mrzlak
S&OP Works, So Why Aren’t More Businesses Deploying It?
I recently wrote an article titled, “Why Surging Adoption of S&OP is No Accident". In it, I argued that S&OP remains key for any business contending with 1) external, fiercely competitive markets; and 2) internal, persistent directives de... Read More...
Why Surging Adoption of S&OP is No Accident
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, in which companies are facing an unprecedented level of complexity and uncertainty, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is undeniably having a moment. For organizations facing global supply cha... Read More...
5 Rules For Truly Adaptive Supply Chain Planning
Companies that have survived decades of change have done so by flipping the script on long-established business tenets, and ripping up the rule book to adapt to new business realities. However, the maxim "the more things change, the more they stay th... Read More...
Do You Have The Courage To Be Honest In Supply Chain Planning?
It’s no wonder that supply chain planning environments are often challenging and chaotic, with demands coming at us from all directions. While customers and suppliers are often the cause of our anxiety, some of the most threatening fire often comes f... Read More...
5 Supply Chain Habits That Will Destroy Your Business
When it comes to supply chain professionals, most of us like to think we know the best way of doing things. Starting off with the best of intentions, we work under an unproven premise that our little supply chain foibles are typical in organizations ... Read More...
Why All CEOs Must Embrace S&OP
According to Merriam-Webster, “The English word chaos is borrowed from the Greek word that means ‘abyss.’ In ancient Greece, Chaos was originally thought of as the abyss or emptiness that existed before things came into being.” Bill Mrzlak, founder o... Read More...
Bill Mrzlak
Bill Mrzlak is President and co-founder of ChainSequence, Inc. with over 25 years of experience leading teams in driving the development and optimization of planning organizations and processes in the U.S., Europe and Asia. His specialization is business process re-engineering through S&OP and Supply Chain Planning. Prior to setting up ChainSequence, Bill was Vice President at business management consulting firm OPD Solutions. He is a graduate of Northern Illinois University, holding a degree in Science, Business Administration and Computer Science.