Simple Tools for Evaluating the Forecasting Process
Michael Gilliland In the movie Slingblade, there is a great scene where they bring an apparently broken lawnmower to Karl (Billy Bob Thornton): “Karl, see if ... Read More...
Dancing to S&OP to See Who Hears the Music and Joins In
“The first follower transforms a lone nut into a leader” – Derek Sivers Implementing an S&OP process is a daunting task at most companies, but it is also a... Read More...
Goodbye Traditional Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)
Steve Riehm I recently asked an open question to the 12 people on our monthly S&OP Demand Planning call, “So, does anyone have any inputs on events, promo... Read More...
Integrating your Sales and Marketing Teams with S&OP
I recently attended the IBF APICS Best of the Best S&OP Conference that took place in Chicago back in June. When people talked about why they implemented S&... Read More...
Managing Demand Planning & Forecasting for Highly Unpredictable Products
Simphiwe Mbonami In the field of supply chain management one is bound to deal with complex problems in various shapes and forms. The key differentiator betwee... Read More...
How Fujitsu Achieved a 30% Reduction in Inventory from Segmenting Demand Planning by Value and Forecast-ability
In 2000 Fujitsu Network Communications (FNC) re-engineered their forecasting process and spent the next five to six years focused on removing non-value added ac... Read More...
Managing Complex Demand Signals and Forecasting in a Highly Promoted Environment at Kellogg's
Back in February at an IBF conference, I heard Rick Davis, Vice President of Business Planning at Kellogg's talk about their journey over the past 13 years. He ... Read More...
Is your S&OP Vulnerable to "Kryptonite"
S&OP is an incredibly powerful, and effective business planning & execution process. It has seen a resurgence in interest over the past 12 months as so ... Read More...
Lean Forecasting: A Competitive Edge
Volume 32 Issue 2
Summer 2013
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You Cannot Have New Product Planning without S&OP
At the recent “Best of the Best S&OP” conference jointly sponsored by IBF and APICS, one of the Marquis topics, and one which generated much positive feedba... Read More...