Adapting S&OP To Enterprise Strategy
To understand what strategy is about and how it should direct our approach S&OP, a good place to start is the model devised by Michael Treacy and Fred W... Read More...
How I React When Forecasted Demand Deviates from Actual Demand
As I have written about before in a previous article, Forecasting Materials Usage At An Electric Utilities Company, forecasting efforts for an electric util... Read More...
Do You Really Need That New Planning Tool?
Recent upheavals in global supply chains and changes in consumer behavior have taxed even the most robust processes used by elite planners on top tier softw... Read More...
Understanding Your Consumers’ Behavior
Businesses run in an environment of change and evolution that has multiple dimensions – Economic, Sociological, Political, Competitive, Regulatory, and Tech... Read More...
Mapping The Process For New S&OP
Based on IBF research, 12% - 16% of people reading this are starting a new S&OP process. Whether it’s because a company started an S&OP process, sta... Read More...
How I Forecast Materials Usage At Portland General Electric
I work as a Materials Management Analyst for Portland General Electric (PGE) - the electric utility company that serves the Portland, Oregon metro area. It ... Read More...
Tracking Forecasting Error With An Excel Model (With Free Download)
Peter Drucker’s famous axiom “You can't improve what you don't measure” is particularly relevant to business forecasting. As Demand Planners, we want to mea... Read More...
How to Start a New S&OP Process
Maybe you just had a poor quarter with your forecast not aligning to operations or business plans. Maybe there was a series of bad product launches, or you’... Read More...
The 4 Cornerstones Of An Effective Demand Review
S&OP processes always include a demand review step. There are plenty of articles, webinars, and blogs about how to set up and optimize a Deman... Read More...
Simplifying Python For Business Forecasting With Mariya Sha
I recently spoke to Mariya Sha, Python guru and star of the Python Simplified YouTube channel. I asked her how forecasters and Demand Planners can get start... Read More...