S&OP

Transforming the Supply Chain with Forecasting and Demand Planning at Electrocomponents plc

Andrew LewisApril 14, 2011

The Background… Throughout a financially turbulent 2009, the Supply Chain at Electrocomponents plc needed to better integrate into the business and become more intelligent, agile and effective. Just two years into our long-term ... Read More...

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The Perfect Forecast and the Cost of Error: Radio Shack's Experience

Jack HarwellApril 11, 2011

Forecasting & Planning Professionals strive to reduce error in their work. For all this effort, what is the reward? When asked what the cost of forecast error is, most discussions turn to the consequential impact of inaccurate forecasts. Con... Read More...

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Proof Positive, Sticking to the Basics in Forecasting and Planning Works

Lora CecereMarch 17, 2011

Trading Places The storyline is an old one. It was the theme of the 1983 American comedy titled Trading Places starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. You may remember it; It is one of my favorite funny movies in which an upper class commodities b... Read More...

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There Were no Couches to Lie On, but Forecasting Therapy Was In Session

Constance KorolMarch 4, 2011

The IBF’s 10th annual Supply Chain Forecasting and Planning Conference turned out to be an incredible three days at the Villas of Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, Florida. We kicked things off with a spectacular golf outing where we got to meet new... Read More...

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Forecasting and Calibrating Demand with Economic Cycles

Jason GustafsonFebruary 23, 2011

I started my demand planning career in the summer of 2008. Looking back, I know now that this turned out to be the worst possible time to break into the field. At Ingersoll Rand, we were just starting to feel the initial pains of ‘The Great Recess... Read More...

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Taming the Beast: Forecasting and Planning for Highly Volatile Customer Demand

Christopher MaelFebruary 21, 2011

Back in the spring of 2010, business forecasters were filled with trepidation about whether or not an economic recovery was either reasonable or imminent. At Loud Technologies Inc our planning staff wanted to forecast a conservative level of market... Read More...

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Engaging Your Business Users on the Value of Forecasting in Order to Maintain a World Class Supply Chain

Adam CoyFebruary 18, 2011

I suffer from a recurring dream. In that dream, I am standing in front of 300 Stock Controllers explaining how an external baseline will work alongside causal forecasting. The results of this will generate a Simple Exponential Smoothing forecast wh... Read More...

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Forecast First, Ask Questions Later?

Kenton BurkiFebruary 17, 2011

Sometime during the 20th century sales forecasting went from being a necessary part of someone’s job to being someone’s entire job. Sales forecasting, has made the move from being only 1 step in the inventory/production analyst’s planning to a for... Read More...

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Forecasting as a Key Enabler in Business Transformation

Carlos LondonoFebruary 15, 2011

Businesses go through change frequently and as we all know, change is difficult because we are human. Change and transformation are necessary for companies to adapt and improve, but in order for change to be effective, many factors need to be addre... Read More...

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Real World Constraints to Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). A Perspective from Asia

Kien LeongFebruary 10, 2011

On the supply-side, Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) most commonly fails when an unconstrained plan meets real-world constraints. In this post, we would like to explore the nature of these constraints and suggest ways to moderate the ope... Read More...

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