The Executive S&OP Meeting is the culminating meeting in the S&OP process that is often preceded by a Portfolio Review, Demand Consensus, Supply Consensus, and Pre-S&OP meetings. It's the S&OP meeting, led by the company's, or business unit's senior executive. The Executive S&OP Meeting is also where the management team:
Confirms the summary level operating and financial plan
Makes executive level decisions on items that have been escalated to them
Manages summary level KPI performance
While the Executive S&OP Sponsor should provide guidance to make things work well at this level, here are five suggestions to consider as well.
