Items Tagged with 'Sales & Operations Planning'

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ANALYSIS

The Evolution of Sales & Operations Planning

February 9, 2020
Andy Prinz & Jack Johnson, SCB Contributors

Analyst Insight: Many companies have launched sales and operations planning (S&OP) initiatives, with varying degrees of success. Those who have achieved significant benefits have done so through the realization that S&OP requires coordination across organizational elements, process workflow and enabling technology. As leaders look for the “what’s next” of S&OP transformation, there’s an increased desire for enhanced internal and external collaboration, and extending S&OP beyond planning into execution.


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ANALYSIS

Good Decision-Making Begins With Defined Sales and Quoting Processes

February 8, 2020
Marina Bolshinskaya, SCB Contributor

Analyst Insight: Many producers and suppliers in the heavy building materials and construction industry regularly struggle with how to manage and enforce a sales process that minimizes missed opportunities and provides actionable information back to sales and operational management. Progressive producers and suppliers are realizing that mobile sales solutions can help gain the visibility needed to monitor and enforce sales activities, and ensure a consistent and professional buying experience.


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Energy Storage Company Saves $50 Million With Demand Planning

December 13, 2019
Logility

Challenge: A global energy technologies company needed a digital supply chain that could support its aggressive growth and innovation goals. Key challenges included managing seasonality, improving lead times, optimizing inventory and linking operational and long-range plans. The company also wanted to boost customer service and accelerate new product introductions.


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S&OP: A Springboard for Growth

S&OP: A Springboard for Growth

November 25, 2019
Logility

Advanced sales and operations planning allows you to turn information into actionable insights that fuel your digital supply chain, uncover new opportunity and mitigate risk. 


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S&OP: A Springboard for Growth

November 14, 2019
Sponsored by Logility

Fascinators – the ornately compelling “headpieces” that women wear to British nuptials – are fascinating. Whether or not you appreciate these pieces of headgear whimsy, they present a perfect example of the challenges of sales and operations planning (S&OP). 


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EVENTS

Webinar

Gain Extended Visibility for Better Supply Chain Planning

Wednesday, March 11, 2020 12:00

DATE: Wednesday, March 11, 2020
TIME: 2:00 PM ET

Join SAP for a Market Experience on Integrated Business Planning for Inventory

Join David Vallejo, Head of SAP Digital Business Planning to learn how Integrated Business Planning can help your organization connect all of its planning processes to improve lead times and service levels, followed by a market experience of how companies are utilizing Integrated Business Planning to maximize the efficiency of their inventory and working capital. 

In this session, you will learn how to:

  • Maximize the efficiency of inventory and working capital   
  • Automate and standardize planning processes to improve planner productivity      
  • Enable shorter and more complete inventory target-setting cycles at each tier 
  • Reduce product and distribution costs 

Speakers:
Bruce Waters, Senior IBP Consultant, PPG Industries
David Vallejo, Global Head of Digital Business Planning, SAP

Moderator:
Helen Atkinson, Editor, SupplyChainBrain

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Webinar

Husqvarna Group: Digital Supply Chain Transformation

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 12:00 to Thursday, June 18, 2020 12:00

DATE: Wednesday, March 18, 2020
TIME: 10:00 AM ET

Husqvarna Group is a leading global producer of outdoor power products. Attend this webcast and hear how Husqvarna has transformed its global supply chain into a unified digital platform by applying supply chain planning best practices from Logility to support change, innovation and growth.

Highlights will include how optimized planning has led to increased visibility, precision and automation including how Husqvarna:

  • Instituted a scalable and robust S&OP process
  • Implemented an integrated digital supply chain platform
  • Expanded proactive, alert-driven automation of routine processes
  • Established supply chain platform centers of excellence

Speakers:
Anna Lindh Fogelström, Group Supply Chain Planning Manager, Husqvarna Group
Karin Bursa, Executive Vice President, Logility

 

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