
Companies that both produce and distribute products need to employ an expanded Sales and Operations Planning model that uses inventory as a critical input to the process, says Girish Bakshi of ToolsGroup. Bakshi explains how this model, known as Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning, is different from traditional S&OP and why that difference is important. [Run Time (Min.): 9:53]






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