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Focus on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)

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Sales and Operations Planning is one of the hottest areas for supply chain improvement right now - and that's no surprise.

S&OP is at the heart of balancing supply and demand, and aligning the company around a common financial, demand and supply plan.

On this page, we provide a variety of resources to help you understand and successfully implement Sales and Operations Planning processes,and select the S&OP technology support tools you will likely need.

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Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Information and Resources

Here you will find a variety of free resources available to subscribers of Supply Chain Digest or The Supply Chain Digest Letter.

	Downloadable version of the SCDigest Letter on Sales and Operations Planning
	S&OP Case Studies
	S&OP White Papers
	Some of the "best of Supply Chain Digest" - articles and columns on Sales & Operations Planning
	The Tom Wallace Series: Our "S&OP Report" Expert Insight columnist's incisive views on Sales and Operations Planning
	Featured columns from other experts on this topic
	Brochures from S&OP Solution Providers
	More....

Featured Articles on Sales and Operations Planning from SCDigest:

	Balancing Supply and Demand -- a Long Way to Go
	2006 Forecasting, Demand Planning Benchmarks Released
	Misaligned Planning Cycles is Cause of Many inventory Woes
	Barriers to Effective Demand Forecasting
	Weyerhauser Finds Basic Blocking and Tackling Helps Link Supply and Demand
	Insights to Improve Forecasting Success by Involving the Sales Organization
	Getting to Demand-Driven Supply Chains

Or, you can search our entire site by topic. Just pick "Sales and Operations Planning" from the drop down menu.

Expert Insight

"The S&OP Report" Series

Views on Sales and Operations Planning from Contributing Editor and S&OP Guru Tom Wallace

	The S&OP Report: Do You Get Supply Chain Surprises?
	The S&OP Report: Why Is Sales and Operations Planning So Hot?
	The S&OP Report: The Top Management War Room
	The S&OP Report: The Bang for the Buck from Sales and Operations Planning

White Paper: Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Best Practices

Provides an interesting discussion around how S&OP leaders are rethinking the process. From Supply Chain Leaders magazine.

Featured S&OP Information and Resources

i2 Sales and Operations Planning Solution Overview

S&OP Success Story: Bell Helicopter

S&OP Success Story: Shaw Industries

S&OP Success Story: Major Paint and Coatings Manufacturer

Solution Overview: SimFlex Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning Solution

S&OP Success Story: Consumer Electronics Company

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Featured Sale and Operations
Planning Solutions

Next Generation, SOA-based platform maximizes flexibility and ease of integration.

i2 powers the S&OP
process for many of the world’s best companies.

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Operations Planning™

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Sales Inventory & Operations
Planning (SIOP) Solution

Achieve organizational alignment between business goals and plans while enabling rapid responses to ever changing business conditions.

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S&OP Thought Leadership

An Integrated View of S&OP
Technology Support

Supply Chain Digest’s Dan Gilmore recently spoke with Gaurang Pandya of i2 on how technology really does make a difference in S&OP.

Read the full discussion here

Next-Generation Sales, Inventory and Operations PlanninG (SIOP)

Supply Chain Leaders are Embracing New Paradigms for Success

by
Akhil Oltikar
Senior Director
SimFlex Group

Read the full article here

Closing the Gap Between
Supply and Demand

As Manufacturers and Distributors Become More Demand Driven, Supply Chain Plans Need to be Translated into Achievable Execution Plans

by
Karin Bursa
Vice President Marketing
Logility

Read the full article here