Is AI Good for S&OP?
It’s not a big leap to say that a step change in decision support (if I dare use that gray hair term from the 90’s) is upon us not only for Sales & Operation Planning, […]
Why Your S&OP Initiative is on the Back Burner
Perhaps the absence of a Sales & Operations Planning process (or a well-functioning one anyway) has caused your team some missteps. Perhaps you are scaling up and need to get your act together internally. Perhaps […]
Part 4 of 4, Change Management Techniques for Getting Sales On-Board with Demand Planning
In this final installment of our 4 part series, we’ll take on the human element of change management. The other parts we looked at dealt with process, information technology, and organizational topics. Salespeople at all […]
Part 3 of 4, Org Considerations for Getting Sales On-Board with Demand Planning
In Parts 1 and 2 we looked at process and IT considerations respectively. In this segment, we’ll discuss organizational considerations that will position you to effectively engage Sales to ensure they are involved and accountable. […]
Are S&OP Best Practices Best for You?
“Best Practices” are the collectively agreed practices that have been shown to produce desired outcomes for a process, subject matter area, or industry. Companies, industry organizations, and consultants all have their lists (we do too, see […]
Four Reasons Why Assessments Are Important
You know that you need to make improvements, and you are hearing good ideas and suggestions from your colleagues and material the media. You know what to do, it’s time to take action, let’s just […]
Key Components of Change Programs
The article describes how the soft components and more tangible techniques come together to ensure change programs are successful.
