A changing business landscape. Organisations tend to take a safe path when selecting an enterprise resources planning (ERP) system. The desire from senior management and corporate IT for an ‘integrated’ system can override calls from functions to implement applications that best suit the needs of the organisation. This situation can occur for Operations Planning, a core part of your supply chains. … Read More
Business Continuity within Supply Chain Risk Management
Start with Business Continuity risks. It does not matter whether implementing risk management in your supply chains is an initiative of the supply chain group or a demand from the board and senior management; it is another requirement placed on the busy schedule of supply chain executives. So, where to start? Recent blogs have discussed the classification of supply chain … Read More
Applications requirements that assist S&OP decisions
S&OP is not a software driven project. The recent blogs discussed how Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) can provide the basis for a different way of managing your business. For success, it requires changes to the culture and responsibilities, managing the new process and to a lesser extent, use of software applications. Many activities can be improved through integrating technology … Read More
A common S&OP process for your business helps planning
The elements of S&OP. For Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) to be successful within your organisation, three elements must work together: People, Process and Applications. As discussed in my previous blog the most critical element is people, S&OP is a journey towards collaboration so, without the willingness by senior managers (and their reports) to change behaviour a S&OP implementation will fail. The … Read More
Sales & Operations Planning – a proven business process
S&OP in your business. Planning sits at the heart of your Supply Chains and is one of the three objective measures of the Aim, discussed in the blog Developing a strategy to change your supply chains. The blog of June 20 discussed the objective measure of DIFOTA – delivery in full, on time, with accuracy. This blog introduces the planning … Read More