In an effective global business, sales and operations planning (S&OP) is not just important — it’s essential. For leading companies, S&OP enables both strategic and fundamental alignment of organizational functions with each other and with business goals. 

S&OP synchronizes supply and demand through collaborative decision making that involves all stakeholders. It allows your organization to rapidly sense and respond to changing market conditions. S&OP can help minimize the negative impact and even help you capitalize on unforeseen events. 

This webcast will discuss the value and key process steps of an integrated Sales and Operations Planning process.  Ellen Kleinlein, Sales & Marketing IT Relationship Manager, will highlight how Celanese is using an advanced software solution to improve integration, collaboration and value achieved from a technology-enabled S&OP process. In addition, you'll get a sneak peak at new technology that helps companies to effectively and efficiently manage the Sales and Operations Planning process.

Moderator:

• Frank Quinn, Editorial Director, Supply Chain Management Review

Speakers:

• Rick Wenger, Solution Principal, SAP
• Scott Andariese, Business Development, xSOP, SAP
• Ellen Kleinlein, Sales & Marketing IT Relationship Mgr, Celanese