Sales and operations planning

The Secrets to S&OP Success
Ask any supply chain professional this question: Is sales and operations planning important to your company? More often than not, the answer will be an enthusiastic "Yes!" More

Balanced S&OP: Sunsweet Growers’ story
To operate effectively in an environment where outside factors determined supply and demand, Sunsweet updated its S&OP program. More

INSIGHTS & ANALYSIS

S&OP Psych 101
The S&OP process is always a “work-in-process” since the personalities of the participants frequently get in the way of developing consensus-based plans. More

Optimally Bridging Supply and Demand
Typically, supply and demand managers are on opposite sides of a Grand Canyon-sized chasm. Optimized Demand Management can help close that gap. More

FEATURED CONFERENCES

SYNERGY 2008
April 15-17, 2008, Baltimore, MD
Corporate United, the nation’s leading group purchasing organization, is hosting its seventh annual SYNERGY conference. SYNERGY 2008 will bring together principal supply chain and spend management professionals from across the country. This year, Honorable Michael G. Oxley, former U.S. Congressman and co-sponsor of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 will present as the keynote speaker. More

The Best of the Best Sales & Operations Planning Conference
June 19-20, 2008, Atlanta, GA
At this event, you will not only meet speakers who have been on the forecasting floor at well known global companies, but you will also have the opportunity to meet and interact with conference attendees who are decision makers involved in the forecasting function. You will be surprised, if not shocked, to see so many practicing forecasters gathered under one roof. More

• Demand Planning & Forecasting: Best Practices Conference
  April 30-May 3, 2008, Las Vegas, NV
  * Learn how Forecasting is done in large, multi-category retailers such as SAM’S CLUB as well as Direct Selling Companies Like HERBALIFE
  * Learn how to Forecast & Plan for abnormal demand
  * Learn how CARTER'S uses POS data to forecast replenishment businesses, the learning of how we measure accuracy is a bi-product and not the focus
  * Learn how AVNET prepares a road map for their S&OP needs
  * Learn how to reduce your inventory investment without affecting service levels
  * Learn how PEPSI calculates Safety Socks for new products with forecasts and measures their department value through decreased inventory   More