Excerpt: A robust and mature S&OP process is absolutely critical to improving operating performance in critical areas such as: Customer service Inventory management Capex efficiency Profitable revenue growth Technology and data Companies that manage S&OP purely as a supply chain process are not seeing the bigger picture. Today’s competitive market pressures require that S&OP focus less on yesterday’s back order and more on how the company’s existing capacity can meet long-term plans.
Read full article via Improving business and operations planning – Why is integrated planning and S&OP an issue now? – Ernst & Young – Global.
