An explanation of how S&OP systems can be used to support the S&OP process and how to successfully pull off S&OP implementations. ?
S&OPis a commonly discussed, yet infrequently mastered area of planning. S&OPis a type of long term planning that attempts to match supply and demand andprovides input to a financial plan to support the firm's overall strategy. S&OPis in part a subcategory of consensus based forecasting, however, it means drivingto a consensus from what are branches within the company or entity that are oftenmore competitive with one another than actually collaborative. Obtaining thisconsensus is no easy task, and beyond the political aspects of S&OP,S&OP comes with its own special software challenges because it means bothplanning at a higher level of aggregation than other planning processes, whilealso exposing the specific constraints so that those constraints can beevaluated for possible alteration. All of these issues and more are addressed inspecific detail in this book.
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