This Sales and Operations Planning Workshop is a practical guide to designing and implementing an internal collaboration process that would improve your value chain planning and integrate it into business management.
Does your organization have a financial forecasting process that is distinct from your supply chain planning process?
This could potentially result in a disconnected supply chain plan, causing sub-optimal inventories and inferior customer service. Implementing an efficient and cost-effective Sales and Operations Planning Process brings together all elements of Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Operations into one integrated set of plans. This integrated planning forum greatly enhances communication of key market and customer intelligence into the supply chain.
Sales and Operations Planning is the best practice planning solution that starts with creating an unbiased demand forecast, reviews the feasibility of the demand plan in the face of supply constraints, and arrives at a constrained operational plan to drive the supply chain operations in the immediate planning horizon. In this training workshop, we will explain the design and mechanics of this internal collaboration process which brings together all stakeholders. We will discuss the key components of the S&OP process – the mechanics, reports, consensus, and hand-offs as well as the metrics. No other training program provides as much practical information and insight to all aspects of S&OP, as this.
– Available in the following formats:
– Web Workshop, on-site workshop at your location, or as a public training course.
– To schedule a customized on-site workshop, please contact us.
Topics Covered:
- S&OP Overview- Key components
- Demand Forecasting Process
- Integrating the Sales Force to Achieve Consensus
- Supply Review of Demand
- Implementation Methodology
- S&OP Templates and Reports
- S&OP Score-card
- New Product Planning
- Preparing for the Executive S&OP
- Exception Management in S&OP
What Clients Say
“The session helped me understand patterns and forecast accordingly, I hope to streamline our demand and supply by the methods taught in the session.”
“The course moved at a pace that kept my attention but also allowed me to follow along. I have found the material to be beneficial and will be applying what I learned to my role.”
“The workshop was very informative and I enjoyed it thoroughly. It was successful in refreshing many key concepts and I was able to come up useful insights to implement”
“Demand Planning LLC more than met my expectations with the Demand Planning Certification and Training session. The facilitators did a great job with a diverse set of attendees from my team, and were able to weave technical skills with business-focused learnings. Even with 15+ years, I was able to identify key takeaways to use to improve our processes, while my team was able to learn valuable lessons.”