- supply chain/transport sector
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2nd Annual Sales and Operations Planning
Thriving in a Tough Economic Climate with a More Robust S&OP Process
Event Date: 29-30 Jan 2009
Location: Radisson SAS Hotel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- key conference topics
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- Synchronising S&OP Prerequisites
- Forecast Flexibility and Load Capacity Analysis
- Integrated Technology Architecture
- Reaching S&OP Excellence Through Continuous Improvement
- Optimising S&OP Strategies in a Global Environment
- key conference features
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- Develop structured S&OP meetings to optimise demand-supply forecasting
- Identify and remove company setbacks through simple, step-by-step analysis
- Steer individual, disjointed, departmental paths towards one S&OP highway
- Explore best-in-class methodologies in performance measurement
- conference focus
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The implementation of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is undoubtedly a complex process that is built on two key pillars – body lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:36.0pt'>The implementation of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is undoubtedly a complex process that is built on two key pillars – collaboration and commitment. Unfortunately, these are two invaluable factors that businesses often struggle to uphold. While S&OP has proven to better meet customer demand, reduce inventories and minimise supply chain operating costs, companies still fail to gather the effort to put it into practice.
This marcus evans conference is designed to help delegates improve the execution and accuracy of their business’ supply-demand plans, determine the fitting technologies to support changes to the S&OP process and introduce diagnostic tools that will help them know where they stand in determining areas of improvement.