Sales & operations planning - Articles - Page 127

The S&OP Journey of PG&E

April 9, 2012

Gas and electric utilities may have a number of unique operating characteristics, but they share with other industries the need to emphasize customer service, operate safely, create a reliable supply chain and reward shareholders. PG&E's pursuit of those goals led it to integrate formal sales and operations planning (S&OP) into the organization.

Damco Offers Ability for Constant Replanning of Shipments

April 3, 2012

Damco

Damco has launched a new service allowing customers easily to re-plan shipments in line with changes in delivery date, product cost or carbon footprint.

Collaborative Outsourcing: Preparing for a Successful Logistics Outsource

April 2, 2012

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

This white paper outlines the steps and considerations that need to be addressed by the shipper in order to achieve a high level of success through logistics outsourcing.

Building the Supply Chain of the Future

March 29, 2012

Kelly Thomas, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing, JDA Software

The past few years have brought radical changes to the world of supply chain management. The business climate today is not only more complex, due to shorter product life cycles, increasing service demands from channels, price erosion and global customers with specialized needs but much more uncertain due to supply risks.

Webgistix Debuts App for Managing Freight from Midsized E-Commerce Retailers

March 29, 2012

Webgistix Corp.

Webgistix Corp. has unveiled SmartFreight, a package of software and services aimed at mid-sized electronic-commerce retailers.

Integrated Planning and Control

March 26, 2012

James Correll

The Lost Art of Managing the Supply Chain

Supply Chain Planning Market Driven by Capital Spending Rebound

March 22, 2012

ARC Advisory Group

The worldwide supply chain planning (SCP) market is forecast to grow 44 percent over the next five years, representing a compound annual growth rate of 7.6 percent, according to a new ARC Advisory Group study. With the global economic downturn now predominantly in the past, capital spending on information technology has rebounded vigorously. The SCP market has participated in this rebound, as suppliers have reported recent revenue growth rates well above the long-term trend.

The Cloud and the Supply Chain

March 21, 2012

SupplyChainBrain

The "cloud" can be a difficult concept to grasp, given the various definitions it has been assigned by software vendors and users. Greg Johnsen, executive vice president of marketing and sales with GT Nexus, calls it "an information replica of the physical supply chain." Cloud-based technology provides one place where managers can go to monitor critical supply-chain events. When an element is updated, "everybody gets the information."

ToolsGroup Offers Outsourced Service for Optimizing Inventory Targets

March 20, 2012

ToolsGroup

ToolsGroup, a vendor of supply-chain planning software, has created an outsourced service which feeds optimized inventory targets to customers.

Next Generation Moves Beyond Demand/Supply Balancing

March 19, 2012

SupplyChainBrain

Analyst Insight: It's been another year of exciting times within supply chain management, especially with regard to S&OP - as we continue to improve upon a 35-year-old process of balancing demand and supply. Approximately 85 percent of supply chain management professionals around the globe say they are exercising the S&OP process (informal polling of approximately1,000 execs over the past year). About 65 percent of those professionals are positioned in Stage I or II of AMR's (now Gartner) S&OP Maturity Model. While this is positive news, it's clear that globalization of our supply chains requires more than just S&OP basics. - Gregory L. Schlegel, adjunct professor, supply chain risk management, Lehigh University Graduate Program