Sales & Operations Planning

AI and Analytics: The Importance of Visualization and Data

April 20, 2020

The strong visualization of meaningful data is also crucial to a business’s success with artificial intelligence and analytics. It creates an engaging user experience that presents information in a highly intuitive way.

Hybrid Demand Sensing: Readying Supply Chains for Uncertain Times

February 28, 2020

Robert Kaufholz, SCB Contributor

Today’s supply chains are challenged by product-line proliferation, shrinking product lifecycles, increased complexity and massive amounts of data.

ANALYSIS

Good Supply-Chain Decision Making Begins With This Process

February 15, 2020

Marina Bolshinskaya, SCB Contributor

It’s a bad idea to keep corporate memory in Excel sheets.

Analysis

This Five-Pillar ‘Sell Anywhere’ Strategy Will Help Retailers Thrive

February 12, 2020

Jim Tompkins, SCB Contributor

Each sales channel presents a unique opportunity to connect with customers and achieve long-term, profitable growth in a constantly evolving commerce environment.

ANALYSIS

The Evolution of Sales and Operations Planning

February 9, 2020

Andy Prinz & Jack Johnson, SCB Contributors

These five factors are allowing companies to enhance planning operations.

Energy Storage Company Saves $50 Million With Demand Planning

December 13, 2019

Logility

Challenge: A global energy technologies company needed a digital supply chain that could support its aggressive growth and innovation goals. Key challenges included managing seasonality, improving lead times, optimizing inventory and linking operational and long-range plans. The company also wanted to boost customer service and accelerate new product introductions.

Voice Automated Workflows Support eCommerce Growth at NBG Home

December 6, 2019

AccuSpeech Mobile

NBG Home deployed voice for picking and many other workflows in the distribution center. Learn more about the benefits that voice enabled workflows (text-to-speech and speech-to-text) provided for this leading home décor products company.

S&OP: A Springboard for Growth

November 25, 2019

Logility

Advanced sales and operations planning allows you to turn information into actionable insights that fuel your digital supply chain, uncover new opportunity and mitigate risk.

Getting Your Holiday ‘Stocking’ Right: Seasonality’s Impact on the Supply Chain

November 18, 2019

Bill Denbigh, SCB Contributor

For many businesses, planning for seasonal demand can make or break their profitability for the year.

S&OP: A Springboard for Growth

November 14, 2019

Sales & Operations Planning

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions regarding sales and operations planning (S&OP) and its impact on supply chain management. New technologies in S&OP are transforming the way companies do business - and allowing them to stay ahead of the competition in their industries. As these solutions continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies around the world are using S&OP solutions for supply chain optimization.