How to Improve your S&OP Process?

Updated: November 22, 2009

Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) offers companies immediate benefits to their bottom-line through improved alignment of supply and demand. However, many companies either do not have an S&OP process or have a cumbersome, manual spreadsheet-based S&OP process.
Bill Nienburg will discuss how the breakthrough Steelwedge Compass Express OnDemand solution can enable, streamline and automate your S&OP process. Key issues covered will include:

  • Why S&OP is fundamental to effective operational planning

  • What is unique about S&OP in a CPG environment

  • What are the advantages of an OnDemand approach to S&OP enablement

  • How S&OP applications differ from ERP applications

  • How to integrate Compass Express S&OP and SAP

  • How an integrated implementation approach can reduce implementation time and costs
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