011 Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

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Supply Chain Weekly Blast #011 : Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) by Rabin Sahu, Machine Learning Engineer at Vekia Demand Planning Meeting Objective Supply Planning Meeting Demand/Supply Alignment Meeting Executive S&OP Meeting Review and approve demand plan for short and long term. Review and approve supply plan for short and long term. Align supply and demand plan for short and long term. Approve financial and operational targets for short and long term. Typical Inputs - Demand forecast - Pricing & promotions - Product transitions - Capacity plan - Inventory targets - Supplier constraints - Production commitments - Demand plan - Supply plan - Initial financial impact - Aligned demand / supply plan - Financial impact scenarios Typical Outputs - Market share - Service levels - Demand plan - Unit & revenue plan - Cash flow - Manufacturing costs - Unit production plan - Supply plan - Tradeoffs between demand and supply - Financial impact scenarios Committed financial plan with market share, profit, cash flow Typical Metrics - Forecast error & bias - Cancelled orders - Order fill rate - Production plan attainment - Inventory versus plan - Lost sales (€) - Expedite costs - On time in full (OTIF)(%) - Revenue, market share, margin, cash flow loss and gain Principal Decision- Makers - Sales - Marketing - Product management - Operations - Manufacturing/ Procurement - Finance - Sales & Operations - Executives - Business unit heads Food for thought With high quality forecasts with AI, what changes does the S&OP process need? A process to develop tactical plans that provide management the ability to strategically direct its businesses to achieve competitive advantage on a continuous basis by integrating customer-focused marketing plans for new and existing products with the management of the supply chain. The process brings together all the plans for the business (sales, marketing, development, manufacturing, sourcing, and financial) into one integrated set of plans. Demand Forecasts Demand Supply Actual orders S&OP Process Supply orders Resources / Capacity Inventory The Process

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Supply Chain Weekly Blast

#011 : Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

by Rabin Sahu, Machine Learning Engineer at Vekia

Demand PlanningMeeting

Objective

Supply PlanningMeeting

Demand/SupplyAlignment Meeting

Executive S&OPMeeting

Review and approve demand plan for short and long term.

Review and approve supply plan for short and long term.

Align supply and demand plan for short and long term.

Approve financial and operational targets for short and long term.

Typical Inputs - Demand forecast- Pricing & promotions- Product transitions

- Capacity plan- Inventory targets- Supplier constraints- Production commitments

- Demand plan- Supply plan- Initial financial impact

- Aligned demand / supply plan- Financial impact scenarios

Typical Outputs - Market share- Service levels- Demand plan- Unit & revenue plan

- Cash flow- Manufacturing costs- Unit production plan- Supply plan

- Tradeoffs between demand and supply- Financial impact scenarios

Committed financial plan with market share, profit, cash flow

Typical Metrics - Forecast error & bias- Cancelled orders- Order fill rate

- Production plan attainment- Inventory versus plan

- Lost sales (€)- Expedite costs- On time in full (OTIF)(%)

- Revenue, market share, margin, cash flow loss and gain

PrincipalDecision-Makers

- Sales- Marketing- Product management

- Operations- Manufacturing/ Procurement

- Finance- Sales & Operations

- Executives- Business unit heads

Food for thoughtWith high quality forecasts with AI, what changes does the S&OP process need?

A process to develop tactical plans that provide management the ability to strategically direct its businesses to achieve competitive advantage on a continuous basis by integrating customer-focused marketing plans for new and existing products with the management of the supply chain. The process brings together all the plans for the business (sales, marketing, development, manufacturing, sourcing, and financial) into one integrated set of plans.

Demand Forecasts

Demand Supply

Actual orders

S&OPProcess

Supply orders

Resources / CapacityInventory

The Process