Global S&OP, Forecasting and Business Planning Summit

A key element in sustaining a competitive advantage in today’s global business environment is an effective Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process. It is designed to enable value-based management and ensure optimal overall business results. One of the main objectives of S&OP is to balance demand and supply in an organization. The dynamic changes that are taking place in terms of reduced product life cycle (PLC), disruptive technologies, global competition and increased customer demands, markets have become volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. The global reach that S&OP has within a diverse business system will help to drive new ways of doing things that enables companies to meet market expectations whilst staying profitable.

Highlights

• THE JOURNEY OF IMPLEMENTING S&OP IN A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY
• LOOKING INTO NEW PLANNING METHODS
• HOW IS PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS IN IBP HELPING BUSINESS STRATEGIES
• CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS WHEN IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIC PROCESSING
• THE ROLE TECHNOLOGY CAN PLAY IN MOVING FORWARD THE IBP PROCESS