In the past few years, organizations have responded to a series of supply chain shocks mostly by employing isolated risk-mitigation strategies within planning, direct materials or manufacturing — ...

Sales and operations planning (S&OP) sits at the center of modern supply chain and logistics businesses as a critical tool that aligns demand, supply, and financial goals into a single, disciplined ...

Several years ago, I was advising the board of directors of a struggling financial services company and suggested, among other actions, that they form a task force of cross-functional members of ...

Sales and operations planning (S&OP) has been around since the late 1980s. However, still only a handful of companies are successful in this cross-functional process that “integrates demand, supply, ...

For agencies to be the best possible partners to their clients, there needs to be sustained, open communication at all levels—not only between agency and client but also among key functional areas ...