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COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course focuses on defining, executing, and improving the S&OP process. Participants will be introduced to the appropriate stakeholders of S&OP, the importance of S&OP to corporate performance, S&OP cadence, and the use of visionary technology to bring S&OP to the next level. Business cases will be used to show concrete examples of companies where S&OP is effectively applied.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Chief Operating Officers, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing and Finance Management Executives (Directors, VPs, EVPs)
• Supply Chain and Logistics Managers, Consultants, Supervisors, Planners, and Engineers
• Supply Chain Education and Human Resource Management personnel
• Inventory and Demand Planners
• Procurement and Sourcing Analysts and Managers
• Manufacturing Planners, Analysts, and Managers
• Sales Operations Managers, Analysts, Planners, Supervisors, Directors

HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Understand the need for an S&OP cycle in a company
• Apply principles key to success of an S&OP process
• Experience true market examples relevant to their businesses

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Learn how to identify and apply best fit S&OP process and technology enablers to your organization and make it a reality based process.
• Walk through a complete simulated S&OP cycle supported by a technology enabler.
• Understand the interaction and integration between the financial and operation levels of S&O.
• Learn the key components of an effective S&OP business case through discussion of real life examples of how companies have benefited from the implementation of best practices in S&OP.

WHAT IS COVERED

• Defining the S&OP process before adopting technology
• The advantages of value based and reality based S&OP
• Why S&OP needs to be integrated closely with operational planning
• What is the scope of each role in the S&OP Cycle
• What are the most valuable outputs and results of the S&OP Cycle
• How can technology enable companies to take performance to the next level
• Experience a complete simulated technology-enabled S&OP Cycle