Good cooperation between sales and operations departments is the key to a successful, reliable and effective Supply chain.
Sales and Operations Planning is one of the key element of this dialogue.
S&OP meetings are the major information exchange possibility. Intelligent S&OP meeting with positive collaborative approach allowing effective team work allows to avoid the trap of blaming each other. With a proactive orientation to solve the problem in advance instead of reacting afterward.
The opportunity of a team gathering all the departments involved in supply chain allows also to answer the specifics risks for each department. The “what if ” analysis allow the executive to share their specific issue by discussing the consequences with their colleagues. All that keeping in mind the common goal: increase profits.
We offer you a Sales and Operations diagnostic toolkit to improve the matching accuracy of sales and operations planning.