S&OP- Sales & Operations
The need:
- Many markets and production sites require better global managing and control of the supply chain (by processes and tools over the web) .
- The need for integration &improvement of sales forecasts and budget
- The need to decrease inventory levels by better sales forecast quality
- Sophisticated quantitative planning tool – for monthly planning processes and MRP, both local and global
- To improve the demand collection process from sales units by WF and automatic work
S&OP Benefits:
- Increases visibility of supply chain between all local & global subsidiaries uncluding the HQ
- Enables management policies to be integrated and enforced by operational planning
- Decreases inventory levels while maintaining or increasing service level by better planning ahead
- Increase forecast accuracy and horizon by:
- Increase efficiency and save time
- Improve control and approval processes
- Increase level of update and reliability
- Improve sales budgets processes
