This course focuses on defining, executing, and improving the sales and operations planning (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 decision support tools 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

This course is designed for chief operating officers; supply chain, sales, marketing and finance management executives (directors, vice presidents, executive vice presidents); supply chain and logistics managers, consultants, supervisors, planners, and engineers; supply chain education and human resource management personnel, inventory and demand planners, and procurement and sourcing analysts and managers; and manufacturing planners, analysts, and managers.

How You Will Benefit

• Understand the need for an S&OP process in a company.
• Apply the principles that are the key to success of an S&OP process.

What You Will Learn

• S&OP process and technology
• S&OP implementation planning and execution
• S&OP stakeholder and communications planning
• S&OP business case and best practices
• S&OP process management