Most manufacturing outfits in the modern world already have some kind of S&OP—but sometimes it can feel like even your most integral processes aren’t evolving quickly enough to keep up with the times. What started as an annual meeting of stakeholders in sales and production planning might now be under pressure to incorporate more digital data and technology. Or, you might be looking to add or upgrade your sales planning software, which might mean reimagining your S&OP process from the ground up.

If you’re in one of the positions sketched out above—or a similar position regarding your sales planning workflows—there’s no time like the present to get a handle on the most important best practices for S&OP integration. Even as digitization works to decrease the complexity inherent to quarterly or yearly sales planning processes, there’s ...  >>

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