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    S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) gives organizations insight into their financial status and the ability to better anticipate and manage demand fluctuations when properly executed. It improves communication and integration between departments, reducing excess inventory, lead times, and improving responsiveness. However, S&OP is challenging as sales forecasts are imperfect and markets are volatile. It also requires significant resources due to data gathering, organization, and coordination needs and can be time consuming and labor intensive without the right technology.

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    S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) gives organizations insight into their financial status and the ability to better anticipate and manage demand fluctuations when properly executed. It improves communication and integration between departments, reducing excess inventory, lead times, and improving responsiveness. However, S&OP is challenging as sales forecasts are imperfect and markets are volatile. It also requires significant resources due to data gathering, organization, and coordination needs and can be time consuming and labor intensive without the right technology.

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    S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) gives organizations insight into their financial status and the ability to better anticipate and manage demand fluctuations when properly executed. It improves communication and integration between departments, reducing excess inventory, lead times, and improving responsiveness. However, S&OP is challenging as sales forecasts are imperfect and markets are volatile. It also requires significant resources due to data gathering, organization, and coordination needs and can be time consuming and labor intensive without the right technology.

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    S&OP

    In situations where S&OP have been properly executed, it gives the organization a valuable insight to
    its financial status (company’s health) and also arm the firm with the ability to anticipate and manage
    demand fluctuations more effectively. S&OP offers the advantage of better integration amongst
    respective functional departments of the organization. It improves communication and transparency
    thereby reducing excess inventory, long lead times and improves ability to effectively respond to
    opportunities. With a more efficient operation, the overall profitability of the organization will
    increase.

    As we all know predictions are not 100% accurate, it is never spot on particularly, with a volatile
    market. There are endless number of factors that affect demand and consequently affect our sales
    forecast and operations plan. This is one of the challenges of S&OP process. Another major challenge
    is the fact that S&OP process involves lots of data gathering, data organizing and coordination that
    require a considerable number of resources. The process is time consuming and labour intensive if its
    to be implemented manually. The cost of deploying the right technology is also very pricey.

    I have not been involved any S&OP process in the past. I would say the closest experience I have had
    will be being part of the technical team that complied the operation manual for a start up construction
    firm. And the process what not driven by sales forecast.

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