Perceptant

We have written previously about “supply chain strategy” and observed that the term is somewhat of an oxymoron because supply chain management (SCM) is, by definition, mainly a matter of execution. Obviously, though, we do need to do longer-term planning and that, for some people, seems to be strategic.

Within an organisation, Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) creates the mechanism for contributions that a well designed and implemented process can make to the organisation’s performance. While many people at first think of S&OP as, at most, a mid-level management process to balance numbers (“making a deal”) between the demand and supply sides of a business, it is now surely recognised to be “the” management process for the business, enabling a “single set of numbers” and as the means for true integration across functions and business plans. This should be the process through which the most senior leadership team delivers the organisation’s expected performance and results. Indeed, at the highest level, one would expect at least the following: http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/26007/supply-chain-management-and-strategy

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