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Software Information: A guide to Sales & Operations planning

Sales & Operations planning

The process for Sales & Operations Planning (S & OP) has always played a key role in firms' ability to synchronize the application with the constraints of the production system.

The S & OP was traditionally regarded as a process reserved for top management decision making sure that the tactical plans of all business functions - sales, marketing, operations - were aligned and global support business strategies.

Last two years this concept has evolved towards a model of integrated planning in which the various functions meet regularly and continuously re-align their decisions. The result is an operational shared, capable of balancing supply and demand, and constantly, in line with strategic plans and financial objectives of the company.

An S & OP is effective when it has as output a feasible plan, based on consensus between different functions, making it possible to answer the question in the most profitable for the company. The process is divided into several phases:

• Collect data from different functions on demand, supply capacity and financial situation, harmonize in terms of levels of aggregation, measurement units, time horizons, functional areas

• Define the level of demand and evaluated against the constraints of the production system and the financial goals of the company

• Prepare a shared operational plan which allows to balance supply and demand in the most profitable

• To operationalize the plan and share it with all the functions

• Periodically measure the effectiveness of the plan, review and correct exceptions against objectives

Sales & Operations planning software

Sales & Operations planning software widely use in all over the world which is provides the tools to achieve an advanced S & OP that ensures a full alignment of the operational demand and business objectives of the company. The S & OP software solution tool allows you to review the plans from the perspective more useful to every function, from financial, marketing and sales, by providing a high level of visibility. The scheduling functionality with the system of performance indicators of the solution, it can constantly updated plan. Planners can focus on critical issues and resolve them quickly while maintaining a constant focus on margins and profitability of the company.