Featured Presenter - Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO, Supply Chain Insights
In today’s increasingly complex and dynamic business environment, companies must have the agility to make fast, intelligent, and profitable decision. Sales and operations planning (S&OP) is a major pathway forward to make that happen. Recent research shows that companies that are more mature on S&OP have twice the levels of alignment and agility than their counterparts who are lower on the maturity scale.
Join us for a webinar with noted supply chain thought leader and author Lora Cecere to understand the steps to take and the pitfalls to avoid along the road to S&OP agility.
On November 19 at 9am PST/12pm EST/5pm GMT, Lora will address:
- The evolution of S&OP processes and how to build demand and supply processes that align with top-line business goals.
- The steps necessary to achieve the right balance between commercial and operations teams—the key to execution and achieving results.
- Which metrics drive alignment and how the metrics change as S&OP processes mature.
- How supply chain centers of excellence effectively manage regional and global governance to balance rising complexity and volatility with the execution of the plan.
A simple, straight forward set of 25 slides which provides the basics of S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) from concept to implementation. (Used to introduce and discuss S&OP concepts with clients and prospective clients.) S&OP is also know as IBF or IBP (IBF = Integrated Business Forecasting; IBP = Integrated Business Planning)
Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and integrated business planning (IBP) align demand, supply and finance, allowing a holistic view across all departments so that businesses can test the financial impact of different “what if” options and respond to unplanned events--both positive and negative. Visit http://www.steelwedge.com/resources/s-and-op-intro
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) OverviewMichael Ryan
Improved revenues, business performance, and customer satisfactions are outcomes of a strong Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process.
S&OP can be applied to a variety of industries, from cosmetics to aftermarket parts manufacturers.
S&OP Framework and Case Study (PlayStation) Presented at the Business Forecasting and Predictive Intelligence Summit. San Francisco October 17th -18th 2013
Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP): An IntroductionSteelwedge
Do you know the secret to a successful Sales and Operations Planning process?
Your ability to troubleshoot issues, plan for unexpected events, and maintain a reliable, single set of planning numbers is drastically affected by people, process and technology.
Educate your colleagues or refresh your own skills with the new introduction to S&OP presentation.
For more information about S&OP and how Steelwedge can help your business, please visit: http://www.steelwedge.com/resources/sales-and-operations-planning-intro/
A simple, straight forward set of 25 slides which provides the basics of S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) from concept to implementation. (Used to introduce and discuss S&OP concepts with clients and prospective clients.) S&OP is also know as IBF or IBP (IBF = Integrated Business Forecasting; IBP = Integrated Business Planning)
Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and integrated business planning (IBP) align demand, supply and finance, allowing a holistic view across all departments so that businesses can test the financial impact of different “what if” options and respond to unplanned events--both positive and negative. Visit http://www.steelwedge.com/resources/s-and-op-intro
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) OverviewMichael Ryan
Improved revenues, business performance, and customer satisfactions are outcomes of a strong Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process.
S&OP can be applied to a variety of industries, from cosmetics to aftermarket parts manufacturers.
S&OP Framework and Case Study (PlayStation) Presented at the Business Forecasting and Predictive Intelligence Summit. San Francisco October 17th -18th 2013
Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP): An IntroductionSteelwedge
Do you know the secret to a successful Sales and Operations Planning process?
Your ability to troubleshoot issues, plan for unexpected events, and maintain a reliable, single set of planning numbers is drastically affected by people, process and technology.
Educate your colleagues or refresh your own skills with the new introduction to S&OP presentation.
For more information about S&OP and how Steelwedge can help your business, please visit: http://www.steelwedge.com/resources/sales-and-operations-planning-intro/
What Is the Value Proposition of Sales and Operations Planning?Lora Cecere
Survey Details: The research for this report was conducted online from January 6 - September 14, 2015 by Supply Chain Insights. Surveys were conducted among Manufacturers and Wholesalers/Distributors/Co-operatives with $250M+ in revenue and who have at least one S&OP process (n=73). For the purpose of analysis, respondents were split between those with a self-reported "effective" S&OP (n=31) and those without (n=42).
Objective: To understand the value proposition of an effective S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) process. NOTE: An S&OP process was defined as a "tactical planning process to forecast sales and plan operations."
Highlight: Companies with a more effective S&OP process are more aligned, agile and balanced, which leads to greater control and improved response.
S&OP Leadership Exchange: Tailoring S&OP to Fit your BusinessPlan4Demand
866.P4D.INFO | Plan4Demand.com | Info@plan4demand.com
Andrew McCall, S&OP Solutions Lead at Plan4Demand Discusses how tailoring your S&OP process to fit your business is critical to achieving bottom line success.
How to Improve and Accelerate your S&OP process April 20th 2010 Logichem Düsseldorf
By Elke Servaes
LogiChem 2011 will be the event's tenth anniversary and an opportunity for the most senior chemical supply chain & global logistics directors from the European chemicals community to come together once again share experiences, make new contacts and benchmark the latest chemical supply chain initiatives.
Not only will LogiChem 2011 be a chance for the chemical industry to reminisce about the last ten years but an opportunity to shape the next decade. To celebrate a decade of LogiChem, there will be an exciting three day programme filled with networking opportunities in our new location, Antwerp.
Enabling Best-Practice Demand Management and S&OP with Advanced Technology
Featured Presenter:
Doug Dedman, Vice President, Global Services, Steelwedge Software
Are you taking full advantage of all your demand signals? The sheer velocity of change – in business complexity, global volatility and available data – makes the prospect of managing regional and global planning a more elusive mission. Powerful demand planning can take you from a reactive to a proactive mode and turbo-charge your S&OP process.
In this webinar, you will learn how next-generation technology has enabled companies to more accurately forecast what their businesses will require.
Join us to learn more about how the right demand management approach and platform can enable you to:
Understand and grasp each demand type
Ensure accountability to the demand plan
Benefit from statistical forecasting where it makes sense while maintaining flexibility to use other forecasting methods
Collaborate internally and with customers when it makes sense
Achieve real-time visibility and synergy across all channels
To learn more about Steelwedge's Advanced S&OP Technology please visit: http://www.steelwedge.com/solutions/
S&OP is a monthly global process to balance supply and demand, bringing all business operational plans into one integrated plan. All activities is based on a common Forecast data set. The ultimate target for S&OP therefore is to balance Supply and Demand.
Best Practices in Demand Planning and Sales ForecastingHatim Ratlami
In this white paper will walk you through the best practices necessary to improve demand planning and create supply chain efficiency. Our approach to process design is consensus and customer driven!
Before designing a demand planning program, you should ask the Forecast customer about the content and characteristics of the demand plan. Since Demand planning is customer driven, a Sales Forecasting Process is an integral part of this initiative.
The demand planning process should be designed to deliver an accurate forecast - right product, right time and right location! The demand plan should have consensus from all organizational functions on the demand side.
This is only possible if Sales Forecast intelligence can be obtained without much interruption to the Sales Force.
Please visit www.demandplanning.net to have a look at our services, clients, case studies and upcoming workshops. Also a lot of free research papers and online learning videos.
Best Regards,
Hatim Ratlami
hatimr@demandplanning.net
www.demandplanning.net
Enhance your audiences knowledge with this well researched complete deck. Showcase all the important features of the deck with perfect visuals. This deck comprises of total of thirty four slides with each slide explained in detail. Each template comprises of professional diagrams and layouts. Our professional PowerPoint experts have also included icons, graphs and charts for your convenience. All you have to do is DOWNLOAD the deck. Make changes as per the requirement. Yes, these PPT slides are completely customizable. Edit the colour, text and font size. Add or delete the content from the slide. And leave your audience awestruck with the professionally designed S And Op PowerPoint Presentation Slides complete deck. http://bit.ly/38gtxh2
There is significant buzz in the marketplace around Integrated Business Planning (IBP). This cross-functional business process enhances the traditional Sales and Operational Planning process. In this webinar, hear Spinnaker’s point of view on Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and how it’s enabled through SAP’s IBP suite of applications. You will learn how IBP can enable you to cultivate, coordinate, and complete integrated business planning with real-time information.
AVATA is adding to their express solutions suite with “IBP express”, a hosted service offering that provides the framework for conducting the S&OP/IBP process with supported dashboard reports and KPI’s. IBP express will allow for a rapid deployment enabling your first S&OP/IBP cycle within 90-days.
IBP express is both a technology tool and service offering that supports advancing your current S&OP process or implementing S&OP/IBP for the first time. IBP express includes the required Education, Workshops, Coaching & Technology that will deliver a rapid ROI.
Kinaxis revolutionizes planning by delivering the agility you need to make fast, confident decisions in an unpredictable world for your integrated business planning and digital supply chain. We combine human intelligence with AI and our unique concurrent planning technique so you can plan better, live better and change the world.
What Is the Value Proposition of Sales and Operations Planning?Lora Cecere
Survey Details: The research for this report was conducted online from January 6 - September 14, 2015 by Supply Chain Insights. Surveys were conducted among Manufacturers and Wholesalers/Distributors/Co-operatives with $250M+ in revenue and who have at least one S&OP process (n=73). For the purpose of analysis, respondents were split between those with a self-reported "effective" S&OP (n=31) and those without (n=42).
Objective: To understand the value proposition of an effective S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) process. NOTE: An S&OP process was defined as a "tactical planning process to forecast sales and plan operations."
Highlight: Companies with a more effective S&OP process are more aligned, agile and balanced, which leads to greater control and improved response.
S&OP Leadership Exchange: Tailoring S&OP to Fit your BusinessPlan4Demand
866.P4D.INFO | Plan4Demand.com | Info@plan4demand.com
Andrew McCall, S&OP Solutions Lead at Plan4Demand Discusses how tailoring your S&OP process to fit your business is critical to achieving bottom line success.
How to Improve and Accelerate your S&OP process April 20th 2010 Logichem Düsseldorf
By Elke Servaes
LogiChem 2011 will be the event's tenth anniversary and an opportunity for the most senior chemical supply chain & global logistics directors from the European chemicals community to come together once again share experiences, make new contacts and benchmark the latest chemical supply chain initiatives.
Not only will LogiChem 2011 be a chance for the chemical industry to reminisce about the last ten years but an opportunity to shape the next decade. To celebrate a decade of LogiChem, there will be an exciting three day programme filled with networking opportunities in our new location, Antwerp.
Enabling Best-Practice Demand Management and S&OP with Advanced Technology
Featured Presenter:
Doug Dedman, Vice President, Global Services, Steelwedge Software
Are you taking full advantage of all your demand signals? The sheer velocity of change – in business complexity, global volatility and available data – makes the prospect of managing regional and global planning a more elusive mission. Powerful demand planning can take you from a reactive to a proactive mode and turbo-charge your S&OP process.
In this webinar, you will learn how next-generation technology has enabled companies to more accurately forecast what their businesses will require.
Join us to learn more about how the right demand management approach and platform can enable you to:
Understand and grasp each demand type
Ensure accountability to the demand plan
Benefit from statistical forecasting where it makes sense while maintaining flexibility to use other forecasting methods
Collaborate internally and with customers when it makes sense
Achieve real-time visibility and synergy across all channels
To learn more about Steelwedge's Advanced S&OP Technology please visit: http://www.steelwedge.com/solutions/
S&OP is a monthly global process to balance supply and demand, bringing all business operational plans into one integrated plan. All activities is based on a common Forecast data set. The ultimate target for S&OP therefore is to balance Supply and Demand.
Best Practices in Demand Planning and Sales ForecastingHatim Ratlami
In this white paper will walk you through the best practices necessary to improve demand planning and create supply chain efficiency. Our approach to process design is consensus and customer driven!
Before designing a demand planning program, you should ask the Forecast customer about the content and characteristics of the demand plan. Since Demand planning is customer driven, a Sales Forecasting Process is an integral part of this initiative.
The demand planning process should be designed to deliver an accurate forecast - right product, right time and right location! The demand plan should have consensus from all organizational functions on the demand side.
This is only possible if Sales Forecast intelligence can be obtained without much interruption to the Sales Force.
Please visit www.demandplanning.net to have a look at our services, clients, case studies and upcoming workshops. Also a lot of free research papers and online learning videos.
Best Regards,
Hatim Ratlami
hatimr@demandplanning.net
www.demandplanning.net
Enhance your audiences knowledge with this well researched complete deck. Showcase all the important features of the deck with perfect visuals. This deck comprises of total of thirty four slides with each slide explained in detail. Each template comprises of professional diagrams and layouts. Our professional PowerPoint experts have also included icons, graphs and charts for your convenience. All you have to do is DOWNLOAD the deck. Make changes as per the requirement. Yes, these PPT slides are completely customizable. Edit the colour, text and font size. Add or delete the content from the slide. And leave your audience awestruck with the professionally designed S And Op PowerPoint Presentation Slides complete deck. http://bit.ly/38gtxh2
There is significant buzz in the marketplace around Integrated Business Planning (IBP). This cross-functional business process enhances the traditional Sales and Operational Planning process. In this webinar, hear Spinnaker’s point of view on Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and how it’s enabled through SAP’s IBP suite of applications. You will learn how IBP can enable you to cultivate, coordinate, and complete integrated business planning with real-time information.
AVATA is adding to their express solutions suite with “IBP express”, a hosted service offering that provides the framework for conducting the S&OP/IBP process with supported dashboard reports and KPI’s. IBP express will allow for a rapid deployment enabling your first S&OP/IBP cycle within 90-days.
IBP express is both a technology tool and service offering that supports advancing your current S&OP process or implementing S&OP/IBP for the first time. IBP express includes the required Education, Workshops, Coaching & Technology that will deliver a rapid ROI.
Kinaxis revolutionizes planning by delivering the agility you need to make fast, confident decisions in an unpredictable world for your integrated business planning and digital supply chain. We combine human intelligence with AI and our unique concurrent planning technique so you can plan better, live better and change the world.
Update on the progress of supply chain leaders on progress on the Supply Chain Effective Frontier (balancing growth, profitability, cycles and complexity). Philippe Lambotte, SVP of Merck, recommends a seat at the table, focus on supply chain strategy, eliminate the white noise, and stay the course.
Presentation at CSCMP Chicago Roundtable event on April 8, 2014Lora Cecere
Presentation at CSCMP Chicago Roundtable event on April 8, 2014 - slide deck discussing the new Supply Chain Index. Metrics That Matter is the new book due to be published in Q3 2014
Supply Chain Insights Webinar on the Supply Chain Index on May 23rdLora Cecere
Second presentation on the Supply Chain Index. The Supply Chain Insights team is working on building formulaic representations of supply chain excellence by industry. This is a second in a series of webinars where the team explains which metrics matter by industry.
Presentation at the Chief Supply Chain Officer Conference on June 19thLora Cecere
Presentation given at the CSCO conference in Chicago on June 19th. Discussion on why companies are stuck on the Effective Frontier of balancing growth, profitability, cycles and complexity. The answer lies in redesigning the processes outside-in and orchestrating demand and supply in market-driven processes through new forms of technology. We need to embrace the new and learn from the old while holding ourselves accountable to the balance sheet.
Supply Chain Index Webinar May 19, 2014Lora Cecere
Sometimes, as a supply chain leader, it is hard to know if you are making progress. We want to help. Supply chain excellence should not be a beauty contest. It needs to be about real results. We believe that a company needs to be compared within an industry. We also think that there needs to be an objective measurement that is available to all companies independent of size. Listen to the webinar to understand the methodology.
The Supply Chain Index will rank all public companies by industry NAICS codes and compare their progress for the period of 2006-2013 on:
Strength: Progress at the intersection of Growth/ROIC and Inventory Turns/Operating Margin (30%)
Balance: The ability to manage a balanced portfolio to maximize growth and ROIC
Resiliency: The tightness of the pattern at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin (30%)
Peer Ranking: Input from Supply Chain Peers(10%)
It is being launched on May 13, 2014. The webinar is on May 19, 2014.
Each industry will be ranked on the strength, balance and resiliency. The final scores and then the total score will be the composite of these. The formula is:
Supply Chain Index= .33(Strength Ranking)+.33(Balance Ranking)+.33(Resiliency Ranking)+.10(Peer Ranking)
Presentation from the Logimed Conference in May 2014. Medical device supply chains are resilient, but they are not strong. The focus of the presentation is on the progress of the medical device supply chain over the last decade compared with other industries.
Sales and Operations Planning: How To Put Together the PiecesLora Cecere
There are over 100 solutions in the market promising excellence in Sales and Operations Planning excellence. How to chose? In this presentation, Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights gives advice on how to make a decision. There is no one right answer for everyone.
We don't have a big data problem. We have a big data opportunity. Our challenge is to change our mental models to embrace clouds, streams and lakes. Today, we are too encased in the world of relational database models and inside-out processes. Here I share my research on Big Data in Supply Chain and encourage the audience to participate in our 2014 study on the adoption of Big Data in Supply Chain.
Range-based S&OP: How to Tame Demand Volatility in 3 StepsSteelwedge
Featured Presenter:
Blake Johnson, Consulting Professor, Stanford University
Demand forecasts are critical input to your business plan, yet forecast error is unavoidable. Supply chain agility can overcome this error with capacity and inventory, but comes at a cost. The solution? Proactively plan for a range of demand and supply within your sales and operations plan.
In this webinar, Stanford Consulting Professor Blake Johnson will share how to implement his “Range-based S&OP” best-practice to answer the following questions:
- How forecastable is demand over the planning horizon?
- What is the right type and amount of supply chain flexibility?
- What level of supply chain flexibility optimizes P&L and customer delivery performance?
Attendees at this session will learn how to:
- Achieve predictable financial and operational results in an uncertain world
- Balance supply chain flexibility vs. financial impact
- Deliver the best possible operating and financial performance
Collaborative Demand Planning: A Requirement for Successful Integrated Busine...Steelwedge
KPMG will share real-world examples of the value of integrated business planning (IBP), as well as its philosophy, experience and framework for making IBP a sustainable reality.
During this webinar you will learn:
• The critical elements for successful IBP that many companies miss
• The common pitfalls companies face in IBP initiatives and how to avoid stalling at tactical S&OP
• An intuitive approach for more effective collaborative demand planning, one the of vital factors of IBP success
While alignment between demand, supply and finance is essential for sales and operations planning (S&OP) success, each use different planning terms. As a result, many companies struggle to translate these terms into the “language” that each department speaks. Marketing and Sales use revenue terms, Operations plans in volume (cases, eaches, liters, kilograms) and Finance measures by revenue and margin. To make the translation even more challenging, different stakeholders plan at different levels of aggregation—or “dialects.” Some plan at the Product Family level, some at SKU and others at the Regional and Divisional level.
This webinar will explore how powerful S&OP technology seamlessly translates planning data from across the organization and all levels of aggregation into relevant units of measure to provide essential stakeholder insights.
Join this webinar to fully understand:
- The translation obstacles that all companies face
- The high costs associated with disjointed planning
- Best practices to overcome translation challenges and ensure efficient and effective planning
Sales Planning vs. Demand Planning: Getting Sales Back Into S&OP
Featured Presenter:
Danny Smith, Vice President, Industries, Steelwedge Software
In recent years, functions other than Sales – including Supply Chain and Finance – have often taken ownership of predicting future sales. The process has become an aggregation exercise done by specialists, and the name itself – demand management – indicates that the Sales team is not intimately involved. But true S&OP requires Sales to “own their number,” which delivers company-wide benefits because Sales is the closest to the demand signal.
In this webinar you will learn about:
- The Sales Planning Challenges
- The Keys to Success
- How a Sales Planning Platform Can Help You Hit Your Number
A Practitioner’s Guide to Successful S&OP and Demand ManagementSteelwedge
Many companies that have become “best-in-class” at S&OP have something in common: they have implemented successful strategies and tactics for building and securing approval for their S&OP technology business case. Learn firsthand from leading experts how to take you and your company to S&OP and integrated business planning (IBP) success.
Register today and hear experienced practitioners who will share with you:
- Why so many S&OP initiatives fail?
- How to get started with S&OP and how to sustain success?
- What’s the power of proven S&OP processes and technology?
- How to remove barriers to S&OP success?
- What works and what doesn’t
Revenue Growth or Cost Control? Strike the Right Balance with S&OP and Demand...Steelwedge
In the years after The Great Recession of 2008, companies focused their energy and attention in driving efficiency and being more cost effective. Forecast accuracy became even more important. However, in the last 2 years the global economy has shown revival signs and growth is now both a possibility and a priority. But, how can companies continue to drive cost efficiency and, at the same time, foster growth?
Revenue Growth or Cost Control? Strike the Right Balance with S&OP and Demand Planning TechnologyThis webinar will discuss S&OP in the context of balancing control vs. growth—with a look at the prospects and pitfalls of balancing global, regional and local planning and decision making. We will discuss how an established S&OP process and the right technology:
Enables top executives to drive their strategic agenda all the way to the operational and transactional layers
Helps companies to maintain financial and operational control while fostering revenue growth
Creates the agility to pursue both external growth opportunities and internal drive for growth through innovation
Join us to learn how to optimize your company’s approach to drive growth, whether you are new to S&OP and Demand Planning or you are evolving your strategy and process.
S&OP RFP 101: Evaluating Your ERP Vendor’s Solution vs. the Best-of-BreedSteelwedge
Your company may be running SAP, Oracle or other legacy ERP systems, but are their collaborative S&OP modules really the right choice for your company? Put another way: ERP systems create a solid “body” for your company, but the “brains” may be lacking.
In this webinar, we will discuss how the Steelwedge Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) solutions provide the brainpower for SAP and Oracle offerings. Join us to learn the key criteria to use when choosing an S&OP solution.
This webinar is designed for companies considering implementing collaborative S&OP technology who need to understand how to overcome common business, technical and organizational challenges. Join us to learn from our S&OP experts about the recommended project phase components and key project milestones, as well as the inherent value found in the newest features and functionality.
We will also discuss the primary function of S&OP: to ensure adherence to strategic business objectives. Doing this will provide demonstrable results, including:
Reduction of planning cycle times
Improvements in forecast accuracy
Reduction in stock-outs
Increase in revenue and/or margin
Using Key Metrics to Supercharge Your Demand Management and S&OP ProcessSteelwedge
Forecast accuracy is the single most important metric for demand planning, and quite possibly for the entire sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. If you start with an accurate forecast, the rest of the process is a lot easier. Improvements in forecast accuracy have a cascade effect, leading to reductions in inventory, improvements in customer service/reductions in stock outs, and eventually to increases in gross revenues and/or margins. But do you really understand forecast accuracy, and how to properly leverage it for results?
In this webinar, we will focus on explaining the foundations of forecast accuracy metrics:
How to measure forecast accuracy
Selecting the most meaningful offset or lag period
Units vs. revenue
Aggregation levels
Time buckets: Weeks, months or quarters
Impacts to functional groups: Sales, Marketing, Demand Planning
Strategies for transparent and effective tracking for improved results
Social Supply Chain and Sales Pipeline BridgeSteelwedge
Social Supply Chain: Linking Sales Intelligence to Supply Chain and Finance What Do Cloud, Your Demand Plan, S&OP and Sales Pipeline Have in Common?
Undoubtedly, you have a lot of good information in your CRM system. But do you know how to best leverage it to manage your entire business, from Sales to Supply to Finance?
Join Bruce Richardson, Chief Enterprise Strategist at salesforce.com for the webinar, "Social Supply Chain: Linking Sales Intelligence to Supply Chain and Finance - What Do Cloud, Your Demand Plan, S&OP and Sales Pipeline Your Have in Common?"
This webinar will provide guidance on how to fill the "missing link" in your sales and operations planning (S&OP) process-leveraging the intelligence contained in your sales pipeline to inform your consensus demand planning process. This is an important step towards the Social Supply Chain. Bruce will explain how you can:
1. Evolve your operations into a Social Supply Chain
2. Aggregate pipeline information for supply/demand balancing and operations planning decisions
3. Provide visibility and insight into significant pipeline assumptions, expectations and changes
4. Translate pipeline confidence into accurate revenue and margin projections for better Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
To learn more about S&OP or IBP please visit: http://www.steelwedge.com/solutions/
From Surviving to Thriving - Leveraging People, Process and Systems to Achiev...Steelwedge
- Hear the S&OP success story of Contech Engineered Solutions, a leading national civil engineering solutions provider. Contech has achieved significant growth with an agile S&OP process and platform
- Discover how the Contech team collaborates through S&OP technology and processes to achieve a holistic view of demand, supply and inventory, and drive better decision-making—all of which has led to a 40% decrease in inventory and a 10% improvement in on-time customer service
- Learn about the sales and operations planning (S&OP) challenges most companies face and how to overcome them to drive lasting and extensive value
The How and the Why of Making a Smart S&OP Technology SolutionSteelwedge
While sales and operations planning (S&OP) has been around for 30 years, there remains significant opportunity for companies to fully benefit from it. Many manufacturers “get stuck” at the supply/demand balancing level and never progress into Integrated Business Planning (IBP). Why? It’s because the vast majority of companies still use Excel and manual efforts to drive their S&OP processes.
While no company will ever completely abandon spreadsheets, those who attempt to achieve S&OP maturity with only disconnected processes and solutions will never drive truly collaborative, scalable planning. The alternative lies in selecting the right technology to power S&OP to the next level.
In this webinar, Lora Cecere, founder of Supply Chain Insights, will provide direction on:
How the right S&OP technology can render big business benefits
How S&OP technologies have changed over time
How to select the S&OP solution that best fits your requirements
How to avoid the pitfalls of implementation
Join this session to understand how technologies have changed and how you can select the solution that best fits your requirements.
Who should attend:
S&OP and Supply Chain Leadership
Demand/Forecast Planners
Business Planners
Heads of IT
Anyone involved in or leading an S&OP RFP project
New Year, New Approach: Take Your S&OP, Demand and Supply Planning Processes ...Steelwedge
Featured Presenters:
Frank Kang, Managing Director, Supply Chain and Operations Advisory Services, KPMG
Peter Yu, Director, Supply Chain and Operations Advisory Services, KPMG
Ed Lewis, Vice President, Product Marketing and Planning, Steelwedge Software
Whether your company is already advanced in its Integrated Business Planning (IBP) journey or is just starting to consider Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), it can benefit from improved strategic and tactical alignment and increased agility.
Please join us for this free webinar to learn about the many opportunities best-practice S&OP processes and technologies offer. The results? You meet financial targets, strengthen customer relationships and establish accountability within your organization by integrating your demand/supply planning with long-term strategic business goals.
You will learn about:
- The questions to ask when evaluating the effectiveness of your planning processes and deciding where and how to start on an effective IBP journey
- A discussion on leading IBP Operating Model capabilities
- The opportunities offered by the right technology to continuously improve your business planning processes
Featured Presenter - Peter Bolstorff, Author and Process Expert
Is your journey to Sales & Operations Planning maturity a bumpy road? You’re not alone.
This unique interactive diagnostic webinar will explore what causes S&OP to perform better in some years than in others. Join Steelwedge and Peter Bolstorff, author and process expert, for a moderated real-time assessment to take your business’ pulse across the key factors that can get –and keep—your plans on track:
• Trading Partners
• Organization
• Physical Flow
• Process Flow
• Technology
• People
For more information about S&OP please visit: http://www.steelwedge.com/solutions/whats-new/
What Great Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Feels Like!Steelwedge
Featured Presenter - Tom Wallace, S&OP Author and Educator
Like most manufacturing organizations, you likely have some quantitative measurement goals for your Sales & Operations Planning initiative. But, like the saying goes, it’s not just how it looks (metrics) but importantly, how it feels (organizational impact).
Join Steelwedge and industry educator, author and reknowned S&OP practice leader, Tom Wallace, for a live webinar to test your S&OP “feel factor”. In this interactive session, you will learn examples and ideas for your people, process and technologies to achieve some great feeling S&OP, including:
• Fewer surprises, resolved quickly
• 18+ months of forward visibility
• Enthusiastic engagement of top management and
• Delivering on strategic goals with S&OP
Your Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Analytics: Crystal Ball or Ball and...Steelwedge
Featured Presenter: Bob Ferrari, Ferrari Consulting and Research Group
Rising corporate risk and reward - around the ever-trickier gambit to balance supply and demand is producing a world of new opportunity:
• New Skills: Supply Chain MBAs top Wall Street Journal list in 2013
• New Tools: Cloud-based analytics and planning solutions are delivering today on visibility not previously possible
• New Way of Thinking: 'What if' scenarios are helping mitigate risk and reward for those agile enough to connect plan with execution
Do your S&OP team, process and technologies give you a holistic, predictive look at your business potential, like a Crystal Ball, to get in front of demand shifts, new product prospects and supply cost factors? Or are you stuck in an articulated, but sequential monthly S&OP process that weighs down decision-making within the confines of the schedule and a rigid software system, like a ball and chain?
Please join noted Supply Chain thought leader and analyst, Bob Ferrari, in an interactive webinar on Tuesday, August 13th to learn more about how you can build and polish your corporate Crystal Ball with the right focus and leverage of advanced planning analytics that can blend the best of backward and forward looking context on your business.
For more information about Steelwedge's analytics, please visit: http://www.steelwedge.com/solutions/insight/
The ROI of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) MaturitySteelwedge
How far is your company on its Sales and Operations Planning maturity journey? Have you hit a brick wall? According to Gartner, nearly 70% of manufacturers are getting "stuck" at Stage 2 maturity: balancing supply and demand.
The vast majority of companies use Excel to power their S&OP. While no one ever abandons Excel, those who try to power through maturity with only Excel or a collection of disparate, unconnected solutions, usually hit a brick wall when it comes time to driving collaboration and scale in their plans.
Download the ROI of S&OP Maturity presentation to see how well your company is performing and learn how you can break through to S&OP maturity value.
For even more information, or to contact us, please visit http://www.steelwedge.com/
Is Your Global Planning Like Whack-a-Mole? [Part 1]Steelwedge
Steelwedge Agility Webinar Series
Featured Presenters - Tom Wallace, S&OP Author and Educator, TF Wallace & Company and Nari Viswanathan, Vice President, Product Marketing & Management, Steelwedge
The sheer velocity of change - in business complexity, global volatility and available data is making the prospect of managing regional and global planning a more elusive mission, a bit like hitting a whack-a-mole with a mallet - only to have another pesky problem pop up somewhere else.
This session will explore how to tie together smart strategy and integrated software to capture and scale a process that can out-flex even the gnarliest of planning challenges.
Join S&OP author and educator, Tom Wallace, and Steelwedge VP, Nari Viswanathan, to learn how to:
• Do more with S&OP beyond "just" supply/demand balance
• Go global with smart strategy and scalable technology
• Turn your big data into big insights
• Build an agile enterprise: outmaneuver volatility
The Pursuit of Growth: Is Your Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) "Glocal" ...Steelwedge
Steelwedge Agility Webinar Series
Featured Presenter - Chris Turner, Co-Founder of strategy and change management consulting firm, StrataBridge
Picking up from his popular September Webinar: S&OP Strategy to Bridge the Agility Gap, Chris Turner advances the dialogue on S&OP and the shifting balance of control vs. growth—this time with a look at the prospects and pitfalls of balancing global, regional and local planning and decision making. This interactive session will explore the issues surrounding the globalization paradox and the complexities of the ever flattening (but still lumpy and uneven) world. He’ll take the discussion beyond just geography—to get to the issues that strategic business planning needs to address for enabling growth.
This event will question some traditional S&OP/IBP beliefs that could be hampering your business’ success and will address 7 areas of focus to reset your global potential:
• Strategy choices: Where to play? How to win?
• Organizational shape: its impact on decision-making
• Key decisions: critical touch points to drive coherent actions
• Making better decisions with partial information: the implications
• Leveraging technology: separating the signal from the noise
• Trial, error and learning: faster results through heuristics
• Overcoming the Laws of Change and Entropy
To learn more about S&OP please visit: http://www.steelwedge.com/solutions/
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
47. Outline
Steelwedge Drives Agility
Alignment - Cross functional planning between
Sales, Marketing, Operations and Finance
Action Readiness - Low planning latency due
to data collection or application silos
Alternatives - Scenario analysis and margin
optimization
Assessment - Balancing supply and demand.
Assessing trade-offs.
48. Outline
Cross-functional Collaboration
From a single cloud based solution.
Account and
Sales
Managers
Supply
Planning
Production
Planning
Finance
Executive
Sales and Marketing
Executive
Supply Chain
Executive
Product
Managers
Demand
PlanningMarketing
51. Outline
Customer Improvements
Planning Cycle Time - 50-70% reduction in
via integration and process automation
Forecast Accuracy - 15-30% improvement
in forecast accuracy through collaboration and
advanced statistical forecasting
Excess Inventory - 10-20% reduction in
excess inventory via improved forecast
accuracy
Stock-outs - 25% reduction, raising
customer service
Revenue and margin - 5% lift through
reduced stock-outs and better cost management
52. Outline
The sales force knows customer demand - what and
when they will buy.
But often, the opportunity pipeline is not considered in
demand planning.
Valuable capital gets tied up in excess inventory when
forecasts are too high.
Inaccurate forecasts result in shortages,
expediting, and lost sales when the forecast is too
low.
Is Your Sales Pipeline Connected to Your Demand
Plan?
53. Outline
Sales Pipeline Bridge
Demand Visibility and the Sales Pipeline
Dynamic, competitive markets have changed the game
• Statistical projections alone are insufficient.
• CRM sales opportunities: Best reflection of customer demand.
• Opportunities + Stat Forecast = Forecast Accuracy improvement.
Steelwedge Sales Pipeline Bridge
• Intelligent opportunity filtering and translation
• Recognizes and transforms CRM and SFA
data
• Correlates to ERP and SCM data
•Dramatic forecast improvement and
enterprise alignment.
Steelwedge Bridges
the Planning Gap
between CRM & ERP
ERP
54. Outline
Insert SPB screenshots here
Link to
ESOP
Opportunity Pipeline
via Sales Pipeline Bridge
on
Opportunity Pipeline for S&OP Planning
56. Outline
Steelwedge Sales Pipeline Bridge enables you to extract, understand and
operationally act on the critical information in your sales funnel
Connect Your Sales Pipeline to Your Demand Plan With Sales Pipeline
Bridge