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Optimizing Demand Planning: From Assessment to Brightening the European Market

A globally operating B2B lighting manufacturer, with its European headquarters in the Netherlands, was struggling with a combination of performance-suppressing factors: high inventory levels, a backlog of undelivered orders, and high logistics costs. The core of the problem consisted of several elements: lack of visibility in demand planning, low maturity of the S&OP process, limited use of the S&OP tool (Optimact), and the need to build up the planning organization.

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S&OP development framework

The supply chain is at the top of the agenda of many CEO’s. The disruptive impact of Covid-19, port congestions, the war in Ukraine and inflation have all put reliability of supply in danger. Realism tells us that before trendy concepts such as digitalization, big data, digital twin and artificial intelligence start helping us to overcome these challenges, we need to bring a solid S&OP process into place as a fundament to build advance capabilities upon. This is a step by step guide how to build your S&OP process.

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S&OP as a driving force for Carbon Reduction

As companies establish sustainability agendas, supply chain managers now face a new objective: carbon impact. But how can they ensure they’re meeting carbon goals and regulations? How will they choose production locations beyond just cost? S&OP already offers a strong framework for evaluating business scenarios, so why not incorporate CO2 metrics into the process? This article will explore how that could work in practice.

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S&OP Improvement: client case

One of our clients, a large producer of margarine- and dough-products, struggled every year towards the Christmas period with the problem that production could not be fully adapted to the Christmas seasonal peaks. In too many cases, customer orders could not be fulfilled in time.

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