Tag: S&OP

Demand Planning

Order Inaccuracy: A Commercial Failure, not a Supply Chain One

Dr. Chockalingam

๐Ÿ“‰ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ: ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—” ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ! ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฏ-๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€” ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ … Read More

Demand Planning

Your Best Volume Month Could Be Destroying Your Forecast: The Hidden Danger of Demand Signal Pollution

Dr. Chockalingam

Your best volume month could be your most dangerous data point for your forecast model… Volume spikes clearance salesย ย You just sold off your slow moving and dated inventory in a … Read More

S&OP and IBP

SAP IBP Heuristic vs Optimizer: Why Defaulting to Heuristic Is Costing Your Supply Chain

Dr. Chockalingam

Fast planning isn’t smart planning. It’s one of those lessons every supply chain team eventually learns โ€” usually the hard way, in the middle of a constrained quarter when a … Read More

Forecasting

Moving The ROC To Forecast…….

Dr. Chockalingam

Start with the forecast first and make plans and contingencies for the extent of the error. Improve on the forecast by quizzing, dialoguing, negotiating and working with the ROC. This should be well emphasized in the basics of supply chain management.

Join hands together to move the ROC to make a better demand plan!

S&OP and IBP

S&OP Best Practice: Engage In Ongoing Cross-Functional Communication Rather Than Wait For โ€œThe Meetingโ€ Once a Month!

Dr. Chockalingam

S&OP Best practice: Engage in ongoing cross-functional communication rather than wait for โ€œthe meetingโ€ once a month! It is recommended to increase the interdepartmental communication โ€“ think of the S & OP as a process rather than a collection of meetings that happens at periodic intervals.