Category: S&OP

Leadership, S&OP

The right brain and S&OP: cornerstones to a collaborative culture

Collaboration is widely accepted to add value to a business network. Yet few companies will say they have truly a collaborative culture. The supply chain function and S&OP process can be catalysts to drive a collaborative company culture. For this to happen, the traditional left brain thinking supply chain organization has to start activating and using right brain skills and S&OP needs to start leading … Continue reading The right brain and S&OP: cornerstones to a collaborative culture

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Have you crossed an S&OP silo lately?

In the S&OP pulse checks I conducted in 2010, 2011 and 2012 ‘the organizational silos’ were chosen as a top 3 roadblock in implementing S&OP for 3 consecutive years. ‘Senior leadership support’ was the number one roadblock in all three years. We do indeed feel more comfortable in our own silo and vertical reporting line. It seems that’s just how we are. Working horizontally across … Continue reading Have you crossed an S&OP silo lately?

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The lack of system thinking in IBP

IBP suffers a deadlock in maturity. Independent companies and maturity measurement all point in the same direction. Find below some evidence that IBP gets stuck in early stages. Gartner found in 2010 that 67% of companies can’t get further then step two from their four step maturity model. An Oliver Wight white paper on the transition from S&OP to IBP tells us that most companies … Continue reading The lack of system thinking in IBP

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Leadership, S&OP

Leading in changing and sustaining S&OP

As a follow up from my last blog on the right brain chasm in supply chain and S&OP, you can find here my presentation on  Changing & sustaining S&OP from the March 2013 Australian S&OP conference. A quick  guide to go with this presentation. The biggest change required for proper S&OP or in general for agile decision making is horizontal thinking. Information never sits in one function, … Continue reading Leading in changing and sustaining S&OP

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The right brain chasm in supply chain and S&OP

Earlier this year I spoke at the Australian S&OP forum 2013. On the first day of this event, Oliver Wight spoke on the evolution of S&OP and they discussed the ‘chasm’ in S&OP. The term ‘the chasm’ comes from the book ‘Crossing the chasm’ by Geoffrey Moore. Moore used the chasm to describe the difficulty in a (product) lifecycle go from early adopters or visionaries … Continue reading The right brain chasm in supply chain and S&OP

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Think beyond the spread sheet!

This blog was recently published in the FPA_March2013 newsletter A recently released white paper from the Association for Finance Professionals (AFP) shows that amongst other things, it is extremely important for finance professionals to have advanced excel skills and the ability to validate data. I couldn’t agree more. Advanced Excel knowledge is a must for every finance professional. Even in businesses with advanced IT environments and with … Continue reading Think beyond the spread sheet!

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Leading sustainable S&OP

Hi all, as promised in my December blog find my presentation on leading sustainable S&OP here! Sustainable S&OP can only be established when an S&OP culture is created. To create an S&OP culture, effective S&OP behaviours like discipline, common goals, trust, communication and collaboration need to become part of a company DNA. This presentation links some literature on this behaviour with results from my S&OP pulse … Continue reading Leading sustainable S&OP

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Global S&OP: Leadership, Change management, Behavior & Cross-Cultural Differences

It must be one of the longest article titles in the history of the Journal of Business Forecasting but I’m pleased that my article has finally been published. It is even the leading article, lucky me. The article is actually a combination of 4 blogs I wrote about 1.5 years ago on the impact of company culture on S&OP. You can find those here I first wrote … Continue reading Global S&OP: Leadership, Change management, Behavior & Cross-Cultural Differences

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