Sales & Operations Planning: A Journey from Chaos to Prosperity - Seguridad Mania.com - España y América Latina

Imagine walking into a new job where the company's demand and supply planning processes are driven by fantasy sales forecasts and ad hoc production plans scribbled in pencil. The business, by the way, is highly seasonal, and yet capacity planning is an annual afterthought... until it's too late to catch up.

Maybe you've lived that scenario. Bill Whiteside walked into that environment during his career in consumer goods marketing. His immersion into the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process, and his direct experience in the contribution of the S&OP process to a significant financial turnaround changed his outlook and his career.

"When I saw the 'classic' S&OP data presentation and realized that my forecasts -- which until then were little more than theoretical projections to me -- would significantly impact our production and inventory plans, as well as our manufacturing and storage capacities, I was transformed. To that point I pretty much fit the stereotype of the genetically-optimistic, unaccountable marketing manager. After being exposed to -- and deeply involved in -- the S&OP process -- I evolved into a manager who... well... got it."

During this one hour webinar Whiteside will share the experiences he's gained as the manager of a successful Sales & Operations Planning process as well as his subsequent experiences working to help dozens of companies launch and manage their S&OP processes.

You will walk away with a list of insights and ideas for how to start -- or transform -- an S&OP process at your company. The webinar will also address the extended impact promised by Integrated Business Planning (IBP).