Sales and operations planning (S&OP) was created way back in the 1980s. But it is relevant to today’s world of supply chain disruptions and uncertainty? S&OP has long served as an effective means of ...

Let’s talk about the Super Bowl. But first, let’s talk about sales and operations planning (S&OP). To optimize their financial, customer service and sustainability goals, companies need an S&OP ...

2020 has been a year unlike many of us have ever experienced. From a purely business perspective, many of the trends we’ve been seeing have accelerated and promise further disruption in 2021. To help ...

Fascinators — the ornately compelling “headpieces” that women wear to British nuptials — are fascinating. Whether or not you appreciate these pieces of headgear whimsy, they present a perfect example ...

MUMBAI, India & MARIETTA, Ga. & SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Birla Carbon, one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of high-quality carbon black solutions, announced the successful ...

The keys to setting realistic sales goals for 2021 are leveraging third-party data with an adjusted budget spend outlook and sales planning best practices to drive stakeholder alignment on planning ...

Although the two terms are often used interchangeably, sales plans and marketing plans are not identical. Marketing plans are all about identifying your business' target market and creating strategies ...

Supply chain network design success starts not with software, but with a strategic mindset shift, the right analytical talent, and committed leadership to… Getting started with supply chain network ...

Both service operations and manufacturing operations are in the business of satisfying customers, and that requires organization and planning. While the mechanisms and inputs for creating customer ...

Pilar Schenk, a former Dell EMC, McAfee and Cisco top sales and operations veteran, is now Amazon Web Services’ new vice president of global sales. Here’s what her roles were at her former companies.