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S&OP has an Image Problem
If you search for “S&OP” or “Sales and Operations Planning” on the web, the returns are dominated by software solutions, sample spreadsheets and recommended meeting hierarchies.
S&OP is viewed as a planning niche. Lock them in a room, shovel in the data and then let them out once a month for the S&OP meeting.
At Barn Five while we recognise that software, spreadsheets and meetings can be part of the S&OP solution, we focus on exploring the S&OP problem or as we prefer to call it, the S&OP challenge.
The S&OP Challenge
The S&OP challenge consists of two wickedly entangled problems faced by every firm.
The relationship between the firm and its environment.
How individuals collaborate to achieve things beyond their own comprehension.
Our Mission is to help you make sense of your S&OP challenge and care for your S&OP process.
The Barn Five Blog
We recognise that everyone does not speak fluent spreadsheet so the Barn Five Blog aims to support a S&OP conversation in plain language for all to understand. Effective S&OP processes encourage diverse and critical voices. We welcome your comments on the posts as we collectively make sense of S&OP.
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Why should I care about S&OP?
Introduction S&OP is the process for allocation of resource within the firm .Every firm from the sole trader to the largest multinational has a S&OP process. It may be called Enterprise Planning, Integrated Planning, Integrated Enterprise Planning, Business Planning, Integrated Business Planning, Advanced S&OP, Executive S&OP. It may be called nothing at all, just the …
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