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Prescient Strategy & Manufacturing Resilience Using SIOP (S&OP)
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Prescient Strategy & Manufacturing Resilience Using SIOP (S&OP)

Manufacturing, Reshoring/ Nearshoring, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution

Prescient Strategy & Manufacturing Resilience Using SIOP (S&OP)

To thrive post COVID, manufacturing resilience will be cornerstone. Customers expect personalization, customization, and rapid deliveries without disruption, and they will change suppliers, substitute products and do whatever is required to satisfy their customers or get what's needed. For example, although the preference is for online purchasing, consumers will return to stores to ensure quick, reliable supply of critical items.

admin2023-09-16T14:16:24-07:00January 13, 2022|Categories: Manufacturing, Reshoring/ Nearshoring, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution|Tags: nearshoring, reshoring, S&OP, SIOP, supply chain optimization, supply chain resiliency|

Clients Using SIOP Pulling Ahead of the Competition: SIOP Case Study
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Clients Using SIOP Pulling Ahead of the Competition: SIOP Case Study

SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Execution - S&OE, SIOP Planning & Execution

Clients Using SIOP Pulling Ahead of the Competition: SIOP Case Study

In working with clients across multiple industries including industrial equipment, food and beverage, building and construction products and healthcare products, there is no doubt that clients using a SIOP (sales, inventory and operations planning) and integrated business planning process are pulling away from the competition.

admin2023-09-19T16:57:15-07:00November 8, 2021|Categories: SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Execution - S&OE, SIOP Planning & Execution|Tags: business consulting, business results, capacity planning, client success story, S&OP, SIOP, supply chain, supply chain consultant, supply chain disruptions|

Schenck: Client Video Success Story SIOP
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Schenck: Client Video Success Story SIOP

In The News, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Execution - S&OE, SIOP Planning & Execution, Video Testimonials

Schenck: Client Video Success Story SIOP

Lisa Anderson is featured in a client video success story on SIOP (Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning). SIOP provided better alignment on sales quotation and order flow to improve delivery performance for customers, increased visibility for planning resources, improved operating performance and a better view at upcoming demand to plan for surges and scale successfully.

admin2023-09-19T16:59:55-07:00November 2, 2021|Categories: In The News, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Execution - S&OE, SIOP Planning & Execution, Video Testimonials|Tags: business consulting, business results, data, manufacturing, S&OP, SIOP, supply chain, supply chain consultant, technology|

Global Supply Shortages & Why SIOP Matters
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Global Supply Shortages & Why SIOP Matters

Global Trade, Geopolitics, & Import/ Export, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution, Supply Chain Trade & Logistics

Global Supply Shortages & Why SIOP Matters

Demand is soaring but supply is scarce. There is no doubt that we have a serious issue of limited supply. The pandemic created volatility in both demand and supply, causing a significant overload of ships at the L.A. and Long Beach ports early this year as Chinese factories caught [...]

admin2023-09-11T12:54:36-07:00May 31, 2021|Categories: Global Trade, Geopolitics, & Import/ Export, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution, Supply Chain Trade & Logistics|Tags: logistics, S&OP, SIOP, supply chain disruptions|

SIOP: The Key to Scaling Successfully
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SIOP: The Key to Scaling Successfully

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Scalability & Resource Planning, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution

SIOP: The Key to Scaling Successfully

According to an informal survey of manufacturers, distributors and healthcare executives, the #1 issue that is top of mind is how to scale successfully. Our clients are growing. For example, those in the building and construction products industry are experiencing significant growth fueled by the pandemic; those in e-commerce [...]

admin2023-09-11T13:11:43-07:00April 1, 2021|Categories: Manufacturing, Manufacturing Scalability & Resource Planning, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution|Tags: S&OP, scalability, SIOP|

Why SIOP is Critical to Thriving During & Post COVID
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Why SIOP is Critical to Thriving During & Post COVID

SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution

Why SIOP is Critical to Thriving During & Post COVID

COVID has disrupted every business. Some are growing far faster than supply can keep up while others have dropped like a rocket. Still others have almost identical dollar volume yet double the number of orders at half the order size, creating significant disruption in warehousing, shipping and transportation. [...]

admin2023-09-17T01:31:52-07:00August 12, 2020|Categories: SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution|Tags: capacity planning, COVID-19, demand planning, inventory management, logistics, S&OP, sales forecasting, SIOP, supply chain partners|

SIOP for Revenue Growth & Predictability
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SIOP for Revenue Growth & Predictability

SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution

SIOP for Revenue Growth & Predictability

We have received quite a few calls lately with the underlying theme of revenue growth and predictability, and it got us thinking: Doesn't every executive want revenue predictability and growth? Certainly the successful ones do! If your revenue is tough to predict from week-to-week, month-to-month and year-to-year, it might [...]

admin2023-09-16T20:26:35-07:00December 24, 2019|Categories: SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution|Tags: capacity planning, demand planning, metrics, S&OP, SIOP|

SIOP/ S&OP and Bottom Line Benefits
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SIOP/ S&OP and Bottom Line Benefits

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SIOP/ S&OP and Bottom Line Benefits

According to a Hackett group study, the benefits of SIOP (Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning) can be dramatic. First, let's back up to describe SIOP: It is an integrated business process that aligns demand with supply and through which the executive /leadership team continually achieves focus, alignment and synchronization [...]

admin2023-09-17T16:47:00-07:00August 7, 2019|Categories: SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution|Tags: business growth, cash flow, cost reduction, S&OP, SIOP|

The Strategic Benefit of SIOP
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The Strategic Benefit of SIOP

SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution

The Strategic Benefit of SIOP

SIOP (Sales, Inventory, Operations Planning) should not be relegated to the Planning Department. Although the planning group is a key participant and might lead the process, SIOP touches upon several strategic issues as well as create alignment with Sales, Operations, R&D/ New Product Development, Finance, Purchasing, and more. As [...]

admin2023-09-19T17:08:11-07:00June 3, 2019|Categories: SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution|Tags: business consulting, business results, manufacturing, S&OP, SIOP, strategy, supply chain, supply chain consultant|

The Value of Alignment: Sales, Operations & Finance
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The Value of Alignment: Sales, Operations & Finance

SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution

The Value of Alignment: Sales, Operations & Finance

Alignment might sound like a fluffy concept but it delivers bottom line results. Our most successful clients have achieved the most substantial results from alignment. Although SIOP (Sales, Inventory, Operations Planning) gets a wrap as a technical topic, in our experience, it is the alignment portion of SIOP that delivers [...]

admin2023-09-16T19:39:15-07:00May 4, 2019|Categories: SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution|Tags: S&OP, SIOP|