Steelwedge Software

Steelwedge Software

Following up from APICS/IBF in Chicago…

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 12:17 PM PDT

Paul Intrieri, Director of Business Development, represented us at the APICS/IBF Best of the Best Conference in Chicago last week… “I'm happy to report that there seems to be no end in sight to the swell of large enterprise interest directed at both raising corporate competency around Sales & Operations Planning, and accepting how mission critical cross-company collaborative planning is to enterprise competitiveness. We had the opportunity to speak to leaders in most every major industry vertical including Pharma, CPG, Chemical, Communications and Technology, Raw Materials, Healthcare and more - from as far away as northern Europe. Many innovative tweaks to the classic 5-step process were discussed and a common theme became evident. As much as there is no one textbook practice that can fit all companies or business units in a company, clearly S&OP is being embraced as the process "to run your business by". That said, with the speed, complexity and high variability of today's global markets, it was also clear that planning off spreadsheets is just neither dynamic nor robust enough to enable enterprise class S&OP or the informed exception-based proactive executive decision making it is intended drive. From our standpoint it's nice to be in a place where we can say yes to virtually every request we fielded. Scenario modeling, financial integration and reconciliation, new product launch tools, item through aggregate level transparency and reporting are all things we provide standard and that were part of every conversation I had. I would say that  if you're like the many companies we encountered in Chicago and need to get away from planning off spreadsheets we're a perfect solution to consider.”  

Posted by computer at 9:57 AM  

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