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S&OP: Beyond the Basics

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 10:02 AM PST

Webinar featuring S&OP Expert Tom Wallace Wednesday, November 30 at 10:00 a.m. PST Register for the webinar here! Just as the Sales and Operations Planning practice has evolved dramatically over the past decade, so have the global market dynamics and complexities. In global business, volatility is the "new normal." So, how do S&OP leaders adapt to that volatility and still make the best executive-level decisions that balance supply and demand, and integrate operational and financial plans? This month's webinar presenter, noted writer and educator Tom Wallace, asked just that question to some of the world's best practitioners. He has collected their stories of taking planning to the next level –beyond the basics– to deliver Executive S&OP that runs the business with one set of numbers for better agility, performance and profit against a backdrop of global economic, political and environmental turmoil. 'Taking S&OP to the Next Level' is scheduled for Wednesday, November 30 at 10:00 a.m PST. Here, Tom will share case studies from experts who've used Executive S&OP to: support the merger of two businesses into one high-performance business unit serve as the basis for earnings calls to Wall Street help create a new business optimize global production plans and profits and make cash flow projections 18 months into the future based on operational demand and supply plans. Tom will talk more about his belief that Executive S&OP is quite simple in its structure and logic. But in practice, he sees that this often misleads companies into assuming that the process is simple to implement, while nothing could be farther from the truth. Following Tom’s presentation, Nari Viswanathan, Steelwedge's Vice President of Product Marketing will use industry examples to outline the additional value of deploying Collaborative S&OP Platform technology. Finally, get answers to all…

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