Getting to grips with Sales and Operational Planning. Analysis If ERP is all about managing and controlling resources, Sales and Operations Planning is the brains behind the process and can be the difference between profit and loss. Andrew Kinder, Solutions Director at Infor told me, “As Europe moves out of recession, many business leaders are reflecting on the lessons they have learnt. Thankfully the phrase: ‘if only we had known how the credit crunch was going to hit us’ has been joined by ‘what can we do to make sure this never happens again?’. Businesses are now examining the systems and processes that offer not just growth but protection and resilience.” At the top of this list of options is S&OP. So what is it? Supporting this cross-functional business process is information.
Figure 1: Putting S&OP into Context (Source: Hitachi Consulting[1]) What is involved? Figure 2: The Sales and Operational Planning Process (Source: Chuck Poirier, CSC) Figure 3: Sales and Operations Planning Benefits (Source: Hitachi Consulting0 So what had changed? Understanding Analytic Workloads - Netezza. Www.revolutionanalytics.com/why-revolution-r/whitepapers/R-is-Hot.pdf?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonuqTMZKXonjHpfsX%2B7eUsW6eg38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YEHStQhcOuuEwcWGog80glOFeyAaIlP9PZSBlGnTDLxhw%3D%3D. Document at a Glance - 229526.