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Sales & Operations Planning - Best Practices: Lessons Learned
Within this book, you'll be able to "go inside" a baker's dozen companies and learn how they use Sales & Operations Planning to run their businesses better. You'll meet large companies and smaller ones, household names and names not widely known, companies whose products you use and companies whose products you've never heard of. You'll also hear from the consultant who helped them implement S&Op. The Best Practices Companies Agfa
Amcor
CastFab
CocaCola Midi
Danfoss
Eclipse
Eli Lilly
Ems
Interbake Foods
Norse Dairy Products
Pyosa
The Scotts Company
Unicorn Medical
What is this thing called S&Op and why do successful companies use it? What's involved, what are the steps, and how does it work? Where does S&Op work? With which kinds of products? With which kinds of customers? Does it help with the New Product Development and Design process? How are the demand and supply plans for the detailed product mix managed in a way that is consistent with the volume plans from S&Op? Is S&Op really needed in a company using Continuous Improvement methods like Lean Manufacturing or Tqm/6 Sigma? How does S&Op work with Supply Chain outside the company, with customers, and with suppliers? In what size company does S&Op work best? How does it work in privatelyheld companies, global companies and companies using a matrix organization structure? Does S&Op survive ownership or organization changes? How can a company be sure that its financial plans match its operational plans?
Amcor
CastFab
CocaCola Midi
Danfoss
Eclipse
Eli Lilly
Ems
Interbake Foods
Norse Dairy Products
Pyosa
The Scotts Company
Unicorn Medical
What is this thing called S&Op and why do successful companies use it? What's involved, what are the steps, and how does it work? Where does S&Op work? With which kinds of products? With which kinds of customers? Does it help with the New Product Development and Design process? How are the demand and supply plans for the detailed product mix managed in a way that is consistent with the volume plans from S&Op? Is S&Op really needed in a company using Continuous Improvement methods like Lean Manufacturing or Tqm/6 Sigma? How does S&Op work with Supply Chain outside the company, with customers, and with suppliers? In what size company does S&Op work best? How does it work in privatelyheld companies, global companies and companies using a matrix organization structure? Does S&Op survive ownership or organization changes? How can a company be sure that its financial plans match its operational plans?
348 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2006
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About the author
John Dougherty
77 books21 followersJohn Dougherty is an award-winning Northern Irish children's writer, born in the town of Larne in 1964. He now lives in Gloucestershire.
He worked as a primary school teacher in London during the 1990s and early 2000s, and during this period began to write stories for children. His first book was published in 2004 and he left teaching the same year to concentrate on his writing career.
From November 2013 – 2015, he was chair of CWIG, the Children's Writer's and Illustrators Group, a sub-group of the UK's Society of Authors.
He worked as a primary school teacher in London during the 1990s and early 2000s, and during this period began to write stories for children. His first book was published in 2004 and he left teaching the same year to concentrate on his writing career.
From November 2013 – 2015, he was chair of CWIG, the Children's Writer's and Illustrators Group, a sub-group of the UK's Society of Authors.
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