S&OP for companies without an S&OP team
You do not need a planning department to run S&OP. A 90-minute monthly cadence, three types of decisions and one set of numbers — the mid-sized version of the process large companies live by.
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Supply chain, in plain language
Practical methods from forecasting, inventory management and S&OP — written for decision-makers in mid-sized companies, not for textbooks.
Safety stock is a formula, not a feeling
Most safety stocks are historical guesses that only ever drift upward. The standard formula behind right-sized buffers, the two mistakes almost everyone makes, and a four-step fix.
Forecast accuracy: the KPI most mid-sized companies never measure
You cannot improve a forecast nobody grades. How to start measuring forecast quality with bias, weighted MAPE and forecast value added — in Excel, this month.