Supply Chain Management in Sales and Operations Planning. Improvement in Efficiency and Saving Money

Seminar Paper , 2015 , 17 Pages , Grade: 2,0

Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics

In this paper the question is raised, which possibilities exist to improve the efficiency in supply chain management. A very useful and innovative tool is Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). Mainly it looks after a balance between demand and supply, and it connects also the supply chain planning with the associating and involved operating sections. By reaching a harmonization of all steps in the supply chain, and by considering the financial information many benefits will be enabled. These results offer a better view into future capacity or sales problems, a higher customer ser-vice and faster changes of production rates. All in all, you improve in fulfilling the cus-tomer’s wishes. In order to be successful, good forecasts and some simulations are very important to coordinate the production with the predicted demand. Next up, there is an explanation of all relevant planning steps and challenges to make the supply chain run better.

Index

Index of abbreviations

List of figures

Introduction

1. Short introduction to Supply Chain Management

2. Use of Sales and Operations Planning

3. Practice of Sales and Operations Planning

4. S&OP as a Supply Chain Strategy
4.1. Executive S&OP
4.2 Sales forecasting and capacity planning
4.4. Master Scheduling
4.5. Difficulties in Planning

5. Makings for a successful S&OP

Conclusion

References

• College: Heilbronn University
• Grade: 2,0
• Author: Thomas Jacob (Author)
• Publication Year: 2015
• Pages: 17
• Catalog Number: V939136
• ISBN (eBook): 9783346295958
• ISBN (Book): 9783346295965
• Language: English
• Tags: supply, chain, management, sales, operations, planning, improvement, efficiency, saving, money