Strategy-Driven S&OP For Greater Business Value

Supply Chain seeks to optimize the triangle of service, cost and cash in a way that best serves enterprise strategy and maximizes a company’s competitive advantages. And, given it manages how resources are utilized, Supply Chain is critical to the success or failure of a company as measured by Return on Capital Employed (ROCE). In this article, I discuss how this function must take control of enterprise planning, from helping to develop enterprise strategy to delivering on tactical execution. Further, I highlight the redundancy of duplicate planning processes, advocating alignment under Supply ...