The S&OP or SIOP process is not only a demand & production plan adjustment activity, but a founding process which drives the companies' business, its growth, and sustainability.
We propose to the S&OP teams 5 points to quickly identify if your S&OP is robust enough, regarding the S&OP Best Practices and fundamentals. 

1. Demand Management and S&OP

• Are volumes validated during S&OP inputs to the budget process?
• Are marketing and sales using demand review to implement actions?

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2. New Product Management - NPI 

• Are NPI managed into the S&OP process? As soon as the design phase starts?
• Are the results of the product launch analyzed (impact on expected Turnover, capacity adjustment,...)?

3. Top Management Commitment 

• Do the Sales, Operation, Finance & Supply Chain managers participate in final review and decision agreement?
• Are the investments and ROI driven into the S&OP process?

4. Sales & Operation Plan Management / Sales, Inventory & Operation Plan

• Is the monthly process including demand review, production plan review, and scenarios simulations?
• Are problems shared clearly with all the S&OP team?
• Are all inputs of the S&OP analyzed without confusion?

5. Communication 

• Are meeting expectations clearly defined?
• After each S&OP review, are outputs and decisions clearly communicated and action plan shared to the impacted team leaders?

We propose you a pdf document to tick the box => HERE 

Did you tick all the boxes? Congrats! You set up a robust S&OP process.

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