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Doug Dedman
- Sep 8
- 4 min
Balancing Demand and Supply in S&OP: The Executive Nuts and Bolts
Getting to an effective S&OP process starts with the right fundamentals. Learn the nuts and bolts of making your S&OP process work now.
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Doug Dedman
- Aug 25
- 3 min
The Executive’s Role in S&OP: Management and Participation
S&OP doesn’t just require executive sponsorship – S&OP is an executive process. This is what an executive should be getting out of S&OP.
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Doug Dedman
- Aug 11
- 3 min
5 Outcomes from S&OP: an Executive's View
5 fundamental outcomes of an effective Executive S&OP process.
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Doug Dedman
- Jul 12
- 2 min
Dicor Completes the DBM Virtual S&OP Accelerator™
Dicor Corporation has successfully implemented executive S&OP using DBM’s new virtual process.
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Doug Dedman
- Jun 1, 2020
- 4 min
Oh Sh*t, and Plan: Why a good Executive S&OP Process is More Important Now
What we really want is good S&OP not good OS&P. It’s not about our ability to react, it’s about our ability to plan.
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Doug Dedman
- May 12, 2020
- 2 min
DBM announces deployment of its new Virtual S&OP Accelerator™
DBM Systems Ltd will begin May 2020 deploying a virtual approach to the S&OP Accelerator™ methodology.
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Dave Searle
- Oct 1, 2019
- 3 min
MRP Logic Doesn’t Work for Master Scheduling
It’s a simple problem that is not widely understood. MRP is designed to net available inventory and maintain safety stock, and therefore wit
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Duncan McLeod
- Sep 4, 2019
- 5 min
S&OP and the Financial Plan- Labour is a Fixed Cost
The last article in this series dealt with the relationship between fixed and variable cost. Going forward, I am going to look at some of th
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Duncan McLeod
- Jul 31, 2019
- 7 min
S&OP and the Financial Plan Contribution, Fixed Cost and Profit
The second article in S&OP and the Financial Plan. Take a look at how combining traditional costing models with S&OP derives a revenue plan.
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Dave Searle
- Jul 2, 2019
- 5 min
Is Your S&OP Supply Plan Synchronized with the Master Schedule?
The key to executing an agreed upon supply plan lies within synchronizing your organization's master schedule to the plan going forward.
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Doug Dedman
- May 1, 2019
- 5 min
S&OP: Answering Six Fundamental Questions in One Graph.
The Graphical 5-Section Sheet allows you to see the whole family story for S&OP in one place, helping executive management make efficient de
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Doug Dedman
- Apr 2, 2019
- 6 min
Family Ties: Making S&OP Work and Defining Product Families
S&OP families should be setup by constraint with a view to markets to drive the right level of discussion in the process.
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Duncan McLeod
- Feb 5, 2019
- 5 min
Show Me the Money: Linking the S&OP Shipment Plan to the Financial Revenue Plan.
The S&OP shipment plan must be stated in units, not revenue. This article outlines how to link the S&OP plan to a financial plan your CFO wi
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Doug Dedman
- Aug 23, 2017
- 7 min
The S&OP Meeting Scorecard: Measuring the Fundamentals of S&OP
The Meeting Scorecard is a process metric that evaluates if your organization is doing the right things to improve the effectiveness of your
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Duncan McLeod
- Jun 30, 2017
- 7 min
The Consumption Model – How to develop a demand plan for your “Big Box” Customer
Incorporating POS data into your S&OP demand planning process is critical to developing an accurate family demand plan.
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Doug Dedman
- May 24, 2017
- 6 min
Everything I know about S&OP I learned on the farm: Plowing your way to S&OP stability
When it comes to S&OP, we strive for consistency in how we deal with change. How do we respond to what's happening without over-reacting?
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Duncan McLeod
- Dec 14, 2016
- 7 min
Roughly Accurate or Precisely Wrong – How to deal with S&OP Forecast Error
How important is accuracy vs. precision in your demand plan? What is the impact of variations that are within established S&OP tolerances.
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Duncan McLeod
- Oct 17, 2016
- 4 min
Demand Shaping: The “Bid Model” tool
In this article, I explain an effective technique for shaping demand. This technique can be applied in environments where prices are bid for
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Duncan McLeod
- Sep 6, 2016
- 5 min
Are 2 Demand Streams Better Than 1?
Do you have one set of numbers or one demand stream feeding your S&OP family? If you answered yes, then you are probably in the majority.
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Doug Dedman
- Aug 29, 2016
- 6 min
Dealing with Uncertainty: Using your S&OP process to improve your capability to respond!
I originally wrote this article under the title: Are You Ready for the Recovery? Using S&OP to take advantage of the economic environment
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