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Supply Chain Management and S&OP — It doesn't have to be so hard
Companies used to have successive, separate functions based on a plan-execute supply chain management model. That doesn't work anymore.
In today's predominantly outsourced environment, supply chain management (SCM) has radically changed. Manufacturers now need to maximize operations performance and customer satisfaction across the company, and all while putting out fires caused by demand changes, supply disruptions, and rapid new product introductions. S&OP is growing in significance as companies' look for better ways to enable ongoing agility, alignment and adaptability.
Kinaxis RapidResponse was designed precisely for this challenge.
Using RapidResponse, demand management, supply management and/or S&OP team members can:
- collaborate to make a consensus plan
- be alerted to plan variances
- understand the impact of that change
- analyze outcomes of the alternative actions to take
- select the best option
By combining supply and demand planning, performance monitoring, and risk management in a single solution, RapidResponse breaks down barriers that weaken and slow down decision making.
RapidResponse gets the right information to the right people at the right time — getting your supply chain running on 21st century time.
RapidResponse directly benefits several departments:
Breaking Down Silos with a Single, Integrated Supply Chain Management and S&OP Service
Do you need to break down the silos that separate demand planning from supply chain planning, and hamper your sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes? Is the disconnect slowing your reaction times to changing conditions? What is it costing your company?
RapidResponse was designed to provide demand management, supply management and S&OP teams with a collaborative environment for building better plans and then executing on them.
It's a powerful service that delivers both the information your team needs and the right analytical tools for taking action on that information… fast!
- “I think most people are very familiar with the concept of a silo within a company, where you have different functions within the company, and those functions are pretty much in business to maximize their own performance. It has taken a long time, but slowly companies have evolved to a point where they are ready to think about maximizing their business as a whole…”
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Shoshanah Cohen, director, global supply chain innovation practices, PRTM
By its very nature, S&OP crosses operational boundaries, and therefore requires a collaborative environment in which organizations with competing objectives can reach a compromise while understanding the result — financial and operational — of the decisions being made.
Tens and hundreds of users spanning several departments at mid-sized to enterprise companies, depend daily on our software service to maximize their business and operations performance.
See how it can help you!
Want to learn more about how RapidResponse can help you close the gap between planning and execution to increase customer service and reduce inventory risks?
