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S&OP

Integrated Business Planning / S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning)

• Have you experienced stock-outs / service cuts due to unexpected demand?
• Do you want to create a more demand driven organization?
• Do you seek greater integration with your Demand, Supply, Financial, and General Management functions?
• Looking for improved decision making?
• Wanting to improve productivity of your core business processes (annual planning, forecasting, rolling forecasts, etc.)?
• Looking to make your organization more efficient and effective?

Many organizations in multiple industries are considering or involved in the implementation of an Integrated Business Planning process, which connects and integrates the Demand, Supply, Financial, and General Management functions in a more efficient and effective way.
This critical business process is also commonly known as S&OP, Sales & Operations Planning – a combination of process improvement/design, organizational design, business performance, and systems implementations — (process, people, performance, platform).

Function	Benefits
Demand Management (Sales / Marketing)	Customer Service Levels – High Probability of Delivery – No Unforecasted Demand
Supply Planning (Supply Chain Functions)	Decrease in Production Volatility – No Unforecasted Demand
Financial Management (FP&A/Accounting)	More Sound and Robust Planning Process, Improved Working Capital (Inventory Levels)
General Manager	Improved, Integrated Decision Making, Enhanced Risk / Opportunity Identification

Critical business outcomes of this process include:

ü             Increased / improved working capital utilization (more effective use of inventory)
ü             Improved mix and margin management
ü             Improved new product introductions
ü             Improved decision making
ü             Increased productivity and organizational effectiveness
Silver Professionals has the experience and expertise to help you with a full complement of service offerings to assist in your S&OP implementation journey, delivered by seasoned professionals who have implemented these solutions, bringing real life, practical experience to the engagement.

These services include:

ü             Education – provide pre-implementation workshops and education/counselthroughout the implementation cycle
ü             Process Design – designing the integrated demand, supply, and financial processes
ü             Change Management – assistance with organizational change hurdles
ü             Implementation Services – practical, hands-on implementation activities – process and systems (ERP and other S&OP-related tools)
ü             Program / Project Management – provide project management capabilities as the lead for or surrogate to an existing internal team

Service Offerings:

(1)  Free 30 minute webinar – The basics of S&OP and SilverProfessionals approach
(2)  Education & Workshop Delivery Services:
Executive Leadership Education – 60 minute workshop   ($1,500)
Level 2 Education / Workshop – 3 hour workshops  ($2,500 each)
-    Demand
-       Supply
-       Finance
-       Information Systems
-       Integrated Functional Workshop
Individual and small team intensive coaching – $95/hour
(4) Initial Discovery & Assessment – $3,500 plus travel
(3)  Process Design Services – $95/hour
(4)  Implementation Services – $95/hour
(5)  Project Management Services – $95/hour