Research Reveals That Best-in-Class Companies Are 2 Times More Likely Than All Others to Have Their S&OP Plan Aligned With Their Company's Financial Goals
-- 50% more likely to adopt advanced demand sensing and management capabilities -- More than twice as likely to have the ability to align the S&OP plan with the company's financial goals -- 50% more likely to have a full-time S&OP coordinator managing the S&OP process -- Three-times as likely to proactively monitor daily performance against S&OP metrics -- Twice as likely to understand business systems (ERP, advanced planning, BI) and utilize them effectively"Sales and Operations planning processes should be enabled by technologies that have the ability to start at the business planning level and then drill down to supply chain operational metrics," said Nari Viswanathan, research director, Aberdeen. "The S&OP process should be complemented by a strong root cause analysis and execution framework that ensures that the S&OP plan is continuously tracked with respect to the financial goals set forth by the company. In other words, the S&OP lifecycle should precede the financial reporting lifecycle of a company and should be in lock-step." A complimentary copy of this report is made available due in part by the following underwriters: Adexa, Demand Solutions, Kinaxis, Oracle, RiverLogic, and Supply Chain Consultants. To obtain a complimentary copy of the report, visit: http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?cid=4905. About Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company Aberdeen is a leading provider of fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having benchmarked more than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquely positioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creating demand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations turn to Aberdeen for insights that drive decisions. As a Harte-Hanks Company, Aberdeen plays a key role of putting content in context for the global direct and targeted marketing company. Aberdeen's analytical and independent view of the "customer optimization" process of Harte-Hanks (Information - Opportunity - Insight - Engagement - Interaction) extends the client value and accentuates the strategic role Harte-Hanks brings to the market. For additional information, visit Aberdeen http://www.aberdeen.com or call (617) 723-7890, or to learn more about Harte-Hanks, call (800) 456-9748 or go to http://www.harte-hanks.com.
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