866.P4D.INFO | Plan4Demand.com | Info@plan4demand.com S&OP Leadership Exchange invites you to the webinar Andrew McCall will be hosting 9-12-12 about S&OP Technology: is it a Tool? or a Strategy? Find out why it matters to your organization and how to strategically manage a long term I.T. roadmap for success along your maturity journey.

1. S&OP Leadership Exchange
presents:
S&OP Technology:
A Tool? Or a Strategy?
September 12th 12:15 - 1:00 PM EDT
Hosted by Andrew McCall
S&OP Solution Leader
A single tool? An enterprise strategy?
Eager to reap the tangible benefits of S&OP, many are
turning to S&OP technologies to bridge the planning to
execution gap and enable automation. However,
according to recent research by Supply Chain Insights,
87% are struggling with integrating business planning
and supply chain technologies. One of the largest
challenges cited in building an agile, robust S&OP
process was clarity of supply chain strategy. Over 85%
lack a road map of how to assemble the technology
pieces together to drive process maturity.
With the rapidly growing number of S&OP technology
solutions that have become available it is key that REGISTER
organizations first develop a vision of their S&OP
process, create a roadmap to get there, and then http://bit.ly/SOPTech
determine what enabling technologies and tools will be
required at each stage along this journey.
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discussion of technology strategies to support each
step along the maturity journey. S&OP
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During the session we will be discussing: Group
 Different stages of maturity of the S&OP on LinkedIn
process and the goals each stage supports You’ll get access to all the
 Technology Characteristics and event materials and never
Requirements needed to support each phase miss a beat!
 Building a coherent roadmap and IT strategy
to support this change
 A holistic view of implementation challenges,
change management & achieving results along
the way.
A few key take-a-ways from this session include:
 How to define your IT needs to support your S&OP Process
 Understanding how to phase tools in according to your level of maturity
 A suggested model for tools at each level of maturity, across the entire
spectrum of solutions
Is buying & implementing a Tool the answer?
Learn how S&OP Technology should fit into your Strategy
REGISTER HERE
http://bit.ly/SOPTech
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