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Sales & Operations Planning: The Evolution of S&OP

Analyst Insight: S&OP can provide a powerful way to drive better functional coordination and synchronization, particularly in the current uncertain business climate. Yet, it is a process that has had a hard time withstanding the test of time and is subject to repeated re-designs and re-imagining.

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CPG: Consumer Products Companies, Are You Ready For 2010?

Analyst Insight: 2009 painfully taught organizations the value of having a flexible, modular, agile supply chain - from planning through to execution. Companies learned that being prepared for uncertainty with the right people, processes and technology can be the key to business survival. CPG companies that have maintained and developed their talent, redefined their processes and strengthened their supply chain capabilities can look forward to a rewarding, yet challenging, 2010.

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CPG Logistics: Five Strategies to Help Mid-Sized Manufacturers Compete and Win

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Environmental: Successful Businesses (Not Governments) Lead the Green Charge

Analyst Insight: Don't be fooled by the dismal lack of progress in government venues on climate-change agreements or environmental legislation. The smartest companies are already pushing the frontier to bigger and bolder green agendas to gain competitive advantage, with the added benefit of enhancing their reputations for true corporate responsibility.

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Supply Management Costs Are Increasing, According to Benchmarking Report

Inventory Planning & Optimization: Mid-Tier Collaboration Between Planning and Product Development

Analyst Insight: Maturation of inventory management in organizations often follows a somewhat linear path from the technical basics of planning to the organizational issues encountered in sales and operations planning (S&OP). Coordination between product development and planning may not be the last hurdle, but it has been a major stumbling block that many mid-sized firms are increasingly overcoming.

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