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 Sales & Operations Planning:
The How -To Handbook 3rd Edition
The definitive -- and best selling -- book on Sales & Operations Planning, now in its THIRD EDITION. Here's S&OP from top to bottom line: How It Works - How to Implement It with Low Cost and Low Risk - How to Make it Better and Better. It covers all aspects of successful implementation, from composition of the Executive S&OP team to the nitty-gritty of S&OP spreadsheet design.
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 Sales & Operations Planning - The Executive's Guide
At last! - a book on Sales & Operations Planning written specifically for the busy executive. Clear and to-the-point, Sales & Operations Planning: The Executive's Guide can be a great way to introduce Executive S&OP to your president, his or her staff, and other key people in your company.
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 The Executive S&OP Briefing: A Visual Introduction
This DVD is ideal for introducing Executive S&OP to a company's executive team, to groups of operating level managers, and to the S&OP project team.
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 Sales & Operations Planning:
The Self-Audit Workbook
Executive S&OP - Sales Forecasting - Master Scheduling
How effective are your processes for balancing demand and supply? These checklists will help you get the answers and start on a path for improvement. It has plenty of room to keep running notes, places to assign responsibilities and record due dates, even a chapter on conflict resolution We offer a companion Excel file which does the calculation of scores for you.
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 The Education Kit for
Sales & Operations Planning
Over 7 hours of video instruction by Tom in the clear, straightforward, no-nonsense style that is his hallmark. Six DVDs with 15 sessions for individual or group viewing..
Expert Inputs from 13 individuals in companies successfully using Executive S&OP, including Dow Chemical, Johnsonville Sausage, Microsoft, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, Wyeth and others. These experts share their experiences and give advice on the do's and don't's of how to make the process work.
Available with On-Line Coaching by Tom Wallace
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 Sales Forecasting: A New Approach
This book represents a new - some may say radical - approach to Sales Forecasting. It shows how to get better forecasts with less effort, and better forecasts mean happier customers and lower inventories. It emphasizes that forecasting is a process. As such, it can be improved by using standard process improvement tools from the world of Six Sigma and TQM.
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 Master Scheduling in the 21st Century
Finally: a simple, easy-to-read, up-to-date book on Master Scheduling, one of the bedrock foundations for success. This book tells you all you need to know to make Master Scheduling successful in your company. It describes the relationship between Master Scheduling and Lean Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, and Enterprise Resource Planning -- and contains valuable information such as a 27-item checklist for Master Scheduling effectiveness and a sample job description for Master Schedulers.
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 Building to Customer Demand
This book explains Postponement, which Dell Computer calls build-to-order. This powerful process that has enabled companies to ship an increasing variety of products, provide very short lead times, carry little or no finished goods inventory, and compete effectively with offshore manufacturers. If you'e not using Postponement today, you might well using it within the next five years, because your competitive climate may demand it. Get ahead of curve and investigate Postponement now.
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 Building to Customer Demand - CD-Video
This CD is a companion to the book Building to Customer Demand. It's ideal for raising awareness within the company, especially among people who don't want to take the time to read a book about an unknown (to them) process. On this video, Bob Stahl and Tom Wallace not only introduce the concept of Postponement, but teach the essence of it in some detail.
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 Procurement in the New World of Manufacturing (CD)
Purchasing in the 21st century can be a whole new ball game. Bob Stahl describes how to succeed with this part of your supply chain.
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