I’m not giving away any secrets in this post. Material Planning professionals all know that the key to on-time delivery performance is to extend supply chain visibility as far as possible. This is the key to Sales & Operations Planning, but if your company does not have a robust S&OP process, you can still close this loop by inserting yourself and the planning organization in the sales pursuit.
I’ve been involved early in the sales pursuit process several times, as well as had products/programs “thrown over the transom” as they say. I have a simple process I follow to manage the material planning function on those programs where I’ve been involved early. I follow the same process on those “over the transom” programs to place the challenge into perspective for management and the program team so recovery decisions can be made as appropriate. Here it is in a simplified flow chart: (more…)
Tags: delivery performance, inventory analysis, production control, Sales & Operations Planning, SCM, supply chain, supply chain visibility
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