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Five Tips for Implementing a Successful S&amp;OP Process</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/steelwedgeblog/~3/svcv5Pr7pSA/business-general-patraeus.html</link><dc:subject>Managing in a Recession</dc:subject><dc:subject>Sales &amp; Operations Planning</dc:subject><dc:subject>Steelwedge User Forum</dc:subject><dc:subject>collaborative S&amp;OP</dc:subject><dc:subject>S&amp;OP. patraeus</dc:subject><dc:subject>sales and operations planning</dc:subject><dc:subject>SAP</dc:subject><dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-07-31T22:42:53-07:00</dc:date><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[When it comes to implementing an effective S&#038;OP process, do we need a hard-driving commander or a consensus driven committee?  After all, S&#038;OP is about collaboration, right?  Well, yes and no.  An S&#038;OP process must be collaborative.  But the implementation need not be heavily committee-based.]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/business-general-patraeus.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/business-general-patraeus.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/?p=767"><title>Supply Chain Author Paul Dittmann Responds to Your Questions</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/steelwedgeblog/~3/sYrbpHagCKE/supply-chain-author-paul-dittmann-responds-questions.html</link><dc:subject>Sales &amp; Operations Planning</dc:subject><dc:subject>Steelwedge Webinar</dc:subject><dc:subject>collaborative S&amp;OP</dc:subject><dc:subject>executive S&amp;OP</dc:subject><dc:subject>steelwedge</dc:subject><dc:creator>Dallas Davidson</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-07-05T22:40:32-07:00</dc:date><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Dr. Paul Dittmann responds to audience questions following his June 22 webinar “Transforming the Supply Chain Into a Competitive Advantage.” Dittmann is 30-year supply chain veteran and co-author of the recently published book The New Supply Chain Agenda.]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/supply-chain-author-paul-dittmann-responds-questions.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/supply-chain-author-paul-dittmann-responds-questions.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/?p=792"><title>Lora Cecere: MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL….</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/steelwedgeblog/~3/CqqiFESOkZs/lora-cecere-mirror-mirror-wall.html</link><dc:subject>Demand Forecasting</dc:subject><dc:subject>Managing in a Recession</dc:subject><dc:subject>Sales &amp; Operations Planning</dc:subject><dc:subject>Sales Forecasting</dc:subject><dc:subject>collaborative S&amp;OP</dc:subject><dc:subject>lora cecere</dc:subject><dc:subject>S&amp;OP</dc:subject><dc:subject>sales and operations planning</dc:subject><dc:subject>Sales Forecasting Software</dc:subject><dc:subject>steelwedge</dc:subject><dc:creator>Glen Margolis, Founder &amp; CEO</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-07-01T18:01:15-07:00</dc:date><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Companies want to know “who has the best supply chain?” Unfortunately, there is no supply chain magic mirror;  however, each June we can get summarized financial data.  While not a perfect mirror, it is a partial reflection. It is definately more accurate than mistakenly believing that each supply chain is as good as it gets (e.g. the Queen’s magic mirror in Snow White).]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/lora-cecere-mirror-mirror-wall.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/lora-cecere-mirror-mirror-wall.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/?p=750"><title>Forecast Accuracy Measurement</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/steelwedgeblog/~3/8kcJaDxY6lc/forecast-accuracy-measurement.html</link><dc:subject>Sales &amp; Operations Planning</dc:subject><dc:subject>collaborative forecasting</dc:subject><dc:subject>Demand Forecasting</dc:subject><dc:subject>forecast accuracy</dc:subject><dc:subject>measuring forecast accuracy</dc:subject><dc:subject>Performance Management</dc:subject><dc:subject>performance metrics</dc:subject><dc:subject>S&amp;OP</dc:subject><dc:subject>sales and operations planning</dc:subject><dc:subject>steelwedge</dc:subject><dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-06-22T15:58:14-07:00</dc:date><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[What’s your forecast accuracy telling you? Stop and ask a few questions Forecast accuracy is an important performance metric in any effective S&#38;OP process, but it can be measured in various ways. Comparing your company’s accuracy to an industry standard will be difficult to impossible if you don’t know the details behind the measurement. More [...]]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/forecast-accuracy-measurement.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/forecast-accuracy-measurement.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/?p=727"><title>S&amp;OP Author Tom Wallace Responds to Your Questions</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/steelwedgeblog/~3/SuHzApLmzw4/tom-wallace-responds-questions.html</link><dc:subject>Steelwedge Webinar</dc:subject><dc:subject>best practices</dc:subject><dc:subject>S&amp;OP</dc:subject><dc:subject>sales and operations planning</dc:subject><dc:subject>Tom Wallace</dc:subject><dc:subject>webinar</dc:subject><dc:creator>Dallas Davidson</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-05-18T14:03:58-07:00</dc:date><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Note:  On Tuesday, May 4, we were pleased to feature author and educator Tom Wallace in a webinar entitled, “Myths, Misunderstandings and Misinformation About S&#38;OP.”  Drawing from his decades of experience as a forecasting and sales planning leader, Tom revealed ten myths that can quickly derail an S&#38;OP process and damage corporate performance and profitability. [...]]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/tom-wallace-responds-questions.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/tom-wallace-responds-questions.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/?p=719"><title>Top Ten S&amp;OP Critical Success Factors</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/steelwedgeblog/~3/aDLVyAFPRE4/sop-top-10-2.html</link><dc:subject>Sales &amp; Operations Planning</dc:subject><dc:subject>collaborative S&amp;OP</dc:subject><dc:subject>new product introductions</dc:subject><dc:subject>S&amp;OP software</dc:subject><dc:subject>Sales Forecasting</dc:subject><dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-05-17T08:46:48-07:00</dc:date><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Story A man was walking with his four year old daughter.  The girl was full of energy, her attention easily caught by many interesting street activities.  The father instructed the girl to stay on the sidewalk.  After the girl repeatedly roamed off the sidewalk, the father became quite stern, scolded the child and demanded that [...]]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/sop-top-10-2.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/sop-top-10-2.html</feedburner:origLink></item></rdf:RDF>
