In today’s complex marketplace, effective planning and performance metrics are critical for success. A successful S&OP process integrates financial, marketing and operational planning to create over-arching strategic plans for the business. APICS provides forward-looking programs that will prepare you to collaboratively participate in the S&OP process. 

The APICS Principles of S&OP seminar provides managers and planners a comprehensive review of the principles and functions of S&OP. Attendees will participate in exercises and discussions on the elements of data collection, demand and supply planning, and conducting the pre- and executive S&OP meetings. The presenter will lead attendees through sales and marketing planning, resource requirements planning, distribution planning and more.

Attend the APICS Principles of S&OP seminar and learn how to:

Identify the necessary inputs needed for and the outputs from the S&OP process

Calculate the data elements for the S&OP process

Utilize the S&OP planning grid 

Translate what you have learned from the S&OP process into production and inventory plans

Understand the impact that S&OP output has on the distribution plan