We are implementing S&OP and IBP for a customer’s transformative journey, not a destination:

1. Quantifying Risks and Opportunities Post-Merger

• Our diagnostics are using integrated financial and operational KPIs as well as information from your own people to provide a holistic view on the merged entity’s performance.
• This approach allows CEOs to identify both competitive threats and operational opportunities with greater precision, supporting faster and more confident decision-making.
• By grounding assessments in data and staff supporting your decisions, leaders can run change and transformation in areas where synergies have not yet materialized and will be able to unlock the growth opportunities asap.

2. Scenario-Based Financial Forecasting

• CEOs benefit from scenario planning tools that model multiple future states (base, upside, downside), each with probability weightings aligned with your workforce.
• Dynamic scenario analysis helps CEOs understand the impact of different assumptions on revenue, profitability, and cash flow, providing a robust foundation for strategic planning.
• These integrated financial forecast scenarios (IFFS) allow leaders to re-align strategies against market volatility, regulatory shifts, or integration challenges.

3. Integrated Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

• Monthly S&OP cycles align commercial, operational, and financial teams around shared objectives, reducing complexity and enabling clear, strategic choices.
  • Ensuring that financial plans are continuously updated to reflect current market and operational realities, fostering cross-functional alignment and rapid response to change.

4. Value Stream Mapping and Process Re-Engineering

• By mapping end-to-end processes, CEOs can visualize where value is created or lost, including identifying “hard” (quantitative) and “soft” (qualitative) factors that impact performance.
• This approach highlights software or process gaps that, if addressed, can yield immediate efficiency gains and unlock additional EBITDA, directly supporting value creation goals.

A few Slides coming out of our projects with Clients:

A People’s Journey

Implementing S&OP involves a step-by-step, iterative approach where we learn about existing processes, tools, and identify gaps and challenges.

This journey emphasizes the importance of people, processes, and systems working together to achieve a fully integrated business planning system.

We walk this path together, ensuring continuous improvement and adaptation.

Training

Training is crucial for achieving a common understanding within teams. 

Symbiotic collaboration starts with recognizing that S&OP and IBP concepts are supportive tools.

Our training ensures that teams see these processes as enablers of success..

Process Cycle

Our professionally integrated S&OP Cycle serves clearly as the trigger for a call of digitizations needs!

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Our comprehensive S&OP process cycle integrates unconstraint sales forecasts, demand planning, supply analysis and financial plans to achieve a constraint alignment between all parties involved.

This holistic approach ensures alignment across all departments and regions, fostering collaboration and efficiency.

Process Maturity

We guide organizations through different levels of S&OP/IBP maturity, from basic to advanced stages.

Our expertise helps you implement sophisticated planning processes, leveraging technology and metrics for optimal performance.
Finally, we embrace digital evolution by working with teams that understand their needs and capabilities. This approach allows us to maintain control of the projects and pave the way to excellence.

Demand Analysis

We utilize advanced tools to analyze demand patterns and seasonality, enabling accurate forecasting and strategic planning.
Our insights help you anticipate market changes and adjust your strategies accordingly.

Supply Analysis

Sometimes we need to start “hands-on” and will develop more comfortable digital tools on the way to IBP.
We have developed rough cut capacity planning and optimization tools, to ensure supply chains operates at peak efficiency.
We identify bottlenecks and optimize resources, reducing costs and improving service levels.

Demand Enhancement

Our approach to demand planning addresses constraints and offers tailored solutions to optimize forecasting accuracy and responsiveness.
By analyzing historical data and market trends, we ensure your demand planning is both proactive and precise.

Supply Enhancement

We streamline supply planning by matching capacities with demand across regions. 
Our methodology consolidates internal and external capacities, ensuring cost efficiency, quality, and financial considerations.

Supply Planning

Approach: Customized Proposals

We develop tailored supply planning strategies to align capacities with demand across regions, ensuring cost efficiency and timely delivery.

Monthly Cycle

Approach: Customized Proposals

Our S&OP calendar of events streamlines the monthly cycle, integrating sales forecasts, demand planning, and supply analysis for cohesive operations.

Challenges

Detailed information to the board about Status and Challenges:

We provide a comprehensive overview of the current challenges and expectations for the next six months, ensuring transparency and strategic alignment.

Project Plan

Detailed information to the board about Status and Challenges:

Our detailed S&OP/IBP implementation timeline outlines each phase, helping stakeholders understand the project scope and key milestones.

Process Customization

We customize processes to meet your specific requirements, ensuring they are scalable and ready for future digital transformation.