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"Ideally, the output of the S&OP plan should drive the income statement and balance sheets of companies. Companies should create internal projects and SWAT teams wherein the S&OP plan is mapped to the key financial documents with collaboration between finance and supply chain," said Nari Viswanathan, vice president and principal analyst, Aberdeen. "Once this activity is completed, very interesting insights can be gained by both sides of the organizations, in terms of supply chain tactics that can impact corporate goals and vice versa."
The report also highlights the key topic of change management and process sustainability. Sixty percent (60%) of companies indicate that they do not have S&OP related training programs and 43% of companies indicate that their employees do not consider S&OP to be a critical process. The need to recruit, retain and cultivate talent in organizations is higher than ever before even though 75% of companies have indicated that they had to make changes in terms of retrenchments and layoffs.
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