S&OP Process

Get your S&OP process working right ...

Focused on the big issues, making effective decisions, driving action and growing your team

Does your S&OP process

Focus on the big issues, never getting bogged-down in detail.

Make effective decisions, and engage the full team in implementing them

Generate high-impact actions – and see them executed

Anticipate issues and opportunities and place you in a position to respond early

Drive continuous improvements in service, cost and working capital

Run every month, on time with full engagement

Make good use of everybody’s time

if not, let us help you to get it working the way that it should

Businesses that use S&OP effectively to drive continuous improvement perform better:

Inventory levels

 10-30% lower

Sales growth

 3-5% faster

Customer service

 3-9% better

Profit margins

 2-8% higher

Take stock of your strengths and weaknesses, set priorities, engage your team, plan the improvements

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We work with you to assess your current process, comparing it with a best-practice model and measuring its performance in terms of service, cost and working capital. 

Together we measure the drivers of performance and find the key levers that deliver the greatest benefit for your available resources and investment.

We help you to set targets, engage your team and plan your improvement programme.

We provide ongoing support and mentoring as you make the changes

Get expert input and suggestions for improvement

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We observe your S&OP process, read your reports and provide expert, objective feedback.

We work with you and your team to identify improvements and plan their implementation

Grow your team’s understanding of S&OP and Supply Chain Management

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We provide hands-on, experiental  training programmes, to grow your team’s understanding of S&OP and Supply Chain concepts.

We focus on collaboration and growing a cross-functional mindset. 

Our experiential learning approach, gives your team the opportunity to learn through experience using simulations and practical exercises. 

This approach is highly engaging, provides constant, immediate feedback and demonstrates the application of Supply Chain theory in practice. 

“I have engaged John on numerous projects over the last 8 years to lead change in S&OP and continous improvement programs where I have found him to be extremely knowledgeable and credible. I have come to think of him more as a business partner than consultant. I especially value his broad business knowledge and ability to cut to the things that matter for tangible benefits.”.
Brendhan Greaney
Brendhan GreaneyCEO, Tatua Co-operative Dairy Co.
“John has an in-depth knowledge of all aspects of Sales & Operations Planning, and the ability & experience to make SOP fit & work the way that best suits an organisation. He has a wealth of different industry experience which he is happy to share with his clients.”
Ralph Blackburn
Ralph BlackburnFormer CFO Prolife Foods
“John applies his knowledge of supply chain theory and his experience in other industries and works well with our people to achieve excellent outcomes very cost effectively. We find John to be a very good partner”
Lain Jager
Lain JagerEx CEO Zespri
"John provides excellent guidance and expertise in S&OP implementation. From analysis the current position through to process mapping, and ultimately implementing the right tools for us."
Sean Kelly
Sean KellyCEO, Smartfoods
“I have engaged John on numerous projects over the last 8 years to lead change in S&OP and continous improvement programs where I have found him to be extremely knowledgeable and credible. I have come to think of him more as a business partner than consultant. I especially value his broad business knowledge and ability to cut to the things that matter for tangible benefits.”.
Brendhan Greaney
Brendhan GreaneyCEO, Tatua Co-operative Dairy Co.
“John has an in-depth knowledge of all aspects of Sales & Operations Planning, and the ability & experience to make SOP fit & work the way that best suits an organisation. He has a wealth of different industry experience which he is happy to share with his clients.”
Ralph Blackburn
Ralph BlackburnFormer CFO Prolife Foods
“John applies his knowledge of supply chain theory and his experience in other industries and works well with our people to achieve excellent outcomes very cost effectively. We find John to be a very good partner”
Lain Jager
Lain JagerEx CEO Zespri
"John provides excellent guidance and expertise in S&OP implementation. From analysis the current position through to process mapping, and ultimately implementing the right tools for us."
Sean Kelly
Sean KellyCEO, Smartfoods
“I have engaged John on numerous projects over the last 8 years to lead change in S&OP and continous improvement programs where I have found him to be extremely knowledgeable and credible. I have come to think of him more as a business partner than consultant. I especially value his broad business knowledge and ability to cut to the things that matter for tangible benefits.”.
Brendhan Greaney
Brendhan GreaneyCEO, Tatua Co-operative Dairy Co.
“John has an in-depth knowledge of all aspects of Sales & Operations Planning, and the ability & experience to make SOP fit & work the way that best suits an organisation. He has a wealth of different industry experience which he is happy to share with his clients.”
Ralph Blackburn
Ralph BlackburnFormer CFO Prolife Foods
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