Jack Hymanson is Professional Services Consultant for SAS. In the past he has held management roles in corporate product forecasting, supply planning and business operations. His 25 years’ experience include several demand planning software implementations as well as the development and facilitation of a comprehensive S&OP planning process. Jack has presented supply chain best practices at industry conferences and has authored white papers and published articles on related topics.
Have you ever thought about how to improve your Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process beyond where you might be today? There's certainly no lack of advice on the topic of S&OP on the Internet. Some articles focus on the overall process while others focus on S&OP software and related support tools. In
What is your primary goal as a supply chain professional? It’s not about demand sensing, demand shaping or even supply planning and demand planning. At the end of the day, it’s about profit optimization. Albeit important, demand sensing and shaping are only a piece of the equation and if isolated, decisions
For supply chain managers and analysts Getting Demand in Shape can mean collecting the most pertinent data to support specific business processes and activities. Identifying new or previously unused data sources can be especially important. My most recent article titled “Getting Demand in Shape” in the May / June issue of APICS magazine
