Webcast on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) on July 31st – a common plan for many decision-makers

SCM Practice Forum on S&OP on July 31st

Karlsruhe, Germany, July 5th, 2007 – Studies prove that European businesses are increasingly using Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). ICON Supply Chain Management will present the advantages of S&OP and its practical implementation during a webcast on July 31st, 2007. Glen Margolis, the founder and CEO of Steelwedge Software and a proven S&OP expert, will be participating in this new edition of ICON's SCM Practice Forum. 

Sales & Operations Planning is a process that allows to develop and test numerous business strategies – based on target figures in Sales, Marketing, Production and Purchasing. At the end of the day all decisions will be subordinate to a fine-tuning of the overall sales and production planning in order to adjust the inventory and order levels to a given situation.

ICON's S&OP webcast is aimed particularly at manufacturing organization employees who work in Management, Sales, (Production) Planning, Purchasing or Finance. The following topics will be discussed in the webcast:

• S&OP points of departure
• Basics: processes, areas of responsibility, and IT support
• Customer examples 
• Advice and experiences from practice