While most agree that adding a financial aspect enhances S&OP, there’s often a completely different understanding about its importance. So, let’s dig a bit deeper to understand the difference between S&OP and IBP. What Is S&OP? The first problem when trying to develop an understanding of S&OP is that the
The Gartner Magic Quadrant report identifies and analyzes vendors which provide S&OP systems of differentiation (SOD). “According to Gartner, an S&OP SOD should include 13 key capabilities that are required to support a Stage 4 maturity S&OP process.”
Existing silo-based technology was adapted to support the S&OP process. Whether it was the early spreadsheets, demand/supply planning systems that incorporated more advanced algorithms, or collaboration tools that act as a system of record, the focus was on driving sequential refinement of decisions along the process.
