S&OP is only ever touted as a "grand success" by consultants who directly profit from the massive overhead.
In contrast, I have met with 200+ supply chain directors in 15 years. I have witnessed several dozens of S&OP processes in +1B companies. I have never seen one of those processes be anything else than a huge bureaucratic nightmare.
I politely, but firmly, disagree with the statement that *a* process is better than any process at all. This is a fallacy. There is no grand requirement written in the sky that any of the things that S&OP does have to be done at all.
S&OP is only ever touted as a "grand success" by consultants who directly profit from the massive overhead.
In contrast, I have met with 200+ supply chain directors in 15 years. I have witnessed several dozens of S&OP processes in +1B companies. I have never seen one of those processes be anything else than a huge bureaucratic nightmare.
I politely, but firmly, disagree with the statement that *a* process is better than any process at all. This is a fallacy. There is no grand requirement written in the sky that any of the things that S&OP does have to be done at all.