In general, advanced S&OP is designed in two large groups of processes

Market Savvy, DD S&OP at the planning level with senior management and supply chain planners and customer collaborating

Rate Based Management at the operational level with functional management from Marketing, Sales and Manufacturing most heavily integrated

OPG offers several aides to the design process

Process Design workbook The workbook provides details in best practices for each of the 27 major management processes included in a full DD S&OP implementation

Benchmarking Our research into S&OP best practices is cataloged into an analytical presentation of over 30 factors on S&OP operations and execution

Cost to Serve Analysis OPG operates a formal simulation model which analyses the inventory, transportation, warehousing and overhead costs associated with customers or customer types using daily demand variation as an input and calculating inventory impact as an output.