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Why Oracle and SAP users need Steelwedge 2008-03-05 17:38:48 Oracle and SAP have try to offer S&OP solutions on an on-again off-again basis for many years. Oracle first tried to build, then acquired solutions in an attempt to solve this mission-critical business problem. However, they have still not been successful which is why Oracle customers continue to invest in Steelwedge. Why? For one, S&OP [...] Read more:Oracle
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How to Ensure Sales and Operations Planning Success 2008-02-28 14:13:21 Based on feedback from customers regarding the deep expertise the Steelwedge team brings to bare as companies improve their sales and operations planning, Steelwedge has formed a new Strategic Services Group. Steelwedge offers fours categories of services to address customer needs: 1. Discovery, 2. Improvement Program, 3. Maintain, and 4. Training & Education.
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Steelwedge User Forum: Welcome to the SW2 Neighborhood 2008-02-20 11:38:04 Steelwedge is pleased to announce the first user forum named Steelwedge Solutions Summit. This gathering will be a unique opportunity for users, partners and prospects to learn about and discuss Steelwedge product evolution & roadmap, best practices in S&OP, demand planning and forecasting. Presenters will include Steelwedge, client and industry leaders. Further, participants will have ample opportunities to [...] Read more:Forum
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Steelwedge Best Practice Leadership Forum - Web Seminar 2008-02-11 16:57:03 We invite you to join us for our next Web Seminar
titled “Demand and Supply Integration: The Strategic Imperative of S&OP” Featuring Dr. Theodore Stank, Head, Department of Marketing & Transportation UTK
Tuesday February 26, 2008
10AM Pacific, 12Noon Central, 1PM Eastern
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Dr. Theodore P. Stank, Head, Department of Marketing & Transportation UTK
Dr. Stank is the [...] Read more:Forum
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S&OP: System or process first? 2008-02-08 09:08:33 The question as to whether the process must be defined before a system is installed is frequently asked. The traditional answer was that the process needs to be clearly defined before any system is installed. This advice is based on a long legacy of experience implementing ERP, traditional SCM, and CRM systems. However, S&OP solutions [...] Read more:System
S&OP Scalability 2008-02-08 04:05:42 How scalable is your S&OP solution? For global fortune 500 manufacturing companies, as business complexity increases with trends towards outsourcing, shorter product life cycles, product prolifereation and demand and supply uncertainty, the need for a highly scalable S&OP process becomes more critical. Creating a linkage between a companies business strategy and operational decisions requires not only [...]
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Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) – a Dated Fad or an Emerging Best Practice? 2008-03-17 13:04:21 Leading companies are increasingly using external partner collaboration to improve value chain performance. As a result of enthusiasm around trading partner collaboration, an industry standard was adopted and implemented by industry leaders during the 1990’s. It was called Collaborative
Planning Forecasting
and Replenishment (CPFR).
CPFR was originally a vision of WalMart in the mid 1990s. The [...] Read more:Practice
SAP Users Adopting Steelwedge for S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) 2008-03-23 18:33:35 With the growing recognition of the fundamental importance and value of adopting and effective S&OP (Sales
and Operations Planning) process, SAP customers are increasingly looking to Steelwedge as the only solution available that can drive an automated S&OP process that rapidly integrates SAP, Salesforce.com, and other key data. Joint SAP Steelwedge customers include Honeywell, Nvidia, [...] Read more:Adopting
Steelwedge closed-loop OnDemand S&OP powered by ICON 2008-03-26 03:45:39 S&OP (sales and operaitons Planning) has been around for a long time. So has ERP. However, only now has technology been developed that quickly, easily, and cost-effectively automate and power an S&OP process that integrates all information sources while driving collaboration. Key elements to a true “closed-loop” Sales and Operations Planning process include the capability [...]
SAP looks to Steelwedge to support Sales and Operations Planning Initiatives 2008-04-03 05:44:50 SAP-related executives consultants, and clients are increasingly looking to Steelwedge to solve their S&OP (sales and operations planning) initiatives.
Frustrations related to SAP’s long-vaunted S&OP xApp, the decision by Microsoft in regard to support of SAP’s S&OP solution and other factors are driving SAP custommers to seek new solutions for this mission critical problem. As a Certified [...] Read more:Initiatives
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Steelwedge partners with Syncron to Extend Global Reach into Northern Europe 2008-04-03 04:41:30 Steelwedge has partnered with Syncron to extend the global reach of its leading Sales and Performance Management solutions into NorthernEurope
. As the undisputed leader in Sales and Operations Planning Solutions (S&OP) and Collaborative Sales Forecasting, the partnership with Syncron will enable Steelwedge to expand its global reach and maintain a local presence in key [...] Read more:Extend
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S&OP, Forecast Consolidation and the European Economic Community 2008-04-07 02:47:36 I just returned from a ten day whirlwind tour of Europe during which time I met with sales prospects and partners in England, Sweden, Germany and France. One message resonated loud and clear – European
companies still tend to operate on a country-specific basis. Systems are disparate, processes are inconsistent, and collaboration on forecasts and [...] Read more:Consolidation
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S&OP - is it only a process? 2008-04-16 08:12:07 Many of our customers initially approach us seeking advice on creating functional S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) processes. Their questions relate to organizational and procedural issues and often do not involve systems or data issues. However, once we delve into the core issues it almost always emerges that a significant portion of the process challenges [...]
Integrated Business Planning, SAP and Steelwedge 2008-04-22 13:24:19 In today’s world, the only certainties are information overload, rapid change and global integration. Corporate executives and planners are tasked with making key decisions in a world that involves far less predictability than ever before. The key to improving strategic decision making and planning processes requires vastly improved integration of organizations, functions, and information. No [...] Read more:Business
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Steelwedge Solutions Summit 2008-05-13 15:37:49 Roadmap to Mastering S&OP: A Preview to “One-Click Planning” — Originally planned for customers and partners, now open to all! Please join us and learn more about why AMR considers Steelwedge the “Dominant Pure Play S&OP Vendor”. We look forward to sharing our overall product strategy and roadmap highlights and of course a preview of [...] Read more:Summit
Automotive Parts Suppliers Adopt Steelwedge to Improve their Bottom Line 2008-06-23 17:00:12 The times are difficult for Automative parts suppliers. Gas prices are up. Inflation is rising. Automotive
demand is down. Delphi is in bankrputcy. Other players are struggling. How does one manage through such a challenging period? As in any down business cycle, the major players - Visteon, [...] Read more:Bottom
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Integrated Business Planning–Linking Operations to Finance 2008-07-09 00:29:47 Integrated Business
Planning is poised to become the next big thing beyond S&OP. One of the key themes for IBP is linking Operational Plans to Financial Plans. This linkage enables companies to understand how financial budgets and assumptions can impact operational plans and execution and visa versa. One of the fundamental requirements for linking financial and operational plans is th Read more:Integrated
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Gartner Names Steelwedge as top S&OP Vendor 2008-07-07 18:34:55 In a recent MarketScope for S&OP Report by Gartner
, Steelwedge was positioned as one of three top S&OP vendors and as solution that delivers needed functionality for both sales forecasting and S&OP processes.
The Gartner MarketScope Report for Sales and Operations Planning profiled a total of eleven vendors in the S&OP space based on proven customer [...] Read more:Names
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S&OP Success: Collaboration is Key 2008-07-07 16:43:54 S&OP presents many challenges to business enterprises to implement and sustain a world-class S&OP process. One common thread is the need for effective collaboration. What sounds simple, in general terms, is often difficult when the details come into play. Details may include different goals and incentives for disparate functional groups and individuals and inadequate tools [...] Read more:Collaboration
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Leveraging the Power of SBOMs 2008-07-22 15:12:07 The concept of a Planning Bill of Material (PBOM) has been around for many years to manage the relationships between independent and dependant demand items. Planning BOMs are used to forecast demand for components and options available for configured products. For example, a configured laptop may have an option for a wireless card that is [...]
Integrated Business Planning: The Final Frontier for Sales and Operations Planning 2008-07-30 14:22:57 We welcome Noha Tohamy of AMR Reaserch on August 26 for our next Best Practice Leardership Forum Web Seminar. Hope you can join us as Noha summarizes the results of the resent study where Steelwedge has been identified as the Pure Play S&OP vendor. For more information and to register simply click the link below.
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Working Together: Bottom Up and Top Down Forecasting 2008-07-29 17:59:22 An effective S&OP program depends on solid, accurate demand forecasts. Best practice companies do three things well: statistical, top-down and bottom-up forecasting. Many companies are doing one or two of these, but few are doing all three well. Of course, some companies do none. Let’s just say these companies have a huge upside improvement potential.
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Tuning Your S&OP Engine 2008-09-22 10:59:18 How’s your business engine running? Use Steelwedge Strategic Services to help tune your S&OP process & drive improvements
If you’re like most people, you drive your car nearly every day. You’re very familiar with how to operate your vehicle and navigate your way. But do you know what’s happening under the hood? Can you anticipate problems [...] Read more:Engine
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