S&OP Smooths Out Lean

The case is made for pairing sales and operations planning, or S&OP, with lean manufacturing processes, such that efficient process can respond quickly and flexibly to dynamic demand in the supply chain. ...

... "They want exactly what they ordered and they want it now. Thus these producers need the very best process they can get to identify shifts in demand quickly and to realign production volumes with those shifts. " ...

Via Supply Chain Digest: S&OP and Lean Manufacturing