Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Software


Integrated Business Planning Increases Cash Flow and Profitability

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) has been the process in which supply chain managers translate multiple plans, expressed in different terms, into a common plan that is meant to deliver the proper balance between demand and supply; however, supply chain managers have struggled to align their enterprise to a cohesive plan – one that maximizes resources and drives profit optimization; therefore, S&OP processes have failed to deliver on the original intent, serving as the primary business planning process that drives the enterprise.

Within Sales and Operations Planning there are four major disconnects:
  1. S&OP is not explicitly aligned with company strategy
  2. S&OP does not naturally yield the optimal financial answer
  3. The link to the financial planning process is weak or absent
  4. Process agility is limited
River Logic Transforms Sales and Operations Planning into Integrated Business Planning
River Logic’s S&OP solution incorporates strategic decisions into the S&OP process by explicitly modeling and considering cross-functional assumptions. In addition, it enables enterprises to bridge the gap between financial planning and the more operational aspects of S&OP. The solution not only provides the full financial impact of planning decisions, but more importantly, it incorporates full financial metrics as key drivers of the S&OP process.

architectureAs illustrated, the solution aligns corporate strategy goals with the Sales and Operations Planning process on a platform which allows users to develop workflows for scenario management, course correction, and assumption validation. Additionally, the system feeds a complete financial plan into financial planning systems. The key functional areas represented in the solution are:
  • Corporate Strategy
  • Executive S&OP
  • Demand Planning
  • Supply Planning
  • Inventory Planning
Built on the revolutionary COR technology and Enterprise Optimizer® | Server 2008, River Logic’s S&OP solution incorporates activity-based modeling, constraint-oriented process modeling, and comprehensive financial modeling to provide true cross-functional planning. Combined with the Microsoft BI platform, the solution supports an S&OP workflow and provides comprehensive reporting in an integrated framework.


Key elements of River Logic’s S&OP solution include:
  • Financial Modeling
  • Process Modeling
  • Business Scenario Analysis
  • Scenario Management
  • Workflow and User Management
  • Reporting and Analytics
Companies augmenting their S&OP efforts with River Logic’s Enterprise Optimizer® improve financial performance by elevating and optimizing the S&OP process to financial outcomes. Through Integrated Business Planning, EO improves organizational agility through fast and easy “what-if” analyses, while supplying multiple planning horizons and automatically linking outputs directly to financial planning and budgeting and forecasting processes.

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