IL6 Webinar: S&OP & OG&F in Logistics

Study Notes

The webinar focused on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and Order & General Forecasting (OG&F) for logistics.
S&OP is an integrated planning process aligning demand, supply, and financial planning, managed as part of a company's master plan.
S&OP is designed to support executive decision-making for approving feasible and profitable financial plans.
The S&OP supply chain planning process includes monthly reviews, executive meetings, and resolving demand/supply issues.
The process involves product reviews, demand reviews, supply reviews, and operational reviews. Input from Finance is crucial.
Key activities under Order Management include the ABP process, product mix workshop, capacity planning, capacity allocation, release of commitment, and sign-off processes.
Order Management is an intermediary role between Marketing & Sales and Production Planning, vital for the steel supply chain.
The Order Management System process includes direct orders, order logging, planning feasibility checks, order confirmation, order amendment, gap analysis, and order management processes.
Different order types (e.g., ZBTC, ZBTS, ZVCD) exist, each specifying dispatch, production-only, and dispatch and production details.

Order flow and responsibilities highlight the interactions between HR, mills, CRM, CGL1, CGL3, SPC, stockyards, and the customer.
Order logging, gap analysis, order logging for production/trials/transfers, order closure, order confirmation, and order book clean-up are key responsibilities.
Various internal teams are involved in handling orders.