Perspectives on Sales & Operations Planning » S&OP education http://www.steelwedge.com/blog Best Practices in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:55:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Steelwedge Partners with S&OP Guru to Provide Training http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/steelwedge-partners-with-sales-and-operations-planning-guru-tom-wallace-to-provide-industry-leading-solution-education-and-training-materials-on-march-31-2009-the-first-in-a-series-of-steelwed.html http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/steelwedge-partners-with-sales-and-operations-planning-guru-tom-wallace-to-provide-industry-leading-solution-education-and-training-materials-on-march-31-2009-the-first-in-a-series-of-steelwed.html#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:03:36 +0000 Glen Margolis, Founder & CEO http://www.steelwedge.com/blog/?p=229 For any readers not already aware of our exciting new partnership with the world leading expert on S&OP — Tom Wallace – below is today’s release describing the details.  Tom previously worked with SAP and is very excited about joining forces with Steelwedge to offer the industry’s leading integrated planning solution

Steelwedge and Tom Wallace have entered a Strategic Partnership to provide an integrated solution offering of Education, Training and Software for Executives. As a kick-off for the partnership, Steelwedge is featuring Tom Wallace, in the first of a Webinar series on Executive S&OP Best Practices titled, “Executive S&OP: Surviving the Recession, Preparing for the Upturn.”

The strategic partnership of Steelwedge and Tom Wallace combines two industry leading companies specializing in Executive S&OP. Tom Wallace has a proven track record of helping companies successfully implement Executive S&OP through delivering education, training materials and books, while Steelwedge has built a reputation among customers and industry analyst as the Leading “Pure Play” S&OP software provider.

As partners, Steelwedge will integrate training and education materials developed by Wallace into its standard implementation methodology and Wallace will periodically review and provide input around the Steelwedge product roadmap and direction. Additionally, Steelwedge and Wallace will conduct a Webinar Series on Executive S&OP Best Practices.

The joint webinar series kick-off on March 31, 2009 will help companies and executives who are looking for answers to the question “How can Executive S&OP help me survive the downturn and prepare for the upturn?”. Webinar attendees will benefit from hearing Tom Wallace’s views and lessons learned from his decades of experience as a thought leader in the area of Sales and Operations Planning. In addition, Steelwedge will share how its customers are leveraging its software to survive the…

]]> For any readers not already aware of our exciting new partnership with the world leading expert on S&OP — Tom Wallace – below is today’s release describing the details.  Tom previously worked with SAP and is very excited about joining forces with Steelwedge to offer the industry’s leading integrated planning solution

Steelwedge and Tom Wallace have entered a Strategic Partnership to provide an integrated solution offering of Education, Training and Software for Executives. As a kick-off for the partnership, Steelwedge is featuring Tom Wallace, in the first of a Webinar series on Executive S&OP Best Practices titled, “Executive S&OP: Surviving the Recession, Preparing for the Upturn.”

The strategic partnership of Steelwedge and Tom Wallace combines two industry leading companies specializing in Executive S&OP. Tom Wallace has a proven track record of helping companies successfully implement Executive S&OP through delivering education, training materials and books, while Steelwedge has built a reputation among customers and industry analyst as the Leading “Pure Play” S&OP software provider.

As partners, Steelwedge will integrate training and education materials developed by Wallace into its standard implementation methodology and Wallace will periodically review and provide input around the Steelwedge product roadmap and direction. Additionally, Steelwedge and Wallace will conduct a Webinar Series on Executive S&OP Best Practices.

The joint webinar series kick-off on March 31, 2009 will help companies and executives who are looking for answers to the question “How can Executive S&OP help me survive the downturn and prepare for the upturn?”. Webinar attendees will benefit from hearing Tom Wallace’s views and lessons learned from his decades of experience as a thought leader in the area of Sales and Operations Planning. In addition, Steelwedge will share how its customers are leveraging its software to survive the recession and prepare for the upturn.

According to Steelwedge Software CEO, Glen Margolis, “Companies seeking to adopt best-practices for Executive S&OP processes will benefit greatly from our partnership with Tom Wallace. Bridging the gap between detailed functional supply chain planning processes and applications with more strategic finance related planning processes remains a white space for many organizations. Successfully implementing Executive S&OP requires a comprehensive approach including strategic, process, technology, performance management and change management components. Our partnership provides expertise across all critical areas needed to successfully implement S&OP, combined with best practices, deep experience, training programs, educational materials, and practical expertise.”

March 31, 2009 ‘Executive S&OP: Surviving the Recession, Preparing for the Upturn”

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