UTK Supply Chain Strategy & Management Forum
Nov 4-6, 2008
Contact:
Dr. John P. (Paul) Dittmann
Director of Corporate Partnerships
Demand & Supply Integration Forums
The University of Tennessee
College of Business
310 Stokely Management Ctr.
Knoxville, TN 37996-0530
jdittman@utk.edu

Webcast July 8 - Best Practices Leadership Forum: Five Easy Fixes: How you can quickly improve your S&OP Performance
Dr. David L. Anderson, Managing Director of Supply Chain Ventures
Tuesday, July 8, 10AM Pacific, 12Noon Central, 1PM Eastern

Webcast May 20 - Best Practices Leadership Forum: Steelwedge Solutions Summit - Roadmap to Mastering S&OP and Preview of One-Click Planning
Steelwedge Vice President Business Development Chris Givens
Tuesday, May 20
1pm Eastern, 10am Pacific
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Webcast April 29 - Best Practices Leadership Forum: Emerging Trends in S&OP
Deloitte Consulting Strategy & Operations Director Bob Boehm, Senior Manager John La Bouff and Steelwedge VP Solutions E.J. Tavella
Tuesday, April 29
1pm Eastern, 10am Pacific
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Webcast March 25 - Best Practices Leadership Forum: Managing Demand and Supply Uncertainty in S&OP
Professor Blake Johnson, Consulting Assistant Professor Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University Consulting
Tuesday, March 25
1pm Eastern, 10am Pacific
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Webcast Feb 26 - Best Practices Leadership Forum: Demand and Supply Integration--The Strategic Imperative of S&OP"
Dr. Theodore P. Stank,
Head, Department of Marketing & Transportation UTK
Tuesday, Feb 26
1pm Eastern, 10am Pacific
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Previous Webcast Jan 22 - Best Practices Leadership Forum: S&OP--How to Make it Work
Tom Wallace, Author and Educator
Tuesday January 22, 2008
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Steelwedge Momentum

2008-05-13 - Steelwedge Named
"A Company To Keep An Eye On in 2008"

2008-05-06 - Leading Analyst Firm's Report Calls Steelwedge Software the "Dominant Player" in the Pure Play Sales and Operations Planning Category

New Steelwedge Blog

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Emerging Trends in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

(Editor’s Note: This is a recap of the Steelwedge Best Practices Leadership Forum Web Seminar, April 29, 2008, featuring presentations by Deloitte Consulting Strategy & Operations Director Bob Boehm with Senior Manager John La Bouff, and Steelwedge Vice President Solutions E. J. Tavella.)

At Deloitte Consulting we believe that world class Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) begins with enterprise forecasting and synchronized excellence. This requires executive leadership, current and accurate account information, a team focus with business rules for decision-making, and a recognition that there are two levels of S&OP—Executive (Strategic) and Traditional (Operational Planning.) The process is about continuous improvement as there is always the opportunity for better synchronization.

The Steelwedge Pure Play S&OP Solution

By Steelwedge VP Solutions E. J. Tavella

The Steelwedge solution is based on cross-functional, collaborative forecasting and planning including sales, marketing, operations and finance—all using Enterprise Enabled Excel™ with email notification, performance dashboards and links to updates. The six key factors in successful S&OP are:

• Alignment of the numbers to drive consensus
• Review base and uplift opportunities
• Integrating new product planning
• “Dollarize” the volume plan
• Integrated exceptions sensing
• Executive business focus on decisions, not data

The Steelwedge Solutions Summit -
Roadmap to Mastering S&OP: A Preview of One-Click Planning

(Editor’s Note: This is a recap of the Steelwedge Best Practices Leadership Forum Web Seminar, May 20, 2008, featuring a presentation by Steelwedge Vice President Business Development Chris Givens, with SVP Sales & Marketing Chris Whitted and Vice President Solutions E. J. Tavella.)

The Steelwedge Product Vision - Become the Industry Standard for Collaborative Sales Forecasting and Pure Play Sales & Operation Planning for Small to Large Enterprises

• Provide the most differentiated functional solutions to support pre- and post- S&OP processes around demand, supply, financial and operational planning
• Provide a comprehensive S&OP solution specifically targeted to enable the process
• Provide the most cost effective, flexible and easiest to use solution in the market
• Deliver the solution On-Premise and as a self-service SaaS-based (onDemand) solution to support small to large enterprises

SAP Looks to Steelwedge to Support Sales and Operations Planning Initiatives

By Glen Margolis, CEO Steelwedge Software

SAP users are increasingly looking to Steelwedge to solve their sales and operations planning (S&OP) 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 customers to seek new solutions for this mission critical problem. As a Certified Powered by Netweaver SAP partner and the leading provider of S&OP to SAP r/3 and SAP APO customers, Steelwedge is increasingly filling the very important role of providing S&OP, collaborative sales forecasting and sales performance management solutions that complement SAP solutions, leverage investments in SAP, and ensure executive visibility into critical business challenges.

Steelwedge has a unique ability to quickly tie together and integrate information from disparate information sources, provide clear performance feedback, balance supply and demand scenarios, and drive executive S&OP.