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How to manage S&OP in MTO and ETO industries Most of us know how to manage S&OP in the MTS (make to stock) industries but the questions now: How successful S&OP got managed in the MTO (Make to order) and ETO (Engineering To order) industries? How to be more agile and responsive to those customers that are looking for shorter lead time and higher responsiveness. How to strike the right balance of inventory of unique materials vs the shorter lead times with suppliers. All of those questions will be answered by our great thought leader Ahmed Kabil. Kabil is the supply chain manager of Schnider. Stay tuned for another amazing episode and knowledge you will not find in books.

How to manage a tough discussion? Have you ever wondered how to manage a tough discussion inside a business meeting? Do you know how our minds are wired in that situation? Are we controlling the emotions or do they control us? If you want to know the secret behind this topic, then you have to tune in with Philip Auinger this Sunday. He coached supply chains to reach the next level. Follow Global S&OP Community. The knowledge you will not find in books.

We had an amazing episode with Melanie Genford about managing the inventory in the supply chain and what could be the secret recipes to optimize the inventory. Melanie is a supply chain consultant with unmatched experience in planning end to end. The knowledge you will not find in books.

we are thrilled to host Khaled Akl the CEO of the Halwani brothers. We are going to talk about (STAGFLATION) or Stagnant Inflation and its effect on the economy and what could trigger the Price increases for that phenomenon. Don't miss this Sunday with an Amazing thought leader and a very unique Topic. Follow Global S&OP Community every Sunday live. The knowledge you will not find in books.

S&OP – adaptations required in a COVID world Have you ever wondered how to set up your S&OP post-COvid-19? How to solve all types of constrained forecast post-covid-19 What is the best way to manage to change supplier lead times? Do you want to be the maestro inside S&OP taking the right decisions for the business? Then it's time to attend this unique episode with our global thought leader Steven Thacker. Steven is a management consultant with massive years of experience in business. Stay tuned for another amazing episode with our Global S&OP Community. Knowledge you will not find in books.

Have you ever wondered how to measure the efficiency of a business process? What could be the gaps inside the process and how can you control them? How to manage people's behavior while executing a new process? How to make sure that this process is sustainable and not just one time and then off? All of the questions and more will be answered by our global thought leader Arpan Dev. Arpan Dev is the global process manager at Unilever. Stay tuned this Sunday with a unique episode loaded with great values. Knowledge you will not find in books. #process #community #knowledge

Have you ever wondered why many businesses couldn't achieve their strategies? Most CEOs are very impressive in setting strategies and business imperatives. But when it comes to executing the business strategy, they are not as good as setting it. And the simple reason is that they got lost on how to deploy this business strategy into channel strategy. And this week, we have a very unique thought leader who will reveal all of those secrets of fulfilling the business strategy. Yaser Abdullah has an unmatched experience in business end to end across many multinational companies Like (Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, and Reckitt Stay tuned this Sunday with Global S&OP Community and another unique episode. The knowledge you will not find in books.

One of the biggest challenges is managing a transition of either mergers or acquisitions of organizations. If you want to know how to manage those scary times from a leadership perspective, then you have to attend this unique episode with our great thought leader Sherif Aly. Sherif Aly is the CEO of Tag-El-Mlook Egypt. He was the former CEO of Americana UAE. He occupied many executive positions in several multinational companies Like (P&G and PepsiCo). Stay tuned this Sunday with a unique episode. And don't forget to follow Global S&OP Community. Knowledge you will not find in books.

This Episode is in collaboration with Association for Supply Chain Management We are so glad this episode to host two global thought leaders in the Supply chain with a very unique topic "Handling the Supply chain risks". Douglas Kent is the Global Executive Vice President ASCM with over 35 years of transformational advisory and practitioner experience with large multi-national organizations. Grant Swanepoel is the Strategy and Alliances the Middle East and ASCM with over 15 years of experience in business consultancy. Stay tuned live with overdosed values this Sunday with those inspiring leaders. Hit the remind me button to be notified this Sunday live. Global S&OP Community, the knowledge you will not find in books. #supplychain #business #experience #community #africa #middleeast #africa #strategy

Influence The Demand Like A Pro Do you know how to influence the demand for a product? What could be the main factors that shape the demand profile? Don't ever think that demand planning is just a matter of statistical analysis and then it's done. If you want to know how to influence a demand like a pro, then you have to tune in this Sunday with our global thought leader Rania Heida. Rania Heida is the planning transformation director at Unilever. Stay tuned with a knowledge that you will not find in books with the Global S&OP Community.

One of the major challenges in B2B is managing the CRM (Customer relationship management) and especially with the retailers. And the main reason is that you are not selling directly to a consumer, but you are selling to a retailer who is selling to your consumers. If you want to know how to set winning strategies with your retailers, then you have to tune in this Sunday with our inspirational guest Naniss Gadel-Rab. Naniss Gadel-Rab is the Sales Vice president at Unilever Canada. The knowledge that you will have in this episode is the knowledge you will not find in books. Stay tuned with a unique episode and overdosed values this week. Don't forget to make it in your calendar. Follow Global S&OP Community every Sunday.

SKU in and SKU out became a non-negotiable term to any company that needs to be in the marketplace. Relaunches of new products and delisting old ones is one of the most hectic processes that is faced by any organization that wants to compete. But SKU in – SKU out has to balance between (Service levels and Business waste). Business waste here is liquidating all the old SKU's and all unique components in the total supply chain Eco-system end to end Starting from: 1- Supplier's tiers. 2- Factory. 3- Distributor. 4- Sub-distributor 5- Retailers. How can businesses be agile for landing the new product at desired time while minimizing any obsolete stocks from the old product in each and every node in the supply chain network? If you want to know how to do it, then stay tuned with Mohammed Batook where we will reveal the secrets of this formula. Follow the Global S&OP Community every Sunday. Knowledge you will not find in books.

When a challenge strikes an organization, most leaders try to solve the challenge as fast as they can. But they ignored basic questions: Is it the right solution? Are we investing the right time to look at the problem from each perspective? Are we thinking in the corrective way or the preventative way? What could be the design thinking used to be followed? All of those questions will be revealed by two thought leaders in the consulting industry: Shereen Mosallam,,, is the General manager of Symbios Consulting. She has over 20 years of experience in the consulting industry. Radu Palamariu is the Managing Director Asia Pacific of Alcott Global and the Global Head of Supply Chain & Logistics Practice. Radu has been named as one of the top 3 Global Supply Chain Influencers on LinkedIn. Stay tuned with an overdosed episode full of values in the consulting industry with our great thought leaders and Global S&OP Community. Knowledge you will not find in books.

Have you ever wondered how the supply chain of perishable products that have a short shelf lifetime works? What are the challenges faced there? What are the main obstacles end to end from retail side to supplier? What is the best operational model used here (MTS or MTO)? How to optimize between the Business waste and the service level at the same time? All those exciting questions will be revealed by Tarek Kassab this Sunday. He is a Supply Chain professional with more than seventeen years of extensive experience working at leading, fast-paced FMCG corporations within North America, Europe, Africa & The Middle East. Stay tuned with the Global S&OP Community Every Sunday. Knowledge you will not find in books.

Why does S&OP Fail? Don't miss this Episode with Yehia Labib and Global S&OP Community. Yehia Labib is the Customer Care & Logistics Director at Mars Middle East & Africa. His knowledge in Supply chain and business is unbeatable. He played many roles at different multinational companies like Unilever, The Coca-Cola Company, and Mars. This Sunday we will discuss the major factors behind the failure of any S&OP. Stay tuned for another amazing episode with Global S&OP Community. Knowledge you will not find in books.

Bridging The Gap Between Supply And Demand in S&OP Our special guest this Sunday is Ayman Elrafie, CPIM, CSCP. Ayman is the Supply chain director for Arabia/levant countries at Unilever tea division. He played all kinds of roles in the supply chain end to end from (Make, Source, Deliver, Plan and return). What makes him a special leader is his ability to learn and teach. Besides his treasure of practical experience, he never stops learning academically. He is a keynote speaker who speaks to inspire. Don't miss this amazing episode this Sunday (Bridging the gap between the supply and demand in S&OP) with my cohost Ahmed El Hamamsy Stay tuned for another amazing episode this Sunday. Knowledge you will not find in books. Follow Global S&OP Community

if you have a capable demand planning function, then your entire business is in safe hands. And the main reason is that it's the only function in the whole organization that is unbiased with any executive hopes or needs. Capable demand planning can take your business to places where all magic happens. They will move your business from “Hope &wishes” into “Facts and Figures”. They will move it from Being “Reactive” into “Proactive”. If you want to take your demand planning to the next level, then you have to tune it this Sunday with Matthew Tatham, The Supply Chain Guy. He is a supply chain consultant who has helped several companies in implementing S&OP. Follow the global S&OP community. The knowledge you will not find in books.

Many people were asking what is the root cause of the sudden cost inflation in the international shipping lines? What is the main reason for the lack of availability in containers worldwide and what is the effect of this phenomenon on the global supply chains? All of those hot and trending questions will be answered by our great thought leaders Sarah Barnes-Humphrey

Reach to the Consensus S&OP Number Bob Forshay, is a Master instructor in the supply chain who is well recognized globally. He provides courses CPIM, CSCP, CLTD, CLM, CSCA, CSCM, CSCTA to well-known corporations around the globe. Reaching one S&OP number aligned with all functions inside the organization required a huge effort and work. In this episode, we will talk about all the needed work to reach this one number. Stay tuned with Global S&OP Community podcast and with my Cohost Ahmed El Hamamsy. Knowledge you will not find in books.

Show me the Money!!! (Order To Cash Cycle) O2C Rabab Galal has over 22 years of experience in strategic and Executive roles (Finance Director and CFO) in several multinational companies like (Unilever, Pepsi Lipton, and Huhtamaki) She played many-core roles in finance (accounting, budgeting, cash-flow, cost control principles & operations optimization). A new episode with another special taste this Sunday with Global S&OP Community. We will talk about the order to cash cycle end to end and how it affects and integrate the CRM and SRM of a company. How to set payment terms with customers and how it's affecting directly the cash flow of the company. How to manage a robust reconciliation including all kinds of claims with your customer. What is the importance of setting a credit limit with your customers and what is the math behind it? More of those questions will be answered by our thought leader Rabab Galal. Subscribe to the Global S&OP Community podcast in the first comment. The knowledge you will not find in books.

Managing Supply chain KPIs is not something easy, especially when you look at it as a full eco-system. A new great episode this Sunday with Samer Madhoun Supply Chain, CIPS Jordan Chair , APICS Master Instructor CSCP,CLTD,SCORP Samer is the Managing Partner of MUHAKAT محاكاة and Board member of United nation global impact Jordan. He has extensive years of experience in the supply chain. He is one of the well-recognized Master instructors with APICS in the middle east including (CSCP, CLTD, SCOR). Stay tuned with Global S&OP Community Episode 20. Don't forget to listen to the previous 19 episodes in the first comment. Knowledge you will not find in books. #community #experience #supplychain #experiencelearning

101 S&OP Financials Supply chain people are very strong in (Numbers, Goods movements, information flow, and process control) But when it comes to an understanding business strategy that is translated into financials, it's somehow challenging. This episode will be a new taste of storytelling with the great Mahmoud Reda. Mahmoud Reda is the Head of Finance - Levant & Iraq at Unilever. He has more than 12 years of experience in the business. He was one of the pillars of implementing the S&OP process End to End from Scenario planning, financial planning, and cash-up. In this episode, we will have an overview of: 1-Income Statement (P&L) with elements inside it. 2-The importance of the Balance sheet. Don't miss this episode where you will be able to build solid fundamentals around business acumen. Follow Global S&OP Community and listen to our previous podcasts in the first comment. Knowledge you will not find in books. #community

Sameh Sabry is the Manufacturing Excellence director for (North Africa, Middle east, Russia, Ukrain and Belorussia) at Unilever He has over 25 years of practical experience in the supply chain end to end. He played many roles in Egypt and KSA from Factory manager, supply planning manager, Manufacturing site manager, Supply chain director. This episode will have a different taste. We will will cover many trending questions: What is the role of manufacturing excellence and how it could turn around any factory into a lead attraction for being an exporting hub. How could manufacturing excellence optimize the cost per unit? And many questions. Stay tuned this Sunday live with our Global S&OP Community podcast. Don't forget to hit “remind me” button to be notified by our live streaming. Knowledge you will not find in books. #community #knowledge #experience

Do you know What are the 5 maturity stages of S&OP? If you want to know those stages with their challenges in terms of (Strategy, People, process, and technology), then you have to tune in with Dr. Steven Hainey, CPSM, CPIM, CPF, MCIPS, C.P.M. This Episode will be interactive with a visual aid and presentation to ease the understanding of maturity stages. Be ready with great values to be added to your account of experience with Steven Hainey, CPSM, CPIM, CPF, MCIPS, C.P.M., and Global S&OP Community. To get the maximum delivery from our podcast, can you fill out the below survey: 1- Visit this website: https://www.menti.com/ 2- Write this code for our survey: 9988 4620 Over 25 years of experience in the business and supply chain will be revealed by our great guest Steven Hainey, CPSM, CPIM, CPF, MCIPS, C.P.M. Hit the remind me button and don't miss out on this episode. Don't forget to follow Global S&OP Community. Knowledge you will not find in books. #Community #business #knowldge #empower #giveback #experience #soar

What is the difference between S&OP (Sales and operations planning) and IBP (Integrated business planning)? Is there a major difference between them? What technology advancements can support either S&OP or IBP? All of those questions and more will be answered by Gabriel Werner He is the VP of Manufacturing at Blue Yonder in Greater Munich. He has more than 20 years of experience in business and consultation. Stay tuned with our Global S&OP Community Every Sunday. The knowledge you will not find in books. #community #podcast #Empower #give back

Is it possible to get the values of 25 years of experience in only one hour? I am telling you yes, it is possible. Stay tuned with Ahmed Hassanein,CPIM this Sunday. Ahmed Hassanein,CPIM is the supply chain director of Lamar Egypt. He has over 25 years of an end to end experience in the supply chain field from (Make, source, deliver, return and plan) in multinational companies like Unilever. We will be discussing one of the most ignored topics: "The importance of OSA (On Shelf Availability) and how it could leverage your business to the next level" Hit the "Remind me" button and follow our Global S&OP Community every Sunday. Knowledge that you will not find in books. #community #supplychain #experience #business #growth #entrepreneur #egypt #marketing #success #branding

"The one size fits all" is no longer effective for your organization. If you are using this concept for your supply chain strategies, asset footprints, Cost or inventory strategies, then probably you have a real potential to be unlocked inside your supply chain. Paul Denneman

Do we need to fix our production plans for a long time to optimize the production cost? What if there are many changes in demand, how factory team should respond to that change? Shall the factory team feel frustrated from that change, or not? Shall the business be accountable for freezing the demand or not? How can we ask the right questions that will reveal the right answer to our people and our business? All these common questions will be revealed by our SME Sherif ElAgamy. Sherif ElAgamy has over 19 years of business experience in multinational companies like Shell, Unilever, and currently Henkel. He will answer all those questions and more in our podcast. Hit the “Remind me” button to be notified. The Knowledge that you will have in this episode is the knowledge you will not find in books. Follow the Global S&OP Community Every Sunday. #Business #leaders #experts #Community #Empower #giveback

Enough building more silos!! Stop building more silos in your organizations!!!!! Most CEOs and Board members build more silos between functions unconsciously. Their personal interest could be above the business objectives. This is the first blind spot for building higher silos inside the organization. Michael Neme will reveal how to change this culture and reconnect those silos together for better decision-making inside the S&OP. Stay tuned with our Global S&OP Community tonight and every Sunday with a new and trending topic inside S&OP. Don't forget to subscribe to our Podcast in iTunes below: https://lnkd.in/d7dfhUt2 Knowledge you will not find in books. #podcast #leadership #success #community #entrepreneurship #building #networking #change #culture #coaching

The amount of value for this episode with Global S&OP Community is phenomenal with our Guru Dr. Muddassir Ahmed, Ph.D We will reveal all the critical success factors for S&OP. Dr. Muddassir Ahmed, Ph.D has extensive years of experience in the supply chain. He is the founder of SCMDOJO. SCMDOJO now has more than 57,000 visitors and 91,000-page views a month. With 30,700 active Newsletter subscribers, and a tribe of over 86,000 social media followers who are mostly supply chain professionals. He played the end-to-end game in the supply chain. He worked in different countries all over the world with different cultures. He is a supply chain expert, Keynote speaker, and blogger. Don't miss this episode with the great stories and experiences of Dr. Muddassir Ahmed, Ph.D See you in our Global S&OP Community live show and in our Apple Podcast. Knowledge you will not find in books. #community #empower #experience

Global S&OP Community has an exclusive episode tonight (Marketing Vs sales)!! The struggles between Marketing and sales. We need to double our business with the same budget? Does it make sense? How can we compete on prices? How can we counterattack an innovation from the competition? Where can we invest our money effectively? This time, we have a new way for our episode, with visual aids and engaging presentations. Stay tuned tonight with our thought leaders Mohammed Sajeini and Nora Al-Jindi, MBA , MS , CHE Follow our Global S&OP Community with my Cohost Ahmed El Hamamsy every Sunday live with global thought leaders in S&OP. Knowledge you will not find in books. #Business #community #change #empower

What are the biggest mistakes that organizations make in managing logistics? How could be logistics play a great role in improving the margins of the company? How can you optimize your warehousing and transportation costs and be more effective? How to nurture your relationships with your Transporters and 3PL's? Stay tuned for another EPIC and a panel interview with Rob O'Byrne and Urszula Kelly Sunday with our Global S&OP Community. It will be an episode loaded with values and experience, so be prepared. Follow our Global S&OP Community with my Cohost Ahmed El Hamamsy every Sunday live with global thought leaders in S&OP. Knowledge you will not find in books. #Business #community #change #empower

I kept asking myself this question, Why companies should spend money and focus on sustainability? Is there any financial benefits from that? Will it improve the top and bottom line sales? All of these questions and more to be answered tonight at 9:00 PM KSA time with one of the thought leaders in the supply chain sustainability Jit Hinchman, M.Eng, M.Sc, CSCP, CLSS. The streaming of our Global S&OP Community will be from my Co-host Ahmed El Hamamsy's profile. See you all tonight. Don't forget to follow our Global S&OP Community every Sunday LinkedIn live. Knowledge you will not find in books. You do make a difference. #leaders #supplychain #entrepreneur #sustainability #leadership #entrepreneurship #success

According to Nielsen, out of 16,914 innovations that got launched in FMCG, only 23 innovations are considered breakthrough innovations. Can you Imagine, only 0.14% is considered a success rate!! The question now what are the success factors for any successful innovation on the shelf? How to build the forecast and financial model for it? How to avoid any internal cognitive bias from the organization? How to invest behind the innovation? How to position it in-store? How to create the right message to the consumer? Stay tuned tomorrow with Episode number 7 with a special guest Mohamed Shohayeb. It will be a very special episode and full of values that you will not find in books. Wait for us every Sunday me and my Cohost Ahmed El Hamamsy where we host global thought leaders in S&OP. Follow Global S&OP Community. The knowledge you will not find in books. #S&OP #global #knowldge #empower #sales #marketing #supplychain

If I asked you, How to build S&OP from scratch for a company where their functions don't know what is S&OP, will you be able to do it? What will be the starting point? How you will have the buy-in from all functions? What could be the main obstacles and barriers that you have to take into consideration? How you will deal with resistance from people around you? Khaled Madany will take us through his Journey of implementing S&OP in several companies with several industries. He developed many successful products in many markets across Middle-east specially in U.A.E. Stay tuned tomorrow "Monday" 12th July at 9:00 Pm KSA time. Note that our program is every Sunday but this Monday is exceptional. we will be waiting for you and your questions with my Co-host Ahmed El Hamamsy. Don't forget to follow Global S&OP Community You do make a difference. #success #people #branding #marketing #entrepreneur #management #blockchain #customerservice

What is the role of Sales Function or Customer Development inside the S&OP? How Sales can play the tactical role of bridging the business gap in a profitable way? How to manage conflict when dealing with backdoor selling and Parallel stocks? How you balance in S&OP between achieving top and bottom-line targets and how to direct your sales team towards the profitability goals? How to control the front/back margin with the distributor? All of those questions and more will be answered by one of the thought leaders in the industry Hassan Gemei. Hassan Gemei has great experience which allows him to play many roles in several well-known multinational companies in the middle east. Don't miss the chance to attend our Global S&OP Community live at 9:00 PM KSA time. We will be streaming from Ahmed El Hamamsy's profile. We will be waiting for your participation and your live questions. Follow Global S&OP Community every Sunday. Knowledge you will not find in books. #business #marketing #sales #leaders #experience #community #development #entrepreneurship #streaming #digitalmarketing #middleeast #leadership #success

How many times numbers are changing inside the month after submitting the S&OP Forecast? Isn't it Frustrating for people to see the massive change in business ask either by drop or increase? How can we deal with those quick changes? How to manage the daily conflicts? A lot of questions and more like those to be answered by Faisal Khan in our Global S&OP Community. Faisal Khan has rich experience in one of the best multinational FMCG companies around the globe where he plays many critical roles at executive positions in Sales and supply chain. Don't forget to click "Remind me". Mark your calendar every Sunday at 9:00 PM KSA time with my Co-host Ahmed El Hamamsy. We will be waiting for you. The knowledge that you will not find in books. Follow Global S&OP Community #business #knowledge #power #experience #stroies

How factory managers could manage the capacity constraints? What could be the best way to manage MOQ's in factories to optimize operational cost and business profitability? How to manage changeovers (Formats or variants) at each resource to unlock more capacities? What is the best time to raise capital expenses (CAPEX) for new resources and what is the system thinking to optimize profitability? All of those questions and more from your live questions will be answered by one of the thought leaders in the Manufacturing industry in the Middle east Hussein Masry Hussein Masry has vast and wide experience across multinational companies in the middle east. He will reveal all of those challenges and knowledge in that space. S&OP Knowledge, you will not find in books. Follow the Global S&OP Community community Every Sunday with My Co-host Ahmed El Hamamsy. #S&OP #Business #community

S&OP Knowledge, You will not find it in books, trust me! How the S&OP play the role of translating the Business financial plan into realistic sales plans? How the mix of the products for the sales plan could affect the executive decisions by looking into P&L elements? How does S&OP help the company profit? What is S&OP from the financial lens? How to translate S&OP volume forecast into Financial forecast under the Income statement? Why it's important to look into the revenue, not the sales? How companies can accelerate their P&L growth in a healthy way? All of those great questions will be answered by Mohamed Mahmoud (Business Financial Expert). Massive values you will never find in books will be driven tonight at 9:00 PM KSA time and the streaming will be from Ahmed El Hamamsy profile. We will be waiting for you with another great topic (S&OP financial forecasting) Follow Global S&OP Community Every week. You do make a difference. #business #growth #sales #finance #community #S&OP #marketing #sales #supplychain #demandplanning #Forecasting