

It took a visit to the eye doctor for me to realize that, when it comes to achieving S&OP excellence, we must strive to be both nearsighted and farsighted at the same time.
My eyesight is at the point where I need different lenses for near and far, so I recently had to choose between adopting bifocals full time or continuing to wear contact lenses for far-sight while adding reading glasses for close up work. A business also needs to focus on different planning timeframes to effectively manage near term and longer term issuesthree overlapping timeframes, in fact:

Written by
Henry Canitz
Short bio
Product Marketing Director Hank brings more than 25 years of experience building high performance supply chains. This experience includes evaluating, selecting, implementing, using and marketing supply chain technology. Hank’s graduate degree in SCM from Michigan State, numerous SCM certifications, diverse experience as a supply chain practitioner and experience in senior marketing roles with leading supply chain solution providers helps him to bring a unique perspective on supply chain best practices and supporting technology to the Voyager Blog.