Ron Ireland
Ronald K. Ireland is a principal with <a href="http://www.oliverwight-americas.com">Oliver Wight Americas, Inc.</a>, part of Oliver Wight International, a global <a href="http://www.oliverwight-americas.com">integrated business planning</a> firm that provides education and training on sales and operations planning. He is an internationally recognized authority on Demand and Supply Chain processes for retail, manufacturing, high technology, and aerospace.
Articles by this Author
The Migration to Retail S&OP
- By Ron Ireland
- Published 07/16/2010
- Business Management
- Unrated
For the past 25 years, Sales and Operations Planning, or S&OP, has been considered a best practice in the manufacturing industry, and though it initially started as a way of balancing demand and supply, retail S&OP evolved into a more robust Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process that clarifies all the links in the chain. Discover the role that retail S&OP plays as well as its future in the industry.
