Comments on: S&OP or BUST! at Land O’Lakes Company

By: Matthew Frease

Matthew Frease — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:46:17 +0000

I am a student in the Supply Chain program. Thanks for telling your story. I enjoyed reading it. It has basically confirmed what I am learning in the classroom.

Matthew Frease

By: Matthew Frease

Matthew Frease — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:45:21 +0000

I am a student in the Supply Chain program. Thanks for telling your story. I enjoyed reading your it. It has basically confirmed what I am learning in the classroom.

Matthew Frease

By: Bill Niven

Bill Niven — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:22:43 +0000

I had a very similar experience. Getting everyone on the same page is critical. I thought this was a pretty strait forward transparent cross functional business change but it wasn’t. We got senior management’s approval and support but that’s not enough. We also did a lot of up-front top down group education, but not enough one-on-one feedback reviews. I found the hardest team to get on board was finance. One of the major issues that I underestimated was peoples comfort zones. As you know S&OP not only affects the overall business process but also impacts the company culture.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:47:07 +0000

I had a very similar experience. Getting everyone on the same page is critical. I thought this was a pretty strait forward transparent cross functional business change but it wasn’t. We got senior management’s approval and support but that’s not enough. We also did a lot of up-front top down group education, but not enough one-on- one feedback reviews. I found the hardest team to get on board was finance. One of the major issues that I underestimated was peoples comfort zones. S&OP not only affects the overall business process but also impacts the company culture.

Bill Niven
Supply Chain & Materials Management Leader “In-Transition”