In his S&OP article, 'Globalisation Rethink?’ (The Manufacturer, April 2008), John Dwyer reflected on the history of S&OP since its advent in the 1980s and posed the question: “Why did Oliver Wight change the name of S&OP to integrated business management? Who better to ask than Oliver Wight themselves?
“I agree with John that to some extent, S&OP seems to have lost its way in recent years; changes in the economy, and the dynamics of the manufacturing supply chain, plus the actions and attitudes of manufacturers to those changes, have all had their part to play, but it is also true to say that…
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