Death by a Thousand Cuts: Why S&OP Underperforms, and How Culture, Technology and AI Can Fix It
S&OP is well understood in theory, yet many organizations continue to struggle to make it work in practice. The challenge is rarely a single major failure, but the accumulation of smaller issues across processes, culture, technology and decision-making that gradually erode performance. As organizations look to AI for the next step change, building an integrated and well-designed S&OP operating system becomes more important than ever.