Sales and Operations Planning
Improve forecasting, profitability, and service levels through simulation-based training that aligns commercial and operational planning.
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Flexible Complexity Options: 4-16 hrs
Format: Guided, Self-guided New
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Introduction
Transform How Your Team Aligns Supply & Demand
With fractured teams, implementing processes like S&OP is bound to fail. Sales, operations, and finance often work in silos, leading to missed forecasts, inventory issues, and constant firefighting.
This simulation-based training brings S&OP to life by immersing your team in a realistic business environment. Set within a fruit juice manufacturing company, participants experience the challenges of aligning supply and demand while navigating cross-functional priorities.
By making the S&OP process tangible, this training increases empathy, builds shared understanding, and strengthens end-to-end alignment. It’s an ideal starting point for companies looking to implement or improve S&OP. The result is a significantly higher likelihood of long-term success.
Start Learning JourneyBenefits for your team
What Your Team Will Achieve
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5-step S&OP process
Experience the 5-step S&OP process in a hands-on, applied environment -
Alignment of supply and demand
Improve alignment of supply and demand for greater accuracy and efficiency -
Cross-functional collaboration
Enhance cross-functional collaboration across sales, operations, and finance -
Financial and operational goals
Align financial and operational goals to drive better business outcomes
Key Audiences
Who is This For?
Cross-functional teams – Teams from Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and Commercial functions involved in the S&OP process.
Leadership teams – Executives looking to increase forecasting accuracy, reduce excess inventory, and improve supply chain efficiency.
Companies implementing or optimizing S&OP – Organizations that need stronger alignment between supply chain and business strategy.
Business Game
Powered by the World’s Leading Business Game: The Fresh Connection
At the core of this learning experience is The Fresh Connection, the world’s leading cloud-based business simulation for supply chain and operations management. Trusted by global organizations, it is designed to improve collaboration, strategic alignment, and real-world decision-making.
Participants step into executive roles such as VP Sales, VP Operations, VP Supply Chain, and VP Finance. Together, they navigate the full S&OP cycle, balancing supply and demand, aligning plans across functions, and responding to business trade-offs in real time.
With immediate feedback and measurable outcomes, teams see the impact of their planning decisions as they play out across the organization. This turns theory into practice and insights into results.
Available Delivery Formats
Flexible Formats. Immersive Experiences. Real Results.
All levels and formats are simulation-based and designed to drive hands-on learning in an immersive, team-driven environment.
Each format offers a standalone experience, allowing you to choose the right depth and intensity based on your team’s goals and available time.
Intermediate
More complex scenario with expanded decision-making, functional alignment, and competing business priorities
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Duration: 8-10 hours
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Formats: Guided: On-site, Guided: Online
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Delivery in local language possible
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Certificate of Participation
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24/7 support and expert guidance
Advanced
Most challenging experience with a more extended learning curve with advanced concepts, complex trade-offs, and long-term strategic consequences.
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Duration: 12-16 hours
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Formats: Guided: On-site, Guided: Online
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Delivery in local language possible
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Certificate of Participation
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24/7 support and expert guidance
How to get started with your Training?
Step 1
Reach out to our team and schedule a demo session.
Explore how to deploy off-the-shelf or tailor to your specific learning goals.
Time cost:
0.5 - 1 hours
Step 2 (Optional)
Do you want to try our business simulations first?
Try a low-scale pilot program to get buy-in from all decision-makers.
Step 3
Green light? Launch your Training Program.
Perfectly match your team’s needs in topics, complexity, format, and duration.
Time cost:
2 - 8 hours
