Sales and Operations Planning
Struggling with missed deliveries, rising costs, or excess inventory?
When your supply chain isn’t aligned, it shows delays, high costs, and poor service levels. We help you fix that by building a smarter, more connected Sales & Operations Planning.
Our approach balances forecast accuracy with operational execution. This enables you to always have the right product, in the right place, at the right time.
From strategy to implementation: We make your Supply Chain Work!
S&OP that works: Less Chaos, Better Decisions, Real Alignment
Struggling to align forecasts, capacity, and targets across siloed teams? You’re not alone. Many organisations react instead of plan, facing mismatched tools, unclear priorities, and disconnected decisions.
A smoothly running S&OP brings clarity and coordination to your business. It aligns sales, operations, and finance around one version of the truth, enabling smarter decisions, better service, and a more reliable supply chain.
At Supply Value, we help you turn chaos into control by aligning plans, improving collaboration, and boosting responsiveness.
Why S&OP is a Game-Changer for Business Performance
S&OP aligns sales, supply chain, operations, finance, and leadership around one shared plan. Instead of working in silos, teams collaborate on accurate forecasts, realistic capacity, and data-driven decisions, ultimately leading to fewer surprises, better inventory balance, and stronger execution.
But what else sets S&OP apart from traditional demand and supply planning? Unlike traditional planning, S&OP connects operations to strategy. S&OP looks further ahead, managing forecasts for up to 18 months. It enables you to make strategic and well-considered decisions, helping your business anticipate change and make smarter decisions.
At Supply Value, we tailor the S&OP process to fit your people, data, and goals. Practical, hands-on, and focused on real results.
S&OP: Built Around People, Driven by Purpose
When teams connect, great things happen. That’s the power of effective Sales & Operations Planning.
S&OP is more than a planning tool: it is a way to bring people together around shared goals, clear priorities, and confident decisions. When everyone is aligned, your organisation can respond faster, plan smarter, and act with purpose.
At Supply Value, we help you unlock the full potential of your S&OP process by focusing on what really drives it: your people. With our approach, we create structure, foster collaboration, and strengthen ownership, creating a sustainable solution for your planning challenges.
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Data-Driven Decisions That Make S&OP Work
Many S&OP processes don’t fail because of poor strategy, but because the underlying data is not made available, fragmented, outdated or simply not trusted. When each department pulls numbers from different sources or interprets them differently, decisions are delayed, misaligned or based on gut feeling rather than facts.
A data-driven S&OP process changes that. When your organisation works from one shared source of truth, forecasts become more accurate, plans become more realistic, and confidence in decisions grows.
This isn’t just about better dashboards or KPIs; it’s about making data accessible, reliable, and actionable. At Supply Value, we help you build the foundation for that shift. From designing integrated reporting to aligning insights with operations, we turn information into impact.
Turn S&OP into a Leadership Power Tool
In high-performing organisations, S&OP isn’t just a supply chain process; it’s a strategic process in which leadership is involved. When senior decision-makers actively participate in monthly S&OP reviews, planning becomes sharper, faster, and better aligned with the bigger picture. It’s where trade-offs are addressed, priorities are set, and strategy turns into action.
Leadership involvement sharpens more confident decisions. It brings stronger alignment with business goals, greater visibility and ownership of challenges, and more focus and discipline in execution. With the right leadership at the table, S&OP doesn’t just improve operational efficiency; it drives real business impact.
At Supply Value, we help leadership teams elevate S&OP from a functional routine to a strategic lever. From setting escalation paths to structuring executive reviews, we embed S&OP in the company’s operating rhythm, so it works for your organisation, not just your supply chain.
Scenario Planning: Be Ready for What’s Next
Supply chains don’t stand still. Markets shift, demand patterns change overnight, and disruptions hit when you least expect them. That’s why a single static plan isn’t enough anymore. Traditional S&OP often struggles to adapt. Scenario planning helps you stay ahead.
Rather than relying on one fixed plan, scenario planning helps you explore multiple “what-if” situations: from sudden demand surges to supplier delays or economic swings. It’s about preparing today for tomorrow’s uncertainty.
With scenario planning, you build a clearer view of risks and opportunities, improve confidence in both strategic and operational choices, and turn your supply chain into a source of agility rather than stress.
At Supply Value, we help you put this into practice. From designing the right scenarios to building dashboards and training teams, we make sure your planning process is flexible, grounded in data, and ready for the future.
We Make Strategy Work: Real Results from Industry Leaders
As a certified B Corp, we don’t just advise, we help clients install a strategy that works. We Make Strategy Work!
Smart S&OP Structure Helps Sunbeam Deliver Solar Mounts Just in Time and Reduce Risk
Supply Value supported Sunbeam in implementing a Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) structure to align product demand with their supply chain. This enabled just-in-time production of solar mounts, resulting in higher customer satisfaction, optimised inventory levels, reduced overhead costs, and lower financial risk.
Smarter Supply Chain Planning Helps UW Boost Production Reliability
Supply Value supported UW in developing a supply chain improvement roadmap focused on better planning and reliability. We designed and implemented a new production planning system, using validated data to streamline operations and increase delivery performance in the manufacturing process. 
Smart Tracking and Insights Help Yanmar Optimize Supply Chain Operations
Supply Value supported Yanmar Marine International by using trackers and software to make inventory and stock locations transparent. This improved supply chain visibility led to faster allocation, from 10 to 4 days, and clear insight into deliveries and operational processes, both monthly and annually.
Supply Chain & IT Strategy Help Zeeman Boost Cross Dock Efficiency
Supply Value co-created Zeeman’s Supply Chain and IT strategy, leading to a 28–35% increase in cross-dock feasibility. Standardised packaging was implemented to streamline logistics operations further.
Data-Driven Inventory Model Helps Freudenberg Improve Stock and Service Levels
Supply Value developed a quantified inventory model for Freudenberg to optimise stock levels and batch sizes. This led to a 5% increase in inventory, improved service levels, and optimal stock locations for raw materials and finished goods. A new planning process was implemented, and the planning team was trained for lasting impact.
Lean Warehouse Optimisation Boosts Scotch & Soda’s Delivery Performance
Supply Value helped Scotch & Soda improve warehouse performance by establishing a stable organisational structure and optimising processes using Lean principles. This resulted in a 55% increase in operational performance and significantly improved on-time, in-full deliveries to customers.
Strategic Supply Chain Optimisation Helps Canon Medical Cut Inventory by 30%
Supply Value supported Canon Medical in creating a long-term supply chain optimization plan. This included an inventory planning model, a clear optimization roadmap, and a KPI dashboard. The approach led to a 30% inventory reduction and a decrease in plastic packaging usage.
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Over 17 years of experience optimizing inventory, boosting service levels, and balancing efficiency with responsiveness.
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Maurits van Zoeren
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