Increasing competitive pressures on most markets force companies to continuously review the effectiveness and efficiencies of their operations. Traditional approach to business planning is becoming insufficient to cope with growing requirements on operational excellence. Concept of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) -- constituting the latest development stage of well-known Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) -- is proposed as the right response on how to master the challenges of globalized economy in this field. The thesis combines theoretical analysis of inefficiencies of traditional S&OP with applied research realized on the case from real business environment. Microeconomic optimization models are employed to demonstrate the sub-optimal outcomes resulting from the lack of cross-functional integration and potentially antagonistic incentives in business planning. Overview of latest best practices in this area further complements the theoretical part of the thesis. Empirical part of the study summarizes author's experience from leading the large scale implementation of IBP concept in the multinational company. Theoretical assumptions of financial benefits of IBP implementation are tested against empirical observations via usage of statistical apparatus. This part may also be viewed as detailed guideline describing the project of IBP implementation. As a result, integrated approach to business planning proves to bring measurable financial as well as non-financial improvements for the company.

Orientador: Antonio Batocchio / Dissertação (mestrado profissional) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T08:19:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Barbeiro_FranciscoMiguel_M.pdf: 3666365 bytes, checksum: 90bcb4b2a8648ea08f9f8360c1b7ed50 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: O Planejamento de Vendas e Operações é um processo integrado de gerenciamento do negócio, que pode gerar vantagem competitiva através de uma visão e entendimento do cenário futuro e do envolvimento de um time multifuncional para definir e executar um conjunto de planos operacionais alinhados de modo a maximizar os resultados do negócio e melhor atender os clientes. Este trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar uma metodologia que suporte a implementação de um Processo de Planejamento de Vendas e Operações e testá-la através de sua aplicação prática numa Divisão de Negócios que atende o mercado de consumo a partir de uma manufatura de produção para estoque. Identifica os fatores relevantes para uma implementação de sucesso, abordando os três elementos básicos do S&OP: i) Pessoas - Uma vez que o processo é gerenciado e operacionalizado por pessoas, estas precisam estar conscientes, treinadas, além de entender o que se espera delas. Precisam, também, operar o processo em conformidade com os princípios aprovados, políticas e procedimentos; ii) Processo - Um processo precisa estar formalizado, com etapas, entradas, saídas, definição de responsabilidades e de medidas de desempenho; iii) Ferramentas - Devem estar disponíveis para suportar as pessoas na execução de suas atividades. Podem incluir hardware, software, manuais e sistemas de comunicação. O trabalho aborda, também, os potenciais benefícios de um processo eficaz de S&OP, bem como suas limitações, demonstrando a melhoria do trabalho em equipe, do serviço aos clientes e da gestão de ativos, obtidos pela implementação do processo na Divisão de Negócio analisada / Abstract: Sales and Operations Planning is an integrated business management process to generate competitive advantage by looking forward, understanding future scenarios and involving a multifunctional team to define and execute a set of operational plans, aligned to maximize the business results and best attend the customers. This project aims to present a methodology to support a Sales and Operations Planning Process implementation and test it through a practical application in Business Division that attends consumer market through make to stock manufacturing. Identifies the relevant factors to a well succeeded implementation, covering S&OP basic elements: i) People - Whatever is a process managed and operated by people, they need to be acknowledgeable, trained and understand what is expected of them. They also need to operate the process in accordance with agreed-upon principles, policies and procedures; ii) Process - A process needs to be formalized, defining process steps, inputs, outputs, roles, responsibilities, and measurements; iii) Tools - Need to be available allowing people to fulfill their part in the process. These tools may include hardware, software, manual and communication systems. This project also wants to discuss Sales and Operations Planning potential benefits and limitations, demonstrating the improvements the Business Division achieved related to teamwork, customer service and asset management, due to the S&OP process implementation / Mestrado / Planejamento e Gestão Estrategica da Manufatura / Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica

[pt] Muitos artigos abordaram, nos últimos anos, o tópico de Sales and Operations Planning (SeOP) da perspectiva do gerenciamento da cadeia de suprimentos. No entanto, ainda é possível observar uma lacuna entre os modelos de SeOP presentes na literatura e a implementação nas empresas, principalmente devido aos diferentes contextos existentes na vida real. A caracterização do processo de S&OP precisa de mais desenvolvimento, especialmente para ajudar os praticantes em novas implementações. Além disso, faltam estudos sobre a aplicação específica desse processo em indústrias com modelo de produção Engineer-To-Order (ETO). Esta dissertação traz, por meio de um estudo de caso com abordagem exploratória, uma análise do processo de S&OP em uma indústria com um modelo de produção de ETO, demonstrando como o processo ocorre e quais são as peculiaridades desse modelo. O objetivo é oferecer um guia prático para implementação do SeOP com base na caracterização da aplicação do SeOP em uma indústria de produção de conteúdo audiovisual. O estudo caracteriza o processo observado na empresa, reduzindo a lacuna das práticas de pesquisa na literatura relativa à caracterização completa do processo de SeOP a partir de pesquisas empíricas e amplia o entendimento da área pesquisada no contexto de ETO. A dissertação oferece um guia prático que visa auxiliar praticantes da indústria a implementar o processo de SeOP nas empresas, outra carência existente na literatura. / [en] Many studies have addressed, over the past few years, the topic of Sales and Operations Planning (S and OP) from the perspective of Supply Chain Management. However, it is still possible to observe a gap between the S and OP models present in the literature and the implementation in companies, mainly due to the different contexts existing in real life. The characterization of the S and OP process needs further development, especially to help practitioners in new implementations. Besides, there is an absence of studies on the specific application of this process in industries with an Engineer-To-Order (ETO) production model. This dissertation brings, through a case study with an exploratory approach, an analysis of the S and OP process in an industry with an ETO production model, demonstrating how the process occurs and what are the peculiarities of this model. The objective is to offer a practical guide for the implementation of S and OP based on the characterization of the application of S and OP in an audiovisual content production industry. The study characterizes the process observed in the company, reducing the research practices gap in the literature concerning a complete characterization of the S and OP process based on empirical research and expand the understanding of the researched area with the ETO context. The dissertation offers a practical guide that aims to help practitioners to implement the S and OP process in companies, addressing another literature gap.

[pt] Sales and Operations Planning (SeOP), também chamado de Integrated Business Planning (IBP), é um processo de negócios que integra os planejamentos dos setores de uma empresa de forma a balancear a oferta e a demanda por produtos em um horizonte de planejamento de médio prazo, apoiando assim a integração horizontal da empresa. O S(e)OP/IBP serve também de ponte entre os planejamentos estratégico e operacional, apoiando assim a integração vertical da empresa. Apesar de esse processo ter adquirido um papel de destaque na área de gestão da cadeia de suprimentos, os benefícios esperados ainda não foram totalmente obtidos, na prática, pela indústria. Além disso, a literatura indica a necessidade de uma caracterização completa do processo e que um modelo de referência beneficiaria os usuários do processo. Visando endereçar tais carências, esta dissertação elabora uma estrutura de modelo de referência preliminar para o processo de S(e)OP/IBP, com base em trabalhos acadêmicos, white papers escritos por praticantes, um estudo de caso em uma indústria química do Brasil e a aplicação de grupos focais e painel de especialistas em S(e)OP/IBP. Este trabalho contribui com um estudo empírico no tema, além de oferecer uma estrutura de modelo de referência preliminar, avaliada por praticantes de S(e)OP/IBP, que pode ser usada como inspiração para empresas que desejam desenhar ou melhorar seu processo e por acadêmicos em pesquisas futuras com o intuito de aprimorá-lo. Ademais, são apresentados 13 pontos de atenção a serem avaliados pelos praticantes, a fim de amenizar os impactos das diferenças entre contextos. / [en] Sales and Operations Planning (SandOP), also called Integrated Business Planning (IBP), is a business process that integrates business plans from different functional areas of a firm to balance supply and demand of products in a mid-term planning horizon, thus supporting the horizontal integration of the firm. S(and)OP/IBP also serves as a bridge between strategic and operational plans, thus supporting the vertical integration of the firm. Although this process has gained prominence in the area of supply chain management, the expected benefits at the time of implementation have not yet been fully realized in practice by the industry. Moreover, the literature indicates the need for a complete characterization of the process and that a reference model would benefit process users. To address these research-practice gaps, this dissertation elaborates a preliminary reference model structure for the S(and)OP/IBP process, based on academic papers, white papers written by practitioners, a case study in a Brazilian chemical industry and the application of focus group with S(and)OP/IBP experts. This work contributes with an empirical study on the theme, as well as it offers a preliminary reference model structure, evaluated by practitioners of S(and)OP/IBP, which can be used as a guidance for firms willing to design or improve their own process and for academics in future researches with the aim of refining it. In addition, 13 points of attention to be assessed by practitioners are presented in order to mitigate the impacts of differences between contexts.

[pt] A tese investiga as etapas do ciclo de planejamento de vendas e operações (S&OP), ampliando o entendimento sobre as etapas pouco pesquisadas do Global Roll-up e Global Executive Meeting. Apresenta um estudo de caso múltiplo, envolvendo cinco importantes subsidiárias latino-americanas de quatro corporações multinacionais. Dois modelos de S&OP são usados para orientar as observações e análises de campo, auxiliando na caracterização do fenômeno S&OP. Acadêmicos e profissionais podem obter conhecimento em primeira mão sobre como as etapas de Global Roll-up e Global Executive Meeting são conduzidas em corporações multinacionais para melhorar seus processos de planejamento. O papel do setor de finanças nos ciclos de S&OP/ Planejamento Integrado de Negócios (IBP) também é examinado e discutido em detalhe, fornecendo informações e ideias úteis para melhorar esses processos em outras organizações, abordando outra lacuna de pesquisa. Os resultados indicam que há desafios para consolidar e usar informações coletadas de várias subsidiárias em diferentes contextos em todo o mundo, mas benchmarking interno e compartilhamento de melhores práticas são explorados, bem como oportunidades de negócios entre países em relação a excessos de estoque, possibilidades de expansão do portfólio e utilização de capacidade ociosa. Adicionalmente, as observações permitiram concluir que o envolvimento precoce do setor de finanças no ciclo de S&OP é benéfico para o negócio, agregando valor ao processo decisório nas etapas iniciais e assumindo um papel central nas etapas de Premeeting e Executive Meeting do ciclo de S&OP. / [en] The thesis investigates the sales and operations planning (S&OP) cycle steps, expanding the understanding about the under-researched Global Roll-up and Global Executive Meeting steps. It presents a multiple case study embracing five important Latin American subsidiaries of four multinational corporations. Two S&OP frameworks are used to guide the field observations and analysis, aiding to improve the S&OP phenomenon s characterization. Scholars and practitioners can gain first-hand knowledge about how Global Roll-up and Global Executive Meeting steps are conducted in multinational corporations to improve their planning processes. The role of finance in S&OP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP) cycles is also examined and discussed in detail providing useful insights to improve these processes in other organizations, addressing another research gap. Findings indicate that there are challenges to consolidate and use information gathered from multiple subsidiaries in different contexts worldwide but internal benchmarking and sharing of best practices are explored as well as business opportunities among countries regarding inventory excess, portfolio expansion possibilities, and spare capacity utilization. Additionally, observations led to the conclusion that early involvement of finance in the S&OP cycle is beneficial for the business, adding value to the decision making process in the initial steps and taking a central role in the Pre-meeting and Executive Meeting steps.

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is used as a tactical business process to balanceorganisations’ demand and supply. This is done through long-term planning of manufacturing and sales in comparison to the forecasted demand and resource capacity planning. S&OP link the corporate strategic plan to the day-to-day operation plans. Based on S&OP, a more advanced and mature model named Integrated Business Planning (IBP) has been developed. IBP have a stronger consideration of the financial perspectives of the outcomes in the processand increases the collaboration of the end-to-end supply chain. The case company; Nouryon, transitioned from S&OP processes to IBP in 2019. However, the organisation’s implemented model was unsatisfactorily received, therefore an initiative to redeploy and improve the Integrated Business Planning processes started. The purpose of this research is to analyse how the organisation’s IBP processes can be improved, by structuring and developing standardized processes. The Master Thesis project was conducted in collaboration with Business Planning managers and executives globally throughout the organisation. To achieve the purpose of the project, a literature review, interviews, observations, document collection and a questionnaire were executed at Nouryon’s Nordic Business Center. Nouryon’s Integrated Business Planning processes were mapped by collecting and analysing internal data.The current state was evaluated against the literature to identify any gaps from a theoretical perspective to fulfil the processes. The organisation’s current maturity level was evaluated by applying thematic content analysison the interviews, internal company document collection and outputs from the questionnaire. These were based on several research frameworks in S&OP maturity levels and Oliver Wight’s Class A Checklist for Business Excellence. Consequently, deriving improvements of how Nouryon could reach a higher maturity level. The results of the thesis project were presented and used in internal workshops together with global cross-functional teams. New and improved Integrated Business Planning processes were drafted in the workshop for the PMR meetings. The workshop for SMR is planned for a later date and will be conducted using a similar format. In conclusion, no theoretical standard framework for using IBP is available. Various literaturesources present theories on how organisations should form their processes, including a guideline on what topics should be covered in the IBP meetings. Nouryon can achieve a higher maturity level in its IBP processes, by addressing improvement suggestions related to the analysis of this project. Furthermore, the recommendations were collected, summarised, and categorised using an impact and effort matrix for efficient implementation.