Close the Planning to Production Gap
When Planning and Production Are Disconnected, Operations Suffer
The Cost of Misalignment :
- Production schedules constantly change: Planning cycles can be 20–50% longer due to rework, manual adjustments, and lack of real-time execution feedback.
- Inventory increases to absorb uncertainty: Manufacturers often carry 10–25% excess inventory to compensate for unreliable planning and production variability.
- Capacity is lost without being visible: Misalignment between planning and production typically results in ~10–20% effective capacity loss across assets, labor, and operations.
Closing the Gap: How Leading Manufacturers Align Planning and Production
1. Align Planning Processes (S&OP)
Business planning, demand, supply, and production operate on synchronized cycles, ensuring decisions flow consistently from forecast to shop floor.
Benefit Benchmark: Up to 5-20% higher service levels when companies run a mature integrated business planning process.
2. Connect Operational Systems (Cloud ERP)
Planning, production, and supply chain are unified in a single operational backbone, enabling real-time coordination across functions and sites.
Benefit Benchmark: up to 20% production output improvement from smart-manufacturing environments built on connected digital foundations.
3. Enable Real-Time Visibility (Data)
Teams access consistent data across inventory, production, and supply constraints to make faster, more informed decisions.
Benefit Benchmark: 10-15% lower inventory carrying costs from better data, analytics and visibility, also improving forecast accuracy and spare-parts availability.
4. Anticipate with Intelligence (AI)
Predictive insights and AI improve forecasting, scheduling, and disruption response to move from reactive to proactive operations.
Benefit Benchmark: more than 10% productivity improvement from AI-powered applications.
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Talan helps manufacturers improve reliability, align planning with execution, gain real-time visibility across sites, and strengthen operational and financial performance through a connected operating model powered by SAP Cloud ERP, Data and AI.
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Why Supply Chains Still Lack End-to-End Visibility and Synchronization
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Why Supply Chain Planning Is Getting Harder for Manufacturer
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When Production Plans Stop Matching Reality on the Shop Floor
Why production plans break down in execution, and how advanced scheduling improves reliability and performance.
Riverside Natural Foods: Building a Clean Core for Agility and Growth
How Riverside transformed operations with SAP Cloud ERP, unlocking $1.7M in savings and improving productivity and data accuracy.
From Reactive Management to Proactive Orchestration of Inventory and Operations
How a Quebec-based distributor optimized inventory and operations to reduce complexity, improve service levels, and enable proactive decision-making.